Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place
Nancy Mahaney, curator
Gallery 318, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Made possible by a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council, Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place features historical Native American art from the Spencer's collection. The exhibition also serves as a companion and complement to "Heartland Reverberations," an exhibition of contemporary Native American art. Passages is presented as part of the Kansas Sesquicentennial, and the project is centered on American Indian cultural materials. Accompanying public programs and educational materials to tell the story of the native tribes relocated into and out of the state of Kansas.
Exhibition images
Works of art
unrecorded Chaticks si Chaticks (Pawnee) artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Chaticks si Chaticks (Pawnee) artist
mid 1800s–1880
unrecorded Wazhazhe (Osage) artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) or Numunuu (Comanche) artist
late 1800s–1928
unrecorded Wazhazhe (Osage) artist
late 1800s–1956
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1860s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1928
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1928
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
1930s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–2007
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1939
unrecorded Cheyenne, Ka’igwu (Kiowa), or Numunuu (Comanche) artist
circa 1920
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
early 1900s
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–1992
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–1962
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) or Numunuu (Comanche) artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) or Sioux artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–1879
unrecorded Cheyenne or Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Numunuu (Comanche) artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
circa 1935
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1996
2001–2003
unrecorded Cheyenne artist
late 1800s–2007
unrecorded Cheyenne or Lakota artist
late 1800s–1992
Martha Berry
2006
date unknown
date unknown
1900–1999
unrecorded Wazhazhe (Osage) artist
late 1800s–1910
Events
September 22, 2011
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Gallery 318
October 3, 2011
Talk
2:00–4:00PM
Gallery 318, Gallery 404
October 6, 2011
Screening
6:00–8:00PM
309 Auditorium
November 3, 2011
Screening
6:00–8:00PM
309 Auditorium
November 10, 2011
Screening
6:00–8:00PM
309 Auditorium
November 30, 2011
Talk
6:00–8:00PM
309 Auditorium, Gallery 317 Central Court
Resources
Audio
Didactic – Art Minute
Didactic – Art Minute
Episode 241
Sep-2011, Braden Conrad-Hiebner
I’m David Cateforis with another Art Minute from the Spencer Museum of Art. A current Spencer exhibition, Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place, explores themes of Native American movement, settlement and identity on the Great Plains. Relocation caused the loss of many Native American traditions; however, encounters between tribes provided inspiration for new cultural and religious practices. Reflecting such encounters is a pair of Potawatomi style moccasins characterized by large ankle cuffs, but decorated with beadwork from multiple styles. The moccasin’s foot and toe cap areas are decorated in a bi-laterally symmetrical, abstract curvilinear design reminiscent of a floral or woodland stylization. The ankle cuffs reveal a beaded geometric style. Extensive beading and festive colors suggest they were intended for a celebratory event. These moccasins are a fine example of style unification resulting from frequent relocations and encounters between Native American tribes. Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place was made possible through a grant from the Kansas Humanities Council and is on view through January 15. With thanks to Braden Conrad-Hiebner for his text, from the Spencer Museum of Art, I’m David Cateforis.