Native American Art Gallery Portland Oregon

Navajo and hopi jewelry masks pottery sculpture baskets paintings kachina dolls drums.

Native american art gallery portland oregon. In august of 2015 quintana galleries transitioned from a traditional brick and mortar to exclusively online and by appointment. In 1948 the museum purchased axel rasmussen s collection of northwest coast art and in 1986 elizabeth cole butler began donating her encyclopedic collection of native american art of north america. Eskimo arts and artifacts. The confederated tribes of grand ronde center for native american art is one of the most comprehensive assemblages of historic native culture in the country.

In its 17 years oregon art beat has traveled everywhere from salem to pendleton from vancouver to burns to profile some of the many native. Established in 1972 quintana galleries is portland s premier native american owned and operated gallery of first nations native american arctic and mexican art. We were lost a block from it but patrons of the main museum and nearby businesses couldn t give us directions to it. With more than 5 million native americans alive today there s a diverse well of talent to draw from.

Portland oregon march 20 2017 6 30 p m. To get there just go to the pam. This museum is part of the portland art museum system and is seemingly unknown by the residents. It is inside not in a separate.

Pre historic and historic carved ivory bone and wood arts. The gallery s extensive assortment of jewelry paintings pottery sculpture and more is available exclusively online and by appointment only visit their website for more information. Native art isn t a thing of the past however. The center is named in honor of the confederated tribes of grand ronde and the spirit mountain community fund and is dedicated to all the native american tribes of oregon.

We are excited to continue informing educating and visually stimulating our fans of native american art and culture. Created in 1972 quintana galleries is home to a robust collection of native american first nations arctic and mexican art. Specializes in 19th and early 20th century american indian art and material culture. Our gallery features native american fine art including alaska native and first nations peoples first market art and jewelry by exceptional indigenous artists and jewelers.

At the portland convention center local native american artist lillian pitt teamed with native american poet gail tremblay and metalsmith ken macintosh to create 26 bronze plaques that depict. The items on this site indicate the items that we are interested in including. Established in 1972 quintana galleries is portland s premier gallery of native american arctic and. The majority of the museum s collection of native american art comes from two sources.