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Cincinnati Art Museum to host exhibition celebrating Native American artists


Matthew Dietz

The Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting a new exhibition to celebrate the achievements of over 30 contemporary Native American and Indigenous Pacific-Rim artists.The exhibition, “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass,” will be on view from Dec. 15, 2023 to April 7, 2024.This exhibition features more than 100 works that demonstrate the power of melding Indigenous traditions and cultural knowledge with the aesthetics and properties unique to the medium of glass, according to the museum.Clearly Indigenous originated at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was curated by Letitia Chambers, Ed.D.According to the museum, “Dan Friday (Lummi), “Haila” Ho Wan Ut Old Peter (Skokomish/Chehalis), Preston Singletary (Tlingit), Tony Jojola (Isleta Pueblo), Carol Lujan (Diné), Priscilla Cowie (Māori) and Djambawa Marawili (Aboriginal Australian) are among the artists included in the exhibition.”Museum members are invited to view the exhibition before it opens to the public on Dec. 14. That showing will be free to members.

CINCINNATI —

The Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting a new exhibition to celebrate the achievements of over 30 contemporary Native American and Indigenous Pacific-Rim artists.

The exhibition, “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass,” will be on view from Dec. 15, 2023 to April 7, 2024.

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This exhibition features more than 100 works that demonstrate the power of melding Indigenous traditions and cultural knowledge with the aesthetics and properties unique to the medium of glass, according to the museum.

Clearly Indigenous originated at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico and was curated by Letitia Chambers, Ed.D.

According to the museum, “Dan Friday (Lummi), “Haila” Ho Wan Ut Old Peter (Skokomish/Chehalis), Preston Singletary (Tlingit), Tony Jojola (Isleta Pueblo), Carol Lujan (Diné), Priscilla Cowie (Māori) and Djambawa Marawili (Aboriginal Australian) are among the artists included in the exhibition.”

Museum members are invited to view the exhibition before it opens to the public on Dec. 14. That showing will be free to members.