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An art print featuring two people sitting on a car. — “enit,” Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke [Crow]), 2010. (detail) Lithograph with photographs printed on Rives BFK white and Moab entrada. C.N. Gorman Museum collection.

ART FROM NATIVE PRINTMAKERS

November 25, 2022 – April 23, 2023

Vibrant works of art reveal contemporary Native and Indigenous printmakers’ diverse styles and perspectives.

“Metaphor, Myth, & Politics: Art from Native Printmakers” features 36 contemporary works on paper by 29 Native and Indigenous artists from California and around the world. The colorful and inventive pieces, all drawn from the C.N. Gorman Museum’s collection at UC Davis, reveal the diverse points of view and styles of art present in the world of contemporary Native printmaking.

This exhibition is organized and traveled by Exhibit Envoy. Click here to visit their website and learn more about the artists’ points of view and styles.