Exhibitions: Native North American Art: Contemporary Works by American Indian Artists

May 25, 1972: What is believed to be the first major New York museum exhibition of contemporary works by American Indian artists will open at the Community Gallery of The Brooklyn Museum on June 25 and remain on view through July 30.

Organized by Henri Ghent, in cooperation with Lloyd Oxendine, a young Cherokee artist, "NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART” was made possible through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. “NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART" will feature paintings, sculpture, graphics and wall-hangings created by eight (8) American Indian artists who have exhibited widely, and whose works are included in many private and museum collections.

The artists are: Ah-Swan, painter, native of the Yakima Nation Reservation; Larry Ahvakana, sculptor, member of the Eskimo tribe; Arthur Amiotte (Warpe Tanka Kuciyela or “Low Black Bird”), tapestry, member of the Oglala Teton Sioux tribe (South Dakota); Peter Jemison, painter, member of the Seneca tribe; Mary Morez, painter, member of the Navajo tribe; George Morrison, painter, member of the Chippewa tribe; Lloyd Oxendine, painter, member of the Lumbee Cherokee tribe; Se-Gwoi-Don-Kwe (Duffy Wilson), sculptor, member of the Tuscarora tribe.

Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1972, 050. View Original

Summer 1972: An exhibition of contemporary works by American Indian artists, NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART, will open at The Brooklyn Museum’s Community Gallery on June 25 and remain on view through July 30.

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART, was organized by Henri Ghent in cooperation with Lloyd Oxendine, a young Cherokee artist. The exhibition includes paintings, wall hangings, sculpture and graphics by 8 American Indian artists who have exhibited widely and whose works are included in many private and museum collections. An opening day reception in honor of the exhibiting artists, some of whom will be present, will be held in the Members’ Room adjacent to the Community Gallery from 2 to 4 P.M.

Participating artists are: Ah-Swan, Yakima Nation Reservation (painter), a student at Rhode Island School of Design; Larry Ahvakana, Eskimo Tribe (sculptor), has exhibited widely through the country; Arthur Amiotte, Oglala Teton Sioux Tribe (tapestry), multi-award winner whose works are in the private collections of Senator George McGovern and Lyndon Johnson; Peter Jemison, Seneca Tribe (painter), graduate of Buffalo University; Mary Morez, Navajo Tribe (painter), research assistant at Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, New Mexico who has had numerous one-woman exhibitions and whose works are in various public collections in the U.S.; George Morrison, Chippewa Tribe (painter), graduate of Minneapolis School of Art, Fulbright Scholar and Associate Professor of Art at Rhode Island School of Design; Lloyd Oxendine, Lumbee Cherokee Tribe (painter), B.A., M.F.A. Columbia University, winner of many awards and fellowships and director of Native North American Artists; Se-Gwoi-Don-Kwe, Tuscarora Tribe (sculptor), carving instructor, Tuscarora Indian School and director of Native American Art Center.

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART was made possible through grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Brooklyn Museum Archives. Records of the Department of Public Information. Press releases, 1971 - 1988. 1972, 034. View Original