Celebrating Contemporary Native Art at the National Museum of the American Indian
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Join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to celebrate the exhibition Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe at the National Mall, Saturday, April 18, 10:30 am–3 pm. Visitors of all ages are invited to experience the first major retrospective of acclaimed Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) artist Truman Lowe, featuring nearly 50 evocative sculptures and drawings, and rarely seen monumental nature-inspired artworks.
Join family-friendly interactive tours of the exhibition, a curator-led tour, followed by an afternoon panel discussion. While at the museum, enjoy lunch at the Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe.
Saturday, April 18, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free | National Mall
10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: Look, Learn, Create: Water’s Edge for Families
11 a.m.: Curator Tour: Water’s Edge
2 p.m.: Truman Lowe’s Artistic Legacy (Panel Discussion)
Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe brings together for the first time many of Truman Lowe’s (1944–2019) monumental sculptures and significant works from public and private collections, including 28 from the National Museum of the American Indian.
“Truman Lowe’s art reflects on the waters and woodlands of his home, as well as family and cultural traditions, memory and knowledge,” said Rebecca Head Trautmann, exhibition curator. “We are excited to share his work and his story with our visitors.”
The exhibition is on view through January 2027. More at AmericanIndian.si.edu
AmericanIndian.si.edu | @SmithsonianNMAI
Photos below courtesy National Museum of the American Indian.
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- Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe brings together for the first time many of Truman Lowe’s (1944–2019) monumental sculptures and significant works from public and private collections.
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- Exploring the exhibit.
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- Taking in a piece by artist Truman Lowe. Photo courtesy NMAI.
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- Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe Exhibit installation. Third Floor North Gallery.
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- The exhibit is on view through January 2027.
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- The exhibition brings to light rarely seen monumental works.
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- Lowe’s elegant, minimalist sculptures made of willow branches, feathers, and other organic materials evoke the rivers, streams, and waterfalls of the Wisconsin woodlands where he was raised and the canoes used to traverse them.
