Common Thread: Indigenous Perspectives from the Arctic
On view through January 5, 2025
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico
iaia.edu/mocna
For millennia Indigenous peoples of the North have lived in harmony with the land and sea. The twelve artists and activists in the exhibition “Common Thread: Indigenous Perspectives from the Arctic” continue this relationship. Their artworks examine critical issues, including land rights, borders, environmental concerns, language and cultural preservation, identity, self-representation, and violence against Indigenous peoples. These works also highlight artists’ connection to place, the natural world, and their communities.
[Image: Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen (Sámi, Norway), Várddus – Vy – View, 2017–2023, textiles, fibers, animal skin, 71” x 51” x 2”, photograph courtesy of Kunstnerforbundet.]
