A FINE ART EXHIBITION of 32 Southeast artists of the FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES
Coming May 2022!
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The Surprising Story
The Surprising Story
The Surprising Story
A century before the Irish came to America during The Great Famine, Celtic immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and Wales settled among sovereign Indigenous nations in the Southeast region of the U.S. Amid the clash of volatile foreign, domestic and tribal powers, a surprising story of kinship and identity emerged among the Choctaw,
A century before the Irish came to America during The Great Famine, Celtic immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and Wales settled among sovereign Indigenous nations in the Southeast region of the U.S. Amid the clash of volatile foreign, domestic and tribal powers, a surprising story of kinship and identity emerged among the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole and Muscogee (Creek) nations through intermarriage with these frontiersmen. Today these tribes are known collectively as the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, and bear rich, captivating cultures along with complex histories.
The Exhibition
The Surprising Story
The Surprising Story
While Southeast tribes fought for survival, sovereignty and cultural continuance on the Southern frontier, intermarriage into tribal clans forever bound Native nations and Celts in relationship. From this arose a new generation of mixed-heritage culture bearers, cultural brokers, tribal leaders, treaty makers and traitors. The
While Southeast tribes fought for survival, sovereignty and cultural continuance on the Southern frontier, intermarriage into tribal clans forever bound Native nations and Celts in relationship. From this arose a new generation of mixed-heritage culture bearers, cultural brokers, tribal leaders, treaty makers and traitors. The Chiefs, Clans and Kin fine art exhibition brings to light this little-understood history by artists of the Five Civilized Tribes who also hold this ancestry. More than 60 artworks respond to both the distinction and the melding of Indigenous and Celtic paradigms, and to the deep connections of family and culture held by First Americans.
The Artists
The Surprising Story
The Artists
The Chiefs, Clans and Kin exhibition features 32 Southeast artists exploring issues of singular and blended identities; cultural norms and anomalies; and shared histories of subjugation and colonization, among other subject matter. As professional and emerging artists, many have exhibited across the U.S. in museums such as t
The Chiefs, Clans and Kin exhibition features 32 Southeast artists exploring issues of singular and blended identities; cultural norms and anomalies; and shared histories of subjugation and colonization, among other subject matter. As professional and emerging artists, many have exhibited across the U.S. in museums such as the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in New York and Washington, DC, and numerous other prestigious art institutions in North America. The artworks of several artists of Chiefs, Clans and Kin are also exhibited in and collected throughout Europe and Asia. Watch our site for an added gallery of artist information and artworks.