Malki Museum’s Founders History Exhibit Opening
Malki Museum's Founders History Exhibit Opening Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 10 am- 4 pm @Malki Museum 11-795 Malki Rd. Banning, CA 92220
Malki Museum's Founders History Exhibit Opening Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 10 am- 4 pm @Malki Museum 11-795 Malki Rd. Banning, CA 92220
13 Indigenous artists on Friday, December 13th! Happens at the Olson Gallery inside the Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop starting at 10 AM with an Opening Ceremony starting at 5:30 PM. Additional open gallery days on December 14th and December 18th with other viewings available by appointment. ARTISTS INCLUDE: Solange Aguilar (@shesanargonnaut), John Kuhs, Kai…
Exhibit Runs: January 12 – July 13, 2025 @The Fowler Musuem at UCLA Mark you calendars for the upcoming exhibit Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. It introduces fire as a generative element that connects us to our past and offers a collective path toward a sustainable future. The show presents a living…
Step back in time and discover the deep history of seaweed gathering, smelt fishing, and eeling in Humboldt Bay at the Clarke Historical Museum! Did you know that Wiyot and Yurok peoples have been fishing smelt along the Northern California coast for over 1,300 years? Using A-frame nets and dip nets, these expert fishers gathered…
Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range Photos by Kirti Bassendine At the Luna Gallery On display from March 15-April 27 Contemporary Indigenous Voices is bringing forward the voices of the indigenous peoples of California's South Coast Range in stunning photography and film, with inspiring exhibits and events throughout the region and around the…
Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum spotlight on Milton "Bun" Lucas Milton “Bun” Lucas (1925-1996), a revered elder of Pomo and Miwok descent from the Stewarts Point/Kashia Pomo community, was a powerful spiritual leader dedicated to keeping his people’s cultural traditions alive. Through Native dance and song, Bun passed on the rich origin stories of…
This exhibition brings together the community to celebrate the freeing of the Klamath River, and the decades long efforts towards the removal of 4 hydro-electric dams. As a result, salmon populations migrated up into the upper Klamath Basin for the first time in 100 years. We highlight community members, artists, and activists efforts, responding to…
SAVE THE DATE! Opening Reception Thursday April 3rd, 4:30pm-6:30pm! Cal Poly Humboldt’s Goudi’ni Native American Arts Gallery presents the Undammed exhibition celebrating the historic removal of dams on the Klamath River. The Exhibition runs April 3rd through May 17th, 2025. This exhibition brings together the community to celebrate the freeing of the Klamath River, and…
Fri, April 4, 2025, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm The Storyteller’s Hands: Carvings and Teachings of Bun Lucas - Exhibit Reception Milton “Bun” Lucas (1925-1996), a revered elder of Pomo and Miwok descent from the Stewarts Point/Kashia Pomo community, was a powerful spiritual leader dedicated to keeping his people’s cultural traditions alive. Through Native dance…
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site (MMHS) is thrilled to announce the opening of Momím Wené | Medicine Water: Flowing Throughout California Indian Country a contemporary art exhibition featuring 29 regional Native American artists. The exhibition will run April 12-September 14, 2025. Momím Wené | Medicine Water explores the complex relationship between essential waterways and…
The Agave Roast event allows visitors to taste agave and other native foods. There will be Native plant information booths. Great event for families and food lovers! Lunch served at noon - $15.00 suggested donation per plate. At 2PM, there will be an Artist Highlight with Yokuts Artist Poyomi McDarment. Tanin Pa’ashi Art Instillation in…
The Maidu Museum & Historic Site (MMHS) is thrilled to announce the opening of Momím Wené | Medicine Water: Flowing Throughout California Indian Country a contemporary art exhibition featuring 29 regional Native American artists. The exhibition will open with a reception on Saturday, April 12 from 5:00 – 7:00pm; admission is free. Momím Wené |…
April 30, 2025: Solange Aguilar Join the museum for a unique series of live readings set among the Getty Center’s Central Garden, featuring poetry inspired by the Getty Research Institute exhibition What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women, 1843–1999. Each week, words will float through the landscape, encouraging guests to create their own experiences: rest…
Join artists Carson Bates, Sage LaPena, Shanti Parks, and Jacinda Tayaba-Cordova for an engaging discussion about their artwork featured in the Momím Wené | Medicine Water exhibition. Facilitated by curator, Meyo Marrufo, the artists’ conversation will be centered around the importance of water as “good medicine.” Light refreshments and a limited number of complimentary Momím…
The McKinnon Family: From Basketry to Bowls Curated by Dennis McKinnon Dennis McKinnon, Yurok Honoring Heritage Through Woodworking Dennis McKinnon is a proud Yurok Tribe member with Tolowa and Yurok ancestry. He spent his early years along the Klamath River on McKinnon Hill and in Klamath, Ca., Del Norte County. In 1962, the McKinnons moved…
The Fresno City Hall will be hosting the 8th Annual Honor Your Elders and Mentors Art Exhibit, featuring the art of international selling Choctaw Artists Bobby Von Martin and James Martin. This is a free family friendly event showcasing art that honors basketweavers!
