Image: Lily Hope, Memorial Beats, 2021. Thin-spun merino and cedar bark with copper, headphones, and audio files, 16 x 4 x 10 inches. The Hope Family Trust. © Sydney Akagi. Image above: Erica Lord, Multiple Myeloma Burden Strap, DNA/RNA Microarray Analysis, 2022. Glass beads and wire, 7 x 60 x 11/4 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Accola Griefen Fine Art. © Addison Doty.
It is the first time that artists chosen for the Renwick Invitational are all Native Americans and Alaska Natives. All are members of separate sovereign nations: Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska, Nenana Native Association, Wabanaki Confederacy, Okanagan Nation, and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
Image: Joe Feddersen, Fish Trap, 2021-2022, fused glass and metal, 24 x 72 x 24 inches. Courtesy of the artist. © Mario Gallucci.
The artists were selected by a panel of distinguished jurors, including Lara Evans; Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Zuni/Tlingit), independent curator and the Jill and Joe McKinstry Endowed Faculty Fellow of Native North American Indigenous Knowledge at the University of Washington’s iSchool; and Anya Montiel (Mexican/Tohono O’odham descent), curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
Image: Ursala Hudson, Tideland Warrior, 2021. Headpiece: merino, feathers and mother of pearl; shawl: merino, silk, mountain goat fur, and mother of pearl; wrap: merino, silk, leather, and Tencel, women's size 6. Courtesy of the artist.
© Kahlil Hudson.
Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 runs until 31 March 2024. Find out more on the event website: americanart.si.edu/research/my-art/first-steps