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The exhibit provides an essential introduction to recent works of video art and experimental documentary by Indigenous film and video makers across North America.

Tlingit Master Carver Nathan Jackson and his son, professional artist Jackson Polys, have carved totem poles in Saxman’s Edwin DeWitt Carving Center for the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Totem Pole

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A new public mural in Juneau honoring Tlingit activist Elizabeth Peratrovich highlights Alaska Native peoples’ resistance to colonialism.

WE SLIP INTO REVERIE. The traditional death notices along the passages and vaporetto stops around Venice have more faces than usual. The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine flaps in the cold breeze blowing off the lagoon. The carnival masks stare from shop windows at the face masks of those on the other side of the glass. Mingling with the throngs of holiday tourists, an art world sweeps in on boats and trains, buses and planes into the Most Serene Republic for the professional days of the fifty-ni...

Listing prepared by Indigenous Media Initiatives April 13 - April 21, 2022

Nathan Jacksons remarkable story continued this month with his selection as a 2021 United States Artists Fellow in traditional arts. The Chicago-based national arts funding association on Feb. 3 announced Jacksons inclusion in the 2021 class of 60 fellows from across the country who were chosen for their "bold artistic vision and significant impact," with each demonstrating "generosity and care toward field-building that continues to inspire and propel their discipline." Jackson, a world-renown...