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Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass
On View
June 13, 2025 — September 14, 2025
Location
Special Exhibition Gallery
Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass is a groundbreaking exhibition that gives overdue recognition to a wide range of contemporary Native American and Indigenous Pacific-Rim artists working in the medium of glass.
The featured artworks embody the intellectual content of Native traditions, newly illuminated by the unique characteristics that can only be achieved through glass. Whether re-interpreting traditional stories and designs or expressing contemporary issues affecting tribal societies, Native glass artists have melded the aesthetics and properties inherent in glass with their cultural ways of knowing.
Showcasing 120 glass art objects created by twenty-nine Native American artists, two Australian Aboriginal artists, as well as two Māori artists, this exhibition offers a powerful fusion of tradition and innovation. Also included in this show are works by non-native artist Dale Chihuly, a leading figure in contemporary glass who first introduced the medium to Indian country.
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A companion book, published by the Museum of New Mexico Press, presents the first published overview of the history of American Indian glass art as well as biographies of the artists featured in the exhibition. The catalog was authored by Dr. Letitia Chambers, who curated the exhibition together with artist and museum consultant Cathy Short (Citizen Potawatomi Nation), in collaboration with the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where this seminal exhibition originated.
‘Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass’ was originated by The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico. The traveling exhibit was curated by Dr. Letitia Chambers, and is toured by International Arts & Artists.
Following its presentation at the Chrysler Museum of Art, ‘Clearly Indigenous’ will travel to the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, October 10, 2025–May 29, 2026; the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, June 27–September 20, 2026; and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane, October 16, 2026–January 8, 2027.
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