Wówapi: The Record is Soft, is a collective of handmade paper (repurposed) sculptures that are stitched with piercing porcupine quills, glass beads carefully placed, and embossed with Lakota visual language. Opens during Santa Fe Indian Market weekend.

I am so delighted to be curating your first New York solo exhibition and thrilled that it will be presented by River Valley Arts Collective.

This exhibition, curated by the renowned artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), provides a provocative survey of contemporary Native American art across media. Opening Feb 1, 2025

Gallery 51 in North Adams, Mass, is pleased to announce an upcoming three-person exhibition, Materialscape, with artists Marissa Baez, Delaney Keshena, and Mikayla Patton. The show features artists from various stages of their careers and communities brought together by their common use of materials. Guest curated by artist Mikayla Patton, the opening reception will take place September 6th from 5pm to 8pm EST and will close on November 3rd. Please join us as artist Marissa Baez welcomes the community to participate in performance in the gallery space.  

Celebrating Complexities features the recipients of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists in 2022 and 2023: 

• Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla Band of Indians)

• Savannah LeCornu (Tsimshian, Haida, and Nez Perce)

• Mikayla Patton (Oglala Lakota Nation) 

• Cara Romero (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe)

The exhibition is guest curated by Brenda Mallory (Cherokee), a recipient of the Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists in 2018, the first year of the program. 

Art on Paper returns to downtown Manhattan's Pier 36 from September 8—11, 2022 for the event's anticipated eighth edition. With 100 galleries featuring top modern and contemporary paper-based art, Art on Paper's medium driven focus lends itself to significant projects. Represented by Accola Griefen Gallery.

We are pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of Joan Mitchell Fellowships! These 15 artists from across the United States will each receive $60,000 in unrestricted funds, distributed over five years alongside flexible professional development and convenings that facilitate community building and peer learning.

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Chiaroscuro is pleased to present our first solo exhibition for Mikayla Patton (Oglala Lakota). "On the Back Road" brings together both two and three dimensional abstract pieces made with handmade paper and assorted mixed media, which navigate a delicate balance between vulnerability and protection, fragility and strength. NEW WORK IN EXHIBITION WILL BE POSTED ONLINE IN EARLY AUGUST.

Learn how to incorporate objects such as seeds, coins, string, and beads to make both physical and conceptual marks on paper artworks. Turn existing paper ephemera like newspapers, letters, and more into either a standalone art piece or a substrate for new work! In this week-long workshop, we can shape and layer our own stories into paper.

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Reciprocal Relations speaks of the power our relationships hold and the value and respect we have for our past, present, and future ancestors. As contemporary representations of the Women from the Oceti Shakowin Oyate (People of the Seven Council Fires, colonially known as the Sioux Nation), Jaida Grey Eagle and Mikayla Patton’s work is rooted with a sense of resistance and survival, sharing histories that counter the many inauthentic narratives that abound. Upholding sustainability and embracing materials revered by past generations, every piece is a modern interpretation of Indigenous culture, a story told by a powerful voice that instructs us to listen and to learn.

Curated by Alexandra Buffalohead