First American Art Magazine

06/12/2026

Recognized for his colorful and expressive watercolor paintings of everyday O'odham life and ceremony, Michael Chiago Sr. (Tohono O'odham/Pima-Maricopa) was born in 1946 in Kohatk Village on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Southern Arizona. Read more about his life and work in an artist profile by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD — out now in our Spring 2026 issue.

Pictured: Michael Chiago Sr (Tohono O'odham/Pima-Maricopa), "Friendship Dance with the Man in the Maze and Cactus Fruit Harvesting," 2025, watercolor on cedar wood. Image courtesy of the artist.

06/11/2026

Which Sean Chandler buffalo do you feel like today?

Which Sean Chandler buffalo do you feel like today? 🤔 Here's how our staff are feeling:

Julia: 5
Ji Hae: 3
Debra: 8 (everyday)
Marisa: 5
✨Sean (the artist!): 9

Come in to see our current show through July 25th. You might find another buffalo that's more you!

06/11/2026

ATTENTION NATIVE ARTISTS!

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center is looking for artists to submit for a project about healing and remembrance related to the crisis.

Deadline to apply is coming up soon in June.

Here's the link: https://dst6v.share.hsforms.com/2Md0JrAURQOKv8wLd2L65Fw

06/10/2026

Happy Pride! Read a review by Cady de la Cruz (Quechua) of "Queering Indigeneity," an exhibition at the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, MN, in our Spring 2026 issue.

Pictured: Penny Kagigebi (White Earth Ojibwe direct descent) with Sadie Allen (Sicangu Lakota/White Earth Ojibwe), "decolonizingPRIDE," 2022, birchbark, porcupine quills, ribbon, rickrack, cordage.

06/09/2026

Whitehorse, Yukon – The Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre hosts the "My Big Bougie Beaded* Earrings" exhibition in Whitehorse until Aug. 21.

Yukon First Nations artists have intricately hand-made earrings on display at the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre gallery for My Big Bougie Beaded* Earrings.

06/09/2026

Kamloops, BC – Tk’emlups artist Shay Paul founded a Kamloops arts collective to redefine First Nations art.

Tk’emlups artist Shay Paul founded a Kamloops arts collective to redefine First Nations art. A Tyee Creative Forces interview.

06/08/2026

"Two hundred years ago, the Northern geometric weaving once practiced across Tlingit and Haida communities fell silent. Colonial disruption, trade cloth, and forced assimilation interrupted the intergenerational transmission of technique. The robes survived in fragments, in museum drawers, in photographs, and brief references in manuscripts, but not in living hands. Today, that silence has been broken."

Read more in "Reweaving the Raven: The Return of Yéil Koowú" available in our Spring 2026 issue.

Pictured: Teri Rofkar, Chas' Koowu Tla'a (Tlingit, Raven moiety, 1956–2016), dancing in a ravenstail robe that she wove. She was a 2009 NEA National Heritage Fellow. Photo: Tom Pich. Image courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts (CC0).

06/08/2026

Sarasota, FL – RedTail Gallery is a new Native American art gallery launched by William Yardley.

They feature artists such as Marla Allison, Sheldon Harvey, Jack Sabon, and many more! Basketry, drums, paintings, photography, sculptures, textile arts, and more!

You can call to schedule a viewing of their space or peruse online!

RedTail Gallery is located in Sarasota, Florida, and features an impressive collection of both vintage and contemporary works. From intricately crafted jewelry to striking paintings and handcrafted drums, each piece tells a story.

06/07/2026

Venice – Celia Vasquez Yui (Shipibo-Conibo) represents Peru at La Biennale di Venezia, with her installation of 70 ceramic sculptures, "The Council of the Mother Spirits of the Animals" in the exhibition, "Minor Keys," at the Central Pavilion, Giardini.

1960, Pucallpa, Peru Lives in Pucallpa