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TULSA, Okla. — The Gathering Place celebrated Native American Heritage Month with a new art exhibit on Tuesday.

The exhibit, WeAre., highlights work from Mvskoke, Osage, and Cherokee artists.

The exhibit in ONEOK Boathouse runs from Saturday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 26, and highlights indigenous identity and visual culture.

“Curated by Laura Marshall Clark (Mvskoke), Curator of Public Art for Gathering Place, WeAre. is an exhibition of Native art at the crossroads of three reservations in the Tulsa region,” the exhibit’s announcement says. “The exhibit will feature the works of 13 tribal artists of the Muscogee Nation, Cherokee Nation, and Osage Nation. Guests can explore a diverse range of art including photography, sculpture, pottery, paintings, textiles, woven paper, and more.”

FOX23 spoke with Kalyn Barnoski, who included the piece called “An Innovation” in the exhibit.

She said it represents her first time she was invited to the Osage ceremony dances.

“Premise of the show is We Are, and I wanted to expand upon that I wanted to include a piece that and my friendships specifically in Tulsa,” she said. “Because like I said I’m Cherokee and Muscogee I don’t come from Osage people but because we’re just so surrounded by tribal community here you build those friendships and those new relationships, and you start looking at things differently and I wanted to include this piece because it is so influenced by my Osage relationships.”

Barnoski said their culture is important, and places like the Gathering Place show they’re still here.