Exhibit is first major show of artwork by Native women
By Marianne Combs/MPR Walking up to the main exhibition hall on the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s second floor, you might think you’ve come to the wrong place. This is supposed to be Hearts of Our People, the first major exhibition dedicated to the artwork of Native American women, and the first thing you see is […]
“Hearts of Our People” co-curators talk about the exhibit
By Deborah Locke In 2014, an advisory committee to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts met to start work on an exhibition devoted to American Indian women artists. Committee members included Native women artists and Native and non-Native scholars from a broad range of nations. Historically, the work of native female artists is anonymous, and regarded […]