AMITIKATXI Collective—Panel Discussion
On Wednesday, April 3, artists from the AMITIKATXI collective in Brazil came together virtually for a panel discussion. The artists created The Forest is Our Future, which Makes Us Grow in 2021, currently on view in Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest. The discussion was in English and Portuguese.
AMITIKATXI is a collective of female artists from the Tiriyó, Katxuyana, and Txikiyana peoples (Tarëno and Pïrehno, in their own languages) from the Tumucumaque Indigenous land reserve in Pará state, and their neighbors, the Kahyana, Katxuyana, Tunayana, Wayana, and Aparai peoples.
The Forest is Our Future, which Makes Us Grow is an intricate depiction of a Sumaúma, the largest tree in the Amazon, which can grow as tall as 70 meters (approximately 230 feet), rendered in beads sewn onto the red fabric that makes up the skirts of women on feast days.
Current and Upcoming MoCNA Exhibitions
A listing of current and upcoming exhibitions at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA).
List of Events
The Stories We Carry
The Stories We Carry features contemporary jewelry created by more than 100 Indigenous artists across decades stewarded by the MoCNA permanent collection.
Our Stories
Our Stories is a companion to The Stories We Carry exhibition, located adjacent to the Kieve Family Gallery.
Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest
Womb of the Earth: Cosmovision of the Rainforest gives Brazilian Indigenous female artists an opportunity to share their art with a wider audience and to voice their concern about challenges their communities face.
Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People
The traveling exhibition Arctic Highways features 12 Indigenous artists from Sápmi (cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people) and North America, sharing stories of Indigenous people who live on different continents yet regard themselves as kindred spirits.
Common Thread: Female Perspectives from the Arctic
For millennia Indigenous peoples of the North have lived in harmony with the land and sea. The twelve artists and activists in the exhibition Common Thread: Female Perspectives from the Arctic continue this relationship.