First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 56mCheck out our online calendar to learn more about October's Native Art Events!: firstamerican.art/calendar Pictured: Cara Romero (Chemehuevi), “Coyote Girl,” 2024, archival pigment print. Photo courtesy of the artist. Part of the “Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light)” exhibition. 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tulsa, OK – Closed since July 2021, the Gilcrease Museum announces its reopening! firstamerican.art/gilcrease-mu... #NDNArt #NativeSky #ArtSky #Oklahoma #Tulsa #Museumsfirstamerican.artGilcrease Museum Announces Grand Reopening in March 2027Gilcrease Museum will reopen in Tulsa in March 2027 after a $140.9 million transformation. Learn about the new museum and memberships. 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Indigenous Collections Care Guide is available to download for Free Sponsored by the School for Advanced Research sarweb.org/iarc/icc/ #museums #Indigenous #museumcollections #conservation #nativesky #indigisky🔥 #artsky #ndnart #nativeart #Indigenousartsarweb.orgICC Guide - School for Advanced Research 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Brooklyn, NY – "Convening: Blessings for a Balanced World" at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway Saturday, Oct 3 11 am–5 pm In conjunction with "Hopi Kachina Dolls: Blessings for a Balanced World" Free, registration required www.brooklynmuseum.org/programs/con... #NativeSky #ArtSky #Hopi 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Read a review of "A Creek in Carolina: Artworks by Bobby C. Martin"at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design in our Summer 2026 issue. Pictured: Bobby C. Martin (Mvskoke), "Genesis 50:20," 2026, oil, oil stick, collage, and encaustic on birch panel. Image courtesy of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design 000
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"While MUY is not an overtly political project, it resonates with the Zapatista idea that 'other worlds are possible.'" – from "Espacio Muy: Contemporary Maya & Zoque Art in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas" in our Summer '26 issue. 100
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Before it was driven to extinction with the changes brought on by colonialism, the woolly dog played a key role in Coast Salish and Makah culture and weaving www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...cbc.caThe only known woolly dog pelt has returned to Canada. It's a 'powerful moment' for Indigenous communities | CBC RadioFor thousands of years, woolly dogs played an integral role in the lives of Salish and Makah peoples, who bred them and used their silky white fur for weaving. But the beloved animals were driven to e... 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A cryptid for the day: Kârale Andreassen (Tunumiit, 1890–1934), "En tupilak harpuneres af en kajakmand / A tupilak is harpooned by a kayaker," ca. 1920–1934, pen and ink on paper, 4.80 × 7.48 in., collection of the National Gallery of Denmark, KKS2002-1/6. #Inuit #InuitArt #Greenland #NativeSky 041
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bidding has started for the Native Art Supporting Hearts auction! Sales benefit a foundation started by FAAM operations manager Jessica Poolaw Ma’ilo (Delaware/Kiowa/Samoan) that provides support to families facing a child’s hospitalization in a pediatric CICU. firstamerican.art/native-art-s...firstamerican.artNative Art Supporting Hearts: A Benefit Auction for CICU FamiliesNative art auction brings Native artists and collectors together for to benefit Sparkle Strong Foundation and families in the pediatric CICU. 052
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy Labor Day! 📷: Carla Hemlock (Mohawk), "Tribute to the Mohawk Ironworkers," 2008, cotton cloth, glass beads, sequins, cotton/nylon/metallic threads, 49 3/4 x 62 3/8 in. Collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Image courtesy of NMAI. 070
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026"Resonance" from Jontay Kahm's (Mosquito Cree) "Ethereal Realms" collection, 2024, highlighting pony beads and rooster feathers. Model: Ashley Callingbull (Enoch Cree). Both photos: Tira Howard. Read more about the life and work of Kahm in our Summer 2026 issue: firstamerican.art/current-issue/ 030
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026September is full of great Native art events. Check out our calendar to see what's happening: firstamerican.art/calendarfirstamerican.artCalendar - First American Art MagazineThe most extensive Native art event calendar available. Exhibitions, art fairs, and more—featuring art by Indigenous peoples of the Americas. 052
