Image: Robert Upham | Snake Ledger

 

February 18th – March 20th, 2020
 

A themed exhibition, shaped and selected by Native guest curators, which engages viewers and the community celebrating the arts and culture of our Native community members. The exhibition will highlight work by Native artists, adult and youth from local and regional tribes, and Native artists from other locations who now live in the area.
Sponsored by Nisqually Tribe


 

Red Eagle

Philip H. Red Eagle

Guest Curator

Philip H. Red Eagle is a born and raised Northwest writer, artist, metal smith and carver. He is the author of Red Earth: A Vietnam Warrior's Journey; styled in mythical realism and now in 2nd Edition (saltpublishing.com). He is also the originator and a cofounder Of The Raven Chronicles: A Journal of Art, Literature & The Spoken Word (1991 -Present), currently based in Seattle. The Raven Chronicles is now 27 years old. Philip is an "occasional poet" who, these days, spends most of his time working with Tribal Journeys, a cultural movement using the canoe as a vessel for cultural renewal.

I began shooting with a small 35 mm Canon while In-Country Vietnam back in 1971. I had purchased a Canon QL rangefinder at the Cholon Exchange in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). Later, when back in the fleet in '72 and '73, I purchased a Canon F-I, a 35 mm SLR camera, while in Japan. Once back in the states and stationed in San Diego I began taking photography classes at night at San Diego City College. I came to the University of Washington in 1976 and continued my education and continued to improve my camera expertise moving to professional levels in the '80s in photo-journalism and shooting headshots and doing model portfolios and ad photography. I moved to gallery level photography in the early '90s. Currently, I have started digitizing my old slides and black & white film and I am now shooting with a Sony digital camera.

Featured Works

Linley Logan | Floral Cube | Plywood and Spray Paint | 15" x 15" x 15" 

Caroline Orr | Seduction of Merman | Mezzotint | 18" x 24"

Paige Pettibon | Red Wolf | Digital Print | 8.5" x 11" 

Stephanie Riedl | Iyaqut | Woodcut Relief Print | 12.75" x 16.75

Exhibiting Artist