Collective Wisdom Exhibit

A collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Lokosh (Joshua D. Hinson - Chickasaw).
Chickasaw: Abikoppolo' - Plague
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Abikoppolo'

A collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Stuart Sampson (Citizen Potawatomi).

Amalgamation

A collaboration between Marwin Begaye (Navajo) and Margaret Wheeler (Chickasaw).

Wood block and screen print on handwoven cloth.

Cultural Algorithms

A collaboration between Chance Brown (Chickasaw) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

Diverging Winds

A collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Bryan Waytula (Cherokee).

Hurler

A collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Erin Shaw (Chickasaw/Choctaw).

Cloth, string, photo prints and acrylic paint on canvas.

Lines of Heredity

Collaboration between Marwin Begaye (Navajo) and Summer Zah (Dine, Choctaw, Jicarilla Apache).

Screen print on paper.

Lord of the Plains

Collaboration between Marwin Begaye (Navajo) and Summer Zah (Dine, Choctaw, Jicarilla Apache).

Screen print and woven paper on paper.

Summer Nights

Collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Dustin Mater (Chickasaw).

Lost My Heart in Memphis

Collaboration between Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) and Kindra Swafford (Cherokee).
Chickasaw: Nowut a - journey 
Cherokee: ᎯᎸᏍᎩᎡᎶᎯ (hi-lv-s-gi-e-lo-hi) -Worlds

Nowut a - journey | ᎯᎸᏍᎩᎡᎶᎯ - Worlds

Collaboration between Marcus Amerman (Choctaw) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

Pen and ink drawing with beadwork.

Oklahoma Flyover #1

Collaboration between Tom Farris (Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

Raven Moon

Collaboration between Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) and Kindra Swafford (Cherokee).
Cherokee: ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ - resolute
Chickasaw: ibachufa keyu - unyielding
Watercolor, acrylic paint, and gold leaf on paper.

ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ - resolute | ibachufa keyu - unyielding

Collaboration between Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) and Kindra Swafford (Cherokee).
Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏂᏏᏍᎩ di-da-ni-si-s-gi - Undertaker
Acrylic paint and watercolor on canvas.

Heroes jumping from the underworld | ᏗᏓᏂᏏᏍᎩ

Collaboration between Roy Boney (Cherokee) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

The Shifter

Collaboration between Kristin Gentry (Choctaw) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).
Choctaw/Chickasaw: Yannush/Yvnnash/Yanash - Buffalo
Acrylic paint and spray paint on canvas.

Yannush

Collaboration between Kristin Gentry (Choctaw) and Hoka Skenandore (Oneida, Oglala Lakota, La Jolla Band of Luiseno & Chicano).
Acrylic paint and spray paint on a vinyl record.

Rays

Horizon

Collaboration between Tom Farris(Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Hoka Skenandore (Oneida, Oglala Lakota, La Jolla Band of Luiseno & Chicano).
Acrylic paint on a vinyl record.

Portrait of Archie Blackowl

Collaboration between Tom Farris(Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Hoka Skenandore (Oneida, Oglala Lakota, La Jolla Band of Luiseno & Chicano).
Acrylic paint and paper on a vinyl record.

Portrait of Spencer Asah

Collaboration between Kristin Gentry (Choctaw) and Nathalie Standingcloud (Cherokee).

Etching on cedar.

Four Directions

Collaboration between Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

Acrylic on canvas.

Bison-Mart

Collaboration between Lokosh (Joshua D. Hinson - Chickasaw) and Cotie Poe-Underwood (Chickasaw).
Chickasaw: Chilla'chikat Nokfónkha - Remember that You Will Die
Beaded medallion and necklace (measurements include frame display).

Chilla'chikat Nokfónkha

Collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Cotie Poe-Underwood (Chickasaw).

Beaded medallion and necklace (measurements include frame display).

Dragonfly

Collaboration between Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) and Cotie Poe-Underwood (Chickasaw).

Acrylic paint with beadwork accents.

Determined Under A Troubled Sun

A collaboration between Marcus Amerman (Choctaw) and Kristin Gentry (Choctaw).

Three piece bracelet collection with laser engraved wooden tiles strung with glass and stone beads.
Bracelets are strung on slightly stretchable string, adjustable, (one size).

Tuchina Collection

Collaboration between Marwin Begaye (Navajo) and Amber Duboise-Shepherd (Navajo, Prairie Band Potawatomi, Sac & Fox). Screenprint, watercolor, Prisma colored pencil, pen and ink

Acknowledgement

Medicine

Collaboration between Marwin Begaye (Navajo) and Jackie Sevier (Northern Arapaho).
Screenprint, Hand dyed 100% rag BFK Rives paper, acrylic paint.

Star Pony

Earth and Sky Song

Ghost Shield

A collaboration between Tom Farris (Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca). Acrylic paint on wood panel ready for hanging.

Bullish

This piece is a collaboration between Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) and Deana Ward (Choctaw). The intricately beaded medallion necklace was inspired by the original drawing created by Dustin Mater.

Trickster

This is a collaboration between Candace Shanholtzer and Tyson Hudson. Featuring the image of Deer Lady and a bright blue leaping deer in front of a brightly colored background.

Deer Lady

This is a painting collaboration by Dustin Mater and Jerry Sutton. The piece is an acrylic painting on a 20"x20" canvas with a smaller painted canvas attached to the center that can be opened to reveal another small painting.

The Envoy

This is a collaboration between Nathalie Standingcloud and Kindra Swafford. Spidey Sense is a mixed media piece featuring a line drawn spider image created by Nathalie and painted in bold watercolor by Kindra.

Spidey Sense

This is a collaboration between Natalie Miller and Candace Shanholtzer. Natalie created a bold geometric background in jewel tones with a repeated scissortail image. Candace painted a beautiful scissortail in the center of a striking golden circle.

Fearless Flight

This piece is a collaboration between Jerry Sutton and Dean Wyatt. The tone for this piece was set by Dean using his mother tongue of non-objective abstraction. Jerry contributed by adding a stylized sunrise and placing brighter colors within his non objective narrative.

Nvdo Kalvga (Sunrise)

A collaboration between Kristin Gentry (Choctaw) and Nathalie Standingcloud (Cherokee).

Etching on Cedar.

Cherokee Ghost

Collaboration between Billy Hensley (Chickasaw) and Brenda Kingery (Chickasaw).

Acrylic Paint and watercolor on canvas.

Indigo Moons

Collaboration between Karma Henry (Paiute) and Billy Hensley (Chickasaw).

Break of Day

This piece is a painting collaboration created by Kristin Gentry and Kennetha Greenwood. This piece is a collaboration exploring the relationships between flora in the early spring and the patterns the blossoms create that form the designs throughout Eastern Woodlands and Southeastern tribal cultures of the artists.

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