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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Lynnette Haozous
Last week was an exciting week at the museum with artist Lynnette Haozous, and her assistant Andrew Benally, here from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They were on hand to install Into […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Nez Perce artist
With the school year beginning, I began to think about children and how objects such as dolls are so universal. This Nez Perce doll was surely made for children in […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Playing Cards
The Native American art collection of the Portland Art Museum contains a number of surprising objects that have fascinating but little-known histories behind them. This set of Apache Playing Cards […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jingle
The jingle is a symbol of Native North American women. This blouse with matching skirt, a possible precursor to the jingle dress, is an example of the ingenuity of Native […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Alison Bremner
Alison Bremner’s sculptural work, Two Dollars, slyly plays on the concepts of money and exchange. This small work, only 2 × 1.5 inches, emulates the shape of large copper shields […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Cowlitz artist
Plateau basketry traditions encompass several techniques including coiling which we see with this delightful Cowlitz basket. The vibrant design of this sturdy and well-balanced basket is a wonderful example of […]
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![[Image description: Cheyenne artist, Blanket, 73 ¾ x 55 ½ inches, wool, glass beads. A rectangular, leaf green blanket with a narrow strip of beading running lengthwise along the middle. The blanket shows some discoloration where the fabric has faded and its edges are frayed where the stitched binding has come away. Stretching across the work, a narrow strip of white beading is punctuated by five blue beaded squares that are flanked on either side by slim yellow and red stripes and rows of blue beaded triangle shapes. Four round white beaded circles with blue crosses are interspersed between the squares. Pairs of long beige cords emanate from the circle centers, some lay stretched across the beading, some are coiled.]](https://portlandartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Cheyenne-Blanket-904x565.jpg)
Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Cheyenne Blanket
Green is a color infrequently seen in most collections of Plains material, which makes this beaded trade blanket all the more striking. The wool blanket, probably received from a trader […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnPodcast—Playing With Fire: in Conversation with Virgil Ortiz
On this episode, Kathleen Ash-Milby and John P. Lukavic are joined by multi-hyphenate Native artist, Virgil Ortiz. With his work in subversive clay sculptures, futuristic fashion design, and a years-long science-fiction […]
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Daily Art MomentUncategorizedDaily Art Moment: Shan Goshorn
Shan Goshorn was a respected Cherokee artist who initially became known for her deeply personal work in the 1990s as a photographer and mixed media artist. She became best known […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Terresa White, Mark Tetpon, and Don Johnston
Seal Vision: Shared Spirit celebrates the inter-related lives of seals with the people and animals of the far north. Echoing the format of Yu’pik dance masks, this striking mixed media […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Haudenosaunee / Iroquois artist
This small but ornate pouch represents a very distinctive beadwork innovation created by Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artists in the mid- to late-19th century. Small fabric bags, pin cushions, photo frames and […]
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CommunityDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Marcus Amerman
For #NativeAmericanHeritageDay, it seemed a most appropriate choice to feature this celebratory work by Marcus Amerman (American and Choctaw, b.1959), titled, The Gathering (1997). In this completely beaded panel, the artist […]