Native American art | History, Styles, & Facts | Britannica
Nov 7, 2024 · Native American art, the visual art of the aboriginal inhabitants of the Americas, often called American Indians. For a further discussion of the visual art of the Americas produced in the period after European contact, see Latin American art.
Collections | National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has one of the most extensive collections of Native American arts and artifacts in the world—approximately 266,000 catalog records (825,000 items) representing over 12,000 years of history and more than 1,200 indigenous cultures throughout the Americas. Ranging from ancient Paleo-Indian points ...
Native American Artists - National Gallery of Art
Highlights from Our Collection. Emmi Whitehorse, , 2020, mixed media on paper on canvas, William A. Clark Fund, 2022.41.1. Richard Ray Whitman, Robert Franklin, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Do Indian Artists Go to Santa Fe When They Die?, 1988, color offset lithograph on wove Arches paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation ...
Indigenous Art of the Americas Movement Overview
The art of Indigenous North, Central, and South American cultures spans millennia and continents, from the walrus tusk carvings of the Arctic-based Dorset culture to the elaborate fiber art of the South American Incas. Some of these cultures have been extinct for hundreds or thousands of years.
Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Indigenous American visual arts include portable arts, such as painting, basketry, textiles, or photography, as well as monumental works, such as architecture, land art, public sculpture, or murals. Some Indigenous art forms coincide with Western art forms; however, some, such as porcupine quillwork or birchbark biting are unique to the Americas.
Native and Indigenous Art - Smithsonian American Art Museum
May 26, 2023 · Artists Joe Feddersen (Arrow Lakes/Okanagan), Lily Hope (Tlingit), Ursala Hudson (Tlingit), Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Iñupiat), Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy), and Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) present a fresh and nuanced vision of Native American art.
Six Native Artists and Their Works Receive Major Recognition
Nov 12, 2021 · For decades, the artistic endeavors of Native Americans and other indigenous groups were rarely acknowledged as fine art. Native art was displayed separately and in isolation from Western or...
Artists | National Museum of the American Indian
Acclaimed artists Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish/Cree/Shoshone) and Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee) discuss their work, their distinguished careers, and their thoughts on the current state of Native American contemporary art.
Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker ...
Jul 14, 2023 · The work of more than fifty Indigenous groups is represented, as well as major Native American aesthetic forms: painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, quill and bead embroidery, basketry, and ceramics.
Native American art - Ritual, Ceremony, Symbolism | Britannica
Nov 7, 2024 · The term Native American art covers an extremely broad category, encompassing all art expressions of the original inhabitants of the Americas and their cognate descendants. It thus includes not only varied and completely disparate cultures but also spans great time sequences—from the early 21st century back to prehistoric times.