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Howes Cave, NY – The Iroquois Museum is hosting a fall series of talks addressing the Haudenosaunee and America's 250th anniversary www.iroquoismuseum.org/workshops-ev... #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥 #HowesCave #Iroquois #Haudenosaunee #NDNArt #America250 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Congrats to Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, on being selected as a Rodger and Joann McLennan Canadian War Art Research Fellow. Smith is the curator and head of collections at Glenhyrst ArtGallery in Brantford, Ontario and FAAM's literary editor. www.gallery.ca/research/fel...gallery.caRodger and Joann McLennan Canadian War Art Research FellowshipThe National Gallery of Canada’s Rodger and Joann McLennan Canadian War Art Research Fellowship encourages and supports advanced research in Canadian and Indigenous Canadian war and military art. 030
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Muscogee carver and photographer Hayden Haynes is featured in our Summer 2026 issue. 📷: Hayden Haynes (Seneca Nation/Kiowa/Muscogee), "We're in This Together," 2022, moose antler, glass barrel beads, wampum discs, pigment. Image courtesy of the artist. 032
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Want to look up info about an artist you've recently seen at an art market? Sky Sheyenne (Diné) of HODZA.mgmt created the Native Art Directory, which covers Native artists participating in numerous art markets! nativeart.directory #NativeSky #ArtSky #IndigiSky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNartnativeart.directoryNative Art Directory — Native Art Week is hereFor one week, Santa Fe becomes the center of the Native art world. Know whose work to find, see award histories, and save your booths before you go. 01110
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Santa Fe, NM – Congratulations to Sergio Lugo (Santa Clara Pueblo) for winning Santa Fe Indian Market Best of Show. Check out his work and all of the classification winners! firstamerican.art/sfim-2026-wi... #NativeSky #ArtSky #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArtfirstamerican.artSanta Fe Indian Market 2026 Winners - First American Art MagazineSanta Fe, NM – A blackware pot that defies gravity takes the coveted Best of Show at SWAIA's 2026 Santa Fe Indian Market. 050
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Congratulations to Santa Fe Indian Market 2026 Best of Show winner Sergio Youngblood Lugo (Santa Clara Pueblo)!!! 080
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Arnold Shawanoo Walker (Odawa/Shawnee), Myingan (Wolf), 2025, birchbark, porcupine quills. On view at “The Three Fires: Contemporary Anishinaabe Artists,” on view through August 18 at FOMA Santa Fe, 333 Montezuma. #Indigisky🔥 #NativeSky #ArtSky #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #Anishinaabe 040
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026There's still time to reserve your ad in our next issue: FAAM No. 52, Fall 2026! • Connect with community • Reach collectors, scholars & leaders • Grow your impact! Advertise with First American Art Magazine firstamerican.art/advertise/ 000
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Our first Rising Voices Indigenous youth artist profile is now online! Follow the link to learn more about 19 year old Karuk artist Harrison Gage Spinks and see more of his work. Visit: firstamerican.art/rising-voices-harrison-gage-spinks/firstamerican.artRising Voices: Harrison Gage Spinks (Karuk) | FAAMMeet Harrison Gage Spinks (Karuk), a young Tulsa artist, exploring media, design, and storytelling, who hopes to bring Native voices to animation. 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Heading to NM for the Santa Fe Indian Market? We've updated our Native Art Week guide to make navigating it all a little easier. From parking to special events, you'll find some insider info on our site: firstamerican.art/native-art-week-santa-fe/firstamerican.artSanta Fe | Native Art Week August 2026 - First American Art MagazineSanta Fe – Tips and resources to get the most out of your Native Art Week experience this August. Art markets, exhibitions, and more! 010
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The Pueblo Revolt happened today, August 10, in 1680. Pictured: Clay tile from Jason Garcia's (Santa Clara Pueblo) / Okuu Pin Turtle Mountain “Tewa Tales of Suspense” series inspired by comic book covers and depicting the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Photo: King Galleries - Scottsdale 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Check out firstamerican.art/sovereign-santa-fe-2026 to learn more about the sixth official Sovereign Santa Fe 2026 group art expo happening in Santa Fe at La Fonda on the Plaza. 140
