taca:kira:kʔickskwa:wa:stic / We had dreams: Art by Wichitas and Descendants
- Venue: Tribes Gallery, 512 W Main St, Norman, OK 73069 | Leslie Pate, owner: (405) 329-4442 | tribesgalleryok.com
January 2–31, 2025 - Co-curators: Robin Williams (Wichita/Caddo), email, and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), email
- Dates: January 2–31, 2025
- Tentative opening reception: Saturday, January 4, 2:00–4:00 pm
- Oklahoma City Indian Art Club, January 19, 2:00 pm
- Drop off work at Tribes Gallery
Eligibility: Visual artists, enrolled citizens of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie) and direct descendants (parent, grandparent)
Two-dimensional works should be framed, let America know if you need assistance with framing. Works can include beadwork, basketry, painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, and more.
Title: taca:kira:kʔickskwa:wa:stic (We had dreams.)
“kirikirʔi:s believe that all knowledge comes from kinnike:sas and that many times this knowledge comes to us in the form of dreams.” –Gary McAdams (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes)
Schedule
- Deadline to receive work: Saturday, December 28:
- Mail to: America Meredith, 3334 W. Main Street #442, Norman, OK 73072
- Drop-off artwork: Saturday, December 28, drop off artwork at the Wichita Tribal History Center, Anadarko, OK: 1:00–3:00 pm
- Drop off artwork at Tribes Gallery by 5:00 pm
- Hang art between December 29 to January 2
- February 1: artists can pick up their art, and America can drive some to the Wichita Tribal History Center or mail out some.
Links
- Tribes Gallery, Norman, OK | tribesgalleryok.com
- Wichita Tribal History Center, Anadarko, OK | wichitatribe.com
- Wichita art and cultural items in the National Museum of the American Indian’s collection | americanindian.si.edu | Wichita bandolier bag
Confirmed Artists
- Adam Caesar (Pawnee/Kiowa/Wichita/Meskwaki), jeweler
- Amy Caesar (Pawnee/Kiowa/Wichita/Meskwaki), beadwork artist
- Arlene Caesar (Kiowa/Wichita), beadwork, regalia
- Krystal Caesar Guarderas (Pawnee/Kiowa/Wichita/Meskwaki), beadwork artist, culinary artist
- LaVerna Capes (Kiowa/Wichita), beadwork artist, gallerist, regalia maker
- April Holder (Sac & Fox/Wichita/Tonkawa), painter
- Jill Parker (Comanche/Kiowa/Wichita), painter
- Hayla Parker-Fields (Comanche/Kiowa/Wichita/Cherokee), painter
- Kay Punley (Wichita), painter
- Donna Standing Steinberg (Kiowa/Wichita), beadwork artist
