There’s a new gallery housed within The Leonardo museum highlighting Indigenous art, allowing Indigenous artists to show and possibly sell their work despite challenges stemming from the pandemic.
Utah Diné Bikéyah opens gallery and office space inside The Leonardo museum, in downtown Salt Lake City.
Gavin Noyes, former executive director of Utah Diné Bikéyah and national campaigns director at Conservation Lands Foundation, said at the gallery’s opening that Indigenous artists — 80% of Indigenous people, he said, are artists in one way or another — have taken a financial hit because of the COVID-19 pandemic, because of health restrictions on reservations and a lack of tourism. Noyes helped develop UDB.
Haswood’s art infuses pottery design, Navajo rug design and sand painting designs, using colored pencils and paint. He said he’s always been “inspired by color and Native American lands.” Wiarda’s art, which ranges from murals to scarves and other apparel items, blends contemporary colors and designs with traditional Hopi geometric shapes.
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