Part of the reimagining of the de Young's Arts of Indigenous America galleries, this is the first in a series of exhibitions that highlights specific regions of Native California. This installation explores the interconnections between art, ceremony, and the land in the Karuk, Yurok, Hupa, Tolowa, and Wiyot communities of northwestern California. The exhibition presents…
This exhibition brings together two seemingly distinct art forms: Pueblo pottery and classic cars. In 2014, Rose B. Simpson, a mixed-media artist from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, refurbished a 1985 Chevy El Camino, transforming it with a black-on-black Tewa pottery motif. Simpson titled her work Maria in honor of renowned artist Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo,…
A farewell to Momím Wené | Medicine Water, an exhibition exploring Tribal relationships with waterways and the impact of colonization across California Indian Country. Featuring 40 artworks by 29 California Native artists, the evening includes a 6:00 PM artist talk with Deerstine Suehead, Viola LeBeau, Malissa Tayaba, and Sage LaPena, moderated by curator Meyokeeskow Marrufo.…
Sierra Native Alliance, in partnership with the Maidu Museum & Historic Site (MMHS), invite Native artists to share their unique perspectives of ‘walking in two worlds’ – highlighting the deep connections between modern Indigenous identity, social justice, and equity. For more information contact: Telephone: 916 774-5933 Website: http://roseville.c.aus/museum Email: maidumuseum@roseville.ca.us
Join the museum for the opening of the newly redone Arts of Indigenous America! You can use code AIA25 to book free General Admission tickets to the September 13th event using this link: https://ticketing.famsf.org/events/0191818b-e64c-6b6a-7ab6-00280806cda1 *Note: You will need to select September 13th as your date before entering the code. There will also be physical tickets…
Iweš-‘iweš kečkeyma: 100 women This art is an ancestral reckoning. Iweš-‘iweš kečkeyma: One Hundred Women; A legacy of Indigenous resistance and resilience shares the a story of the land we are on through an offering of 100 hand made ribbon skirts created in honor of the first 100 Indigenous women and girls that were taken…
Nights on the Oasis Trail Thursday, September 25, 2025, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (last entry at 8:00 p.m.) Interpretive walks with Tribal Rangers along the Oasis Trail Bird Singing After-hours gallery viewing and late night Museum Store hours Activities Local Tasting Bites Glow-in-the-dark souvenir
The opening of Voices of Tamal-liwa at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center. Experience the living stories of the Támal-ko/Coast Miwok and Indigenous people of Marin County. This special evening includes a panel of community leaders, a screening of three short films, and personal stories of Coast Miwok family histories as told by Támal-ko/Coast…
Sustainers of Life, co-curated by Cecelia Caro and Laurie Steelink, features seven artists exploring intersectional themes through installation, sculpture, photography, illustration, and painting. The exhibition addresses colonialism’s impact, motherhood, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis while also celebrating individual stories of resilience and survival. Artists Weshoyot Alvitre, Emily Clarke, Katie Dorame, Eve-Lauryn Little Shell…
Walking In Our Moccs: Perspectives from Indigenous Artists is a community exhibition curated by Sierra Native Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Native families, cultures and environment in Placer County. The exhibition illuminates the experience of “walking in two worlds” through the eyes of contemporary Native American artists. Sierra Native Alliance’s Executive Director, Anno Nakai, states, “Walking in…
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) announces Good Fire: Tending Native Lands, a new special exhibition exploring how Native communities in Northern California have long used controlled fire—also called “good fire” or “cultural burning”—to care for the land and uphold traditions. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Native fire practitioners, artists, ecologists, and cultural…
The California Center for Native Nations (CCNN), in collaboration with the Department of Media and Cultural Studies (MCS), invites you to the Indigenous Truthtelling Symposium & Art Exhibit. This one-day gathering honors artists, poets, writers, scholars, and journalists who dedicate their lives to truth-telling in the face of ongoing violence. The exhibit features an original…
Opening January 5 at CIMCC We are proud to announce the opening of the Floyd Westerman Exhibit, honoring the life and legacy of Floyd “Red Crow” Westerman, musician, actor, activist, and cultural leader. This exhibit features panels on the American Indian Movement and the Redwood Highway Indian Marathon, highlighting powerful moments of Native leadership, endurance,…
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