Photo courtesy: © Oklahoma Historical Society – Oklahoma History Center
The Oklahoma History Center Museum is all set to open a new exhibit called “Into the Mirror”. The exhibit will present a view of Indigenous people from the perspective of Indigenous artists. It is scheduled to open on March 30th and will feature the works of several renowned artists including:
Buffalo Meat (Cheyenne), 1847-1917
Carl Sweezy (Arapaho), c. 1879-1953
Stephen Mopope (Kiowa), 1898-1974
James Auchiah (Kiowa), 1906-1974
Archie Blackowl (Cheyenne), 1911-1992
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Crumbo (Citizen Potawatomi), 1912-1989
Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Big Bow (Kiowa), 1914-1988
Willard Stone (Cherokee), 1916-1985
Herman Toppah (Kiowa), 1923-1980
Enoch Kelly Haney (Seminole/Mvskoke), 1940-2022
Jerome Richard Tiger (Mvskoke/Seminole), 1941-1967
Ed Defender (Standing Rock Sioux), c. 1953-1999
Sharron Ahtone-Harjo (Kiowa) b. 1945
The exhibit will display the works of these artists from 1878 to the present day. The reason for selecting these artists is that they represent the Indigenous people in their own unique way. The exhibit will feature a variety of mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, casein, pencil sketches, lithographs, and bronze sculptures.
The exhibit will run from March 30th until January 30th of next year. The museum is open from Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
