Art / Exhibition / The Speed Collects: Native American Art

The Speed Collects: Native American Art

Fritz Scholder, Blue Indian, 1973. © Estate of Fritz Scholder. Tia Collection. Photo: James Hart Photography

George Geionety, Untitled (Paying Respect). © Estate of George Geionety. Tia Collection. Photo: James Hart Photography

Kay WalkingStick, The Abyss, 1989. © Kay WalkingStick. Tia Collection. Image courtesy of Froelick Gallery, Portland

Fritz Scholder
Blue Indian, 1973.
© Estate of Fritz Scholder. Tia Collection. Photo: James Hart Photography

George Geionety
Untitled (Paying Respect).
© Estate of George Geionety. Tia Collection. Photo: James Hart
Photography

Kay WalkingStick
The Abyss, 1989.
© Kay WalkingStick. Tia Collection. Image courtesy of Froelick Gallery,
Portland

APRIL 4, 2024 – ONGOING

Location: Upper galleries, South Building

Kincentrcity is an indigenous worldview that posits the relationship between humans and nature as kinship rather than resource. In many North American Native cultures, the elements, flora, and fauna are seen as elder relatives with whom we are meant to be in right relationship with. If you were to reframe your connection to the earth and its elements, what would it look like? Would you spend more time smiling once the sun returns after a long winter’s night? The works in this upcoming rotation explore this interconnectivity through imagery, form, concept, and technique.

Special thanks to Alan and Shelly Ann Kamei for their foundational support of the collection

2026 Season Exhibition Sponsors

Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein

Susan Dabney Lavin and Allan Lavin

Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman

Debra and Ronald Murphy

Dr. Victoria Phillips and Travis Anderson

Sociable Weaver Foundation