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The Whitehawk Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention center through Sunday, August 9, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Visit whitehawkshows.com to learn more. 011
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Saturday, August 8, check out the Central Oklahoma Native American Art Sale at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds, 615 E. Robinson in Norman, Oklahoma. Artists, dealers, museums, and more! Free admission and open to the public. 011
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oklahoma City — congratulations to Micah Wesley (Kiowa/Muscogee) for winning the Grand Award at Red Earth for “Bonds of Antiquity: American Prayer,” 2026, acrylic on canvas, 48 by 36 in. 061
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026August 2026 is FULL of Native Art Events! Check out our online calendar to learn more: firstamerican.art/calendar Pictured: Craig George (Diné), “nizhóní nation #1,” 2025, oil on linen, 24 × 20 in. part of the Sovereign Santa Fe events 0112
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Cady de la Cruz (Quechua-American) reviews "Voices Now: Contemporary Native American Art" and "Homelands: The Osage in Missouri," two exhibitions on view at the Museum of Kansas City until February 21, 2027 for our Summer 2026 issue. 170
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Aspen, CO—"Living Lines: Contemporary Native Voices" at the Casterline|Goodman Gallery, 611 E. Cooper Av. Reception: Friday, June 3, 6–8 pm www.casterlinegoodman.com/viewing-room... #IndigiSky🔥 #NativeSky #ArtSky #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #AspenCO #NDNArtcasterlinegoodman.comLiving Lines: Contemporary Native VoicesCasterline|Goodman Gallery is proud to present Living Lines: Contemporary Native Voices , a landmark group exhibition opening July 20, 2026 , at 611 East Cooper Avenue in Aspen, Colorado . Featuring w... 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Help us celebrate the next generation of Indigenous artists! Know a program helping Indigenous youth explore the arts? How about a talented young Indigenous artist? We'd love to hear about it! Nominations forms linked in comments 👇 174
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Montclair Art Museum Appoints Todd Caissie (Osage) as Executive Director firstamerican.art/montclair-ap... #IndigiSky🔥 #NativeSky #ArtSky #Osage #NativeAmerican #Museums #MontclairArtMuseum #ToddCaissie #Indigenous #NDNArt #NativeArtfirstamerican.artTodd Caissie Named Executive Director of Montclair Art MuseumMontclair, NJ – Todd Caissie, the new executive director of the Montclair Art Museum, focuses on community programming and Native leadership. 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Claire Green Young, a Choctaw Nation public arts manager and curator, shares her top seven list in our latest "Seven Directions" department. Pick up a copy of the Summer 2026 issue to see Green Young's selections. 020
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Have a Native art exhibition you'd like to share with the world? Submit it to the FAAM calendar! firstamerican.art/submit-an-ev...firstamerican.artSubmit an Event - First American Art MagazineUse this online form to submit your Native art event to FAAM's online calendar. Listings are free of charge. 041
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Everyone can appreciate Native art with First American Art Magazine! 072
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The work of Grand River Mohawk artists Michael and Sierra Barber in "Beads, Brushes, and Blood Memory," is featured in our Summer 2026 issue, out now. 1/2 161
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Santa Fe – SWAIA Partners with Tribes for the 2026 Santa Fe Indian Market! firstamerican.art/swaia-tribal... #NativeSky #ArtSky #IndigiSky🔥 #SantaFe #SWAIA #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNArt #SaveHickoryGroundfirstamerican.artSanta Fe Indian Market Announces Tribal Partnerships - First American Art MagazineSanta Fe – SWAIA partners with tribes to bolster tribal visual sovereignty. These tribes will cosponsor film and other robust programming. 184
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Celebrate Native art — pick up the latest issue of First American Art Magazine, out now! firstamerican.art/current-issue 074
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 09/07/2026🌻FAAM's Issue No. 51, Summer 2026, is out and full of features, profiles, reviews, and much more!🌻 firstamerican.art/current-issue 040
