IN THE SPIRIT CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ARTS 2024 19TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION

IN THE SPIRIT is an annual summertime celebration of Native arts & culture, including a juried exhibition at the Washington State History Museum, an Artist Awards event, and a free community arts market and festival.

The Exhibition – July 20 through September 29

Attend the art exhibition in person at the Washington State History Museum from July 20, 2024, until September 29, 2024. The exhibition features contemporary Native art with a variety of themes and mediums, including textiles, paintings, carvings, beadwork, mixed media, basketry, and digital works. Each piece is accompanied by an artist statement providing context and a deeper explanation of the artwork and themes. Guests will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite artwork in the exhibition. The People’s Choice Awards will be announced at the festival.

Artists

The 19th Annual IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts exhibition features art from:

• Sydney Akagi (Tlingit)

• Frank Andrews (Nez Perce Band Nimiipuu of the Colville Confederated Tribes/Diné (Navajo))

• Geraldine Arviso (Navajo Nation)

• Sonia Barry (Aleut)

• PḰȺELWEȽTEN Charles W Bloomfield (Pyramid Lake Paiute/ W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip)/ Lummi)

• Christine Buckminster (Colville/Yakama)

• Carol Emarthle Douglas (Northern Arapaho-Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)

• Denise Emerson (Diné and Skokomish Enrolled)

• Carly Feddersen (Colville Confederated Tribes (Okanogan + Lakes))

• Dan Friday Kwul Kwul Tw (Lummi Nation)

• Sean Gallagher (Inupiaq)

• Vicki Harlan (Colville Confederated Tribes)

• James Hart (Lingit)

• Donna Hogerhuis (Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe)

• Nena Howell (Tlingit)

• James Johnson (Tlingit)

• Mary Kelsay (Native Village of Nikolski)

• Raven Kengerski (Tlingit)

• Cynthia Masterson (Comanche)

• Megan McDermott (Little Shell Chippewa, Blackfeet, Cree)

• Liz Chikayaasix̂ Morrow (Unangax̂)

• Timothy O’Connell (Jamestown S’Klallam)

• Annette Pierre (Qlispé (Kalispel))

• Stephan Smith (Enrolled Quinault/Makah)

• Amber Spindel (Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe)

• Celeste Whitewolf (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla)

•  Rico Worl (Tlingit + Athabascan)

• George Zantua (Enrolled member of Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska)