Local Galleries Featuring Native Artists

In celebration of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., the following D.C.-area art galleries are featuring the work of contemporary Native artists.

Addison/Ripley Fine Art

1670 Wisconsin Avenue, NW (Georgetown)
Washington, D.C. 20007
202-338-5180
www.addisonripleyfineart.com

Show:
"Miyelo" Photographs by Viggo Mortensen

Dates: September 24-October 23, 2004
Hours: Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm

Burdick Gallery

2114 R Street, NW (Dupont Circle)
Washington, DC 20008
202-986-5682
www.burdickgallery.com

Show:
Inuit Art (Canadian Eskimo) sculpture and prints

Hours: Tue-Fri: 12 p.m.-6 p.m.; Sat: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Canadian Embassy

501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
202-682-7797
www.canadianembassy.org

Show:
"Dezhanejan: Aboriginal Works from the Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank"

Dates: September 9-November 26, 2004
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Gallery at Mandarin Oriental

1330 Maryland Avenue, SW (L'Enfant Plaza)
Washington, DC 20024
202-554-8588
www.mandarinoriental.com

Show:
Art by Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo), Ramona Sakiestewa (Hopi), Steve Yazzie (Navajo), and Margaret Bagshaw-Tindel (Pueblo Santa Clara)

Dates: September 1-October 30, 2004
Hours: Every day, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Glass Gallery

4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 150
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-657-3478
www.artline.com/galleries/glass/glass.html

Shows:
"Clearly Tradition: Glass in American Indian Art" with Tony Jojola, Marvin Oliver, Susan Point, Robert Tannahill, Christopher Tarpley, and Preston Singletary

"Native American Beadwork" with Marcus Amerman, Tammy Beauvais, Martha Berry, Betty David, Donna Shakespeare-Cummings, Terri Greeves, Vanessa Jennings, George C. Longfish, Sam Thomas, and Margaret Roach Wheeler.

Dates: September 22-October 23, 2004
Hours: Wed-Sat: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Receptions: September 22 and September 26, 2004

Hotel Washington

15th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-638-5900
www.nativeartshow.com

Show:
"2004 Native Art Show" featuring Virgil Ortiz, Benjamin Harjo, Jr., Jesse Monongye, Ed Noisecat, Patricia Michaels, Michael Horse, Steve Wikviya Larance, Marian Denipah, Mateo Romero, Melissa Talachy, Eddie Two Moons Chavez, Jane Osti, Ron Toahani Jackson, Susan Folwell, Jody Folwell, Polly Rose Folwell, Nelda Schrupp, Andrew Alvarez, and Kenneth Johnson.

Date: September 22, 2004
Hours: 4 p.m.-9 p.m.
Reception: September 22, 2004, 9:30 p.m.; sponsored by the Heard Museum Staff & Guild at The Big Hunt, 1345 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Kathleen Ewing Gallery

1609 Connecticut Avenue, NW (Dupont Circle)
Washington, DC 20009
202-328-0955
www.kathleenewinggallery.com

Show:
"Contemporary Native American Art" with Zig Jackson (Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara), Victor Masayesva, Jr. (Hopi), Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Creek/Navajo)

Dates: September 10- October 9, 2004
Hours: Wed-Sat: Noon-5 p.m.
Open House: September 22-24, 2004, 5-8 p.m.

Museum of Contemporary Art

1054 31st Street, NW (Georgetown)
Washington, DC
202-342-6230
www.mocadc.org

Show:
"Clark Brothers Head to Head" with Mark Clark and Michael Clark (Cherokee)
Photographs by Chris Randolph (Cherokee)

Dates: September 17-October 27, 2004
Hours: Wed-Sat: Noon-6 p.m.
Reception: September 17, 2004 6-8 p.m.

Parish Gallery

1054 31st Street, NW (Georgetown)
Washington, DC 20007
202-944-2310
www.parishgallery.com

Show:
"Native Color" with Darnella Davis and Phoebe Farris
September 17-October 12, 2004

Dates: September 22-24, 2004, 6-8 p.m.
Hours: Tue-Sat: Noon-6 p.m.
Artist Talk: September 24, 2004, 6-7 p.m.

Provisions Library

1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW (Dupont Circle)
Washington, DC 20009
202-299-0460
www.provisionslibrary.org

Show:
"Breaking the Surface" with Roxanne Swentzell (Pueblo Santa Clara)

Dates: September 4-October 24, 2004
Hours: Tue-Fri: 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat-Sun: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Studio Gallery

2108 R Street, NW (Dupont Circle)
Washington, DC 20008
202-232-8734
www.studiogallerydc.com

Show:
"Flutter" by Greg Lomayesva (Hopi)

Dates: September 1-26, 2004
Hours: Wed-Sat: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun: 1-5 p.m.
Reception: September 23, 2004, 6-8:30 p.m.