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Carnegie, OK — Congratulations to all the winners of the 3rd annual Kiowa Art Show, especially Best of Show winner Jeff Yellowhair (Kiowa/Apache)! See more: firstamerican.art/kiowa-art-sh... #NativeSky #Indigisky🔥 #NativeArt #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Kiowa #NDNArt #NativeAmerican #Indigenousfirstamerican.art3rd Annual Kiowa Art Show Winners - First American Art MagazineCarnegie, OK – The Huntinghorse Tsatoke Kiowa Tribe Art Show showcased artworks created by Kiowa citizens and descendents, across media. 040
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Bar Harbor, ME – The Dawnland Festival of Arts and Ideas is this coming weekend! July 11 & 12 at the College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street. Hosted by the Abbe Museum. Speakers, music, 50+ artist booths, book signings, and more! www.abbemuseum.org/dawnland-fes...abbemuseum.orgDAWNLAND FESTIVAL OF ARTS & IDEAS — Abbe MuseumJoin us July 11-12, 2026, for the Dawnland Festival of Arts & Ideas, a celebration of Wabanaki culture at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. As one of the best cultural festivals in Mai... 040
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Three Indigenous artworks within 3 blocks of one another in downtown San Francisco. ❤️ 1. Jeffrey Gibson (2026) 2. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and James Luna (1993) 3. Rose B. Simpson (2025) Photos by Anya Montiel, PhD (Mestiza/Tohono O'odham descent) #ArtSky #NativeSky #IndigiSky🔥 #NDNArt #SFCA 030
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Check out the Native Art events happening in July 2026! firstamerican.art/calendar Pictured: Oil painting by Linda Infante Lyons (Alutiiq/Sugpiaq); part of the Linda Infante Lyons exhibition at the Bunnell Street Arts Center. 0126
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Congratulations to Carrie Moran McCleary (Little Shell Chippewa) on receiving the 2026 Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival Best of Show award for her piece “Reclaiming the Sisterhood of the Tuppie.” See the rest of the award recipients here: eiteljorg.org/2026-indian-... 042
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"Jami Powell, curator of Indigenous art at Dartmouth College’s Hood Museum of Art, uses the phrase 'colonial entanglements' to describe the complexity of U.S.-tribal relations."wreg.comNative Americans mark the US 250th with pride, pain and patriotismSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Swiftly marching toward westward expansion, the United States in the 1800s brought with it a tidal wave of displacement and cultural suppression for Native Americans. A centur… 030
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 22/06/2026"The Native artwork will be figured prominently in the main tower and outside in the gardens, asserting their rightful place in Obama’s story of how he sees the America he presided over for eight years." ictnews.org/news/indigen...ictnews.orgIndigenous art shapes the narrative at Obama Presidential Center - ICTThe Chicago venue aims to be a cultural center for all 031
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"When Mvskoke Waters Gallery opened in December 2025, the first night was set aside for artists featured in the inaugural exhibition and their families. I often joke that Mvskoke people travel in packs, but we really do. Generations gathered that night before the public opening. 1/3 181
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A posthumous retrospective honors the life and work of Comanche/Kickapoo artist Wendy Amber “Numu Petas” Mahsetky-Poolaw (1969–2006). Learn more on our site: firstamerican.art/wendy-mahset...firstamerican.artPosthumous Retrospective Honors Wendy Mahsetky-Poolaw - FAAMWendy Mahsetky-Poolaw: Memory and Presence runs July 10–August 29, 2026 in Norman, OK featuring mixed-media works and selected pieces by Kiowa artist Thomas Poolaw. 020
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Congratulations to FAAM Advisor Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq) and the entire team of Indigenous curators on the exhibition "Qillaniq" at the National Gallery of Canada. The exhibition features artists from Alaska, Inuit Nunangat, Greenland, and Sápmi. nunatsiaq.com/stories/arti...nunatsiaq.com‘Huge movement’ to connect North reflected in Ottawa exhibitionVisitors entering the National Gallery of Canada’s newest exhibition in Ottawa will be able to sit inside a large qaggiq — or igloo used for community gatherings — reimagined as a woven grass basket. 070
First American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026June 14 to 20 is Uncontacted Peoples Week: www.uncontactedpeoples.org #uncontactedpeoplesweek #UncontactedTribes #BLUEDEER #FirstAmArt 072