Out of Tradition

Explore the ways in which traditions are passed down and morph over time by examining contemporary Native American art and experiences on campus at the de Saisset Museum through June 15, 2019. Here’s a preview of what you’ll see:

Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Raven, 2016, risograph print, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.5.2.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Mercedes Dorame, Smoke to Water – Chyaar Paar ‘Apuuchen, 2013, from the series Earth the Same as Heaven - ‘Ooxor ‘Eyaa Tokuupar, Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 4, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.4.3. Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Fritz Scholder, Another Deco Indian, 1979, lithograph, Edition 38/150, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Cahn 3.938.
Fritz Scholder, Indian with Pistol, 1978, color lithograph,
Edition 113/150, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Cahn 3.811.
Catherine Herrera, Our Land, Our Spirits, 2005, from the series Landless Indian, photograph.
Courtesy of the artist.
Catherine Herrera, Standing Up for a New Day, 2014, from the series Landless Indian, photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
Catherine Herrera, Sunrise on Alcatraz, 2007, from the series Landless Indian / Alcatraz Sunrise, photograph.
Courtesy of the artist.
Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Coyote, 2016, risograph print, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.5.1.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Mercedes Dorame, Balance, 2010, from Series Sinews, Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 7, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.4.1. Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Mercedes Dorame, Piecing Together with Abalone, 2010, from Series Sinews, Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 7, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.4.2. Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Sarah Sense, Weaving Water 26, 2013, bamboo paper archival inkjet prints, artist tape, from the series Weaving Water, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.6.2.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Sarah Sense, Remember 1, 2016, from the series Remember,
Arches watercolor paper, archival inkjet prints on bamboo paper and rice paper, tape, wax, graphite, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.6.1.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Katie Dorame, Three Padres by the Fountain, 2014, from the series Alien Apostles, pen and ink on paper, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.3.1.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).
Katie Dorame, Converts on the Path, 2014, from the series Alien Apostles, pen and ink on paper, de Saisset Museum permanent collection, Santa Clara University, 2018.3.2.
Museum Purchase, Acquisitions for Diversity Project, work selected by students in SCU Professor Mario Caro’s winter 2018 class, ARTH 147: Native Women in Contemporary Arts. Funds for this purchase were made possible by the Hearst Foundation’s Community Initiatives for the Visual Arts grant (CIVA).

Print Raven

Smoke To Water 700x700

Scholder Decoindian

Fritzscholder Indianwpistol

Our Land, Our Spirits

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1 Sunrise On Alcatraz, Landless Indian Series, 2005, Photo By Catherine Herrera, Flor De Miel Fotos, Int Cr Resrvd (2)

Print Coyote

Sinews Image List 6

Sinews Image List 3

Weavingwater26

Remember1

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