Native American Heritage Month

This year, we are focusing on artists and storytellers from various cultures. For Native American Heritage Month, we will be showcasing two impactful and creative voices. We invite you to take in their work and learn about their stories with the links below.

Artist Rick Bartow was a member of the Wiyot tribe of Northern California. The Institute of American Indian Arts decribes his work this way: “Bartow’s work aims to reveal the layers of his worldview and his astonishing command of materials. His paintings are all about relationships, how the worlds of nature, humans, and spirit connect, influence, and balance one another. Bartow is truly a master at his craft. He expertly transitions between media and techniques, and has a tremendous command of color.”

To Learn more about Bartow’s work, click here.

Artist Kay Walkingstick is a member of the Cherokee Nation. The National Museum of the American Indian writes: “Her distinctive approach to painting emerged from the cauldron of the New York art world, poised between late modernism and postmodernism of the 1960s and 1970s. Over decades of intense and prolific artistic production, she sought spiritual truth through the acts of painting and metaphysical reflection.” Her work touches on not only the connection between the land and her people, but on her experience as a women in American society.

To Learn more about Walkingstick’s work, click here.