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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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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Shaun Peterson
Ravens hold special significance and symbolism in many cultures and traditions, and especially in the Coast Salish peoples of the Pacific Northwest, as seen here in Shaun Peterson’s Circling Ravens […]
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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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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Mary Adams
At two inches by two inches in diameter, this piece by Mary Adams (Mohawk, Canadian) feels quintessentially “small but mighty” and so full of intricate beauty. In these fraught days, […]
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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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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Dyani White Hawk
This screenprint by Dyani White Hawk was inspired by a Plains style women’s dentalium dress. You can almost feel the ribbons, the wool, the shells, the metallic details, the hemline. […]
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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 […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Brenda Mallory
The act of cutting something apart down to its core, effectively destroying its original function, but then reforming into a beautiful lush object reflects my interest in how things that […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Joe Feddersen
Screens and our relationships to them continue to evolve and influence all facets of our lives—how we stay informed, how we work and learn and play, how we connect with […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Zig Jackson
“While working on his MFA in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute during the 1990s, Zig Jackson turned the camera on himself. He wryly explored the ways that he, […]