Native American Art Gallery Portland Oregon

The center is named in honor of the confederated tribes of grand ronde and the spirit mountain community fund and is dedicated to all the native american tribes of oregon.

Native american art gallery portland oregon.

Indian basketry beadwork art work navajo jewelry indian pottery navajo rugs and blankets. Established in 1972 quintana galleries is portland s premier gallery of native american arctic and. It is inside not in a separate. We were lost a block from it but patrons of the main museum and nearby businesses couldn t give us directions to it.

We are located in sisters oregon. This museum is part of the portland art museum system and is seemingly unknown by the residents. At the portland convention center local native american artist lillian pitt teamed with native american poet gail tremblay and metalsmith ken macintosh to create 26 bronze plaques that depict. Pre historic and historic carved ivory bone and wood arts.

Navajo and hopi jewelry masks pottery sculpture baskets paintings kachina dolls drums. With more than 5 million native americans alive today there s a diverse well of talent to draw from. Eskimo arts and artifacts. In october 2015 the portland art museum launched the center for contemporary native art dedicated to presenting perspectives from modern day native cultures.

Specializes in 19th and early 20th century american indian art and material culture. To get there just go to the pam. Established in 1972 quintana galleries is portland s premier native american owned and operated gallery of first nations native american arctic and mexican art. Portland oregon march 20 2017 6 30 p m.

In 1948 the museum purchased axel rasmussen s collection of northwest coast art and in 1986 elizabeth cole butler began donating her encyclopedic collection of native american art of north america. The majority of the museum s collection of native american art comes from two sources. Native art isn t a thing of the past however. The confederated tribes of grand ronde center for native american art is one of the most comprehensive assemblages of historic native culture in the country.

We are excited to continue informing educating and visually stimulating our fans of native american art and culture. The items on this site indicate the items that we are interested in including. The gallery s extensive assortment of jewelry paintings pottery sculpture and more is available exclusively online and by appointment only visit their website for more information. Created in 1972 quintana galleries is home to a robust collection of native american first nations arctic and mexican art.