Akwesasne Artists featured in NYS Museum

The New York State Museum will open a new exhibition featuring contemporary Native American artwork on December 13, 2014. Represent: Contemporary Native American Art features twenty-one artworks created by eighteen artists from Native American Nations in New York State.

On display in Crossroads Gallery through September 20, 2015, the exhibition features a variety of contemporary Native American artwork. From baskets and beadwork to modern art, the artwork celebrates the traditional roots of Native American artistry through modern expression.

The Museum will host a public opening reception for the exhibition on Sunday, December 14, 1:00 – 3:00pm. Light refreshments will be served. The reception is open to the public; no RSVP required.

The artists and their work include:

•David Fadden, Mohawk

At the Social, Acrylic on canvas

•Roger Perkins, Mohawk

Bear Clan, Digital print, archival ink on canvas 

I Pop Arted Tonto, Digital print, archival ink on canvas

•Sheila Ransom, Mohawk

Bird’s Beak Fancy Basket, Black ash and sweet grass

•Natasha Smoke Santiago, Mohawk

Emerging Corn, Densite plastic, acrylic and cornhusk

Ronni-leigh Goeman, Onondaga, and Stonehorse Goeman, Tonawanda Seneca

Blue Heron with Baby basket, Black ash, sweet grass, buffalo horn, moose hair and antler

Tony Gonyea, Onondaga

Two-Row Wampum Belt, Ceramic beads, deerskin, and sinew

Brenda Hill, Tuscarora-Choctaw

Pot with Wampum Bead Rim, Earthenware with shell inlay

Bear Comb Lid and Dish, Earthenware

Tom Huff, Seneca-Cayuga

Ancestors/Tree of Life, Brazilian soapstone with walnut base

Mary Jacobs, Seneca

Beaded Velvet New Age Hat, Velvet, glass beads, and satin ribbon

David Bunn Martine, Chiricahua Apache-Shinnecock/Mohawk

Mandush, Shinnecock Sachem of the 17th century, Acrylic on canvas

Towanna Miller, Mohawk

Residential School, Acrylic on canvas

Penelope Minner, Seneca

Corn Wash, Market, and Tote/Purse Baskets, Black ash

Bryan Printup, Tuscarora

Ring Bearer Cushion, Velvet, glass beads

Alyssa Schmidt, Seneca

Beaded Hair Ornament and Earrings, Glass beads, fabric

Antoinette Scott, Seneca

Three Sisters: Corn, Beans, and Squash, Cornhusk, glass beads, cotton fabric

Samuel Thomas, Lower Cayuga

Bandolier Bag, Wool and cotton, glass beads, 14 karat gold beads, and satin ribbon

Carson Waterman, Seneca

Man with Gustowets, Acrylic on canvas