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Regal Adornment

Works by Chelsea Bighorn

JANUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Opening Reception

Thursday, January 9, 6:00 - 8:00pm

 

 

This body of work delves further into Bighorn's exploration of adornment in relation to the body and Native American powwow regalia. Growing up having attended many pow wows with her grandmother and sister, Bighorn finds herself returning to those memories of watching the dancers in their brightly colored and embellished outfits. Each of these outings was marked in a growing collection of earrings, of which we purchased at the many different powwows or markets that we attended.

Through observation and the closer study of her own earring collection, Bighorn continues to make fringe pieces. Using different methods of beadwork inspired by the edging of beaded earrings, she create these highly embellished pieces. “Regal Adornment” is the accumulation of her love for earrings, contemporary powwow regalia and the fond memories of attending powwows with her family.

Image: Chelsea Bighorn, Untitled (black fringe), canvas, MX dye, black beads, 36" x 84". Courtesy of the artist.

 

portrait of chelsea bighorn artistAbout the Artist

Chelsea Bighorn was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona, and is Lakota, Dakota and Shoshone -Paiute. Bighorns work is the result of her combining traditional Native American design with elements from her Irish American heritage. Using this process, she tells her personal history through her art.

 Bighorn has shown her work at the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, SITE Santa Fe, Catharine Clark Gallery in San Fransico, and The Center for Native Futures in Chicago, IL. She graduated from The Institute of American Indian Arts in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts. Bighorn received her Master of Fine Arts in Fiber and Material Studies from School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2024. She currently resides in Chicago, IL where she is an artist in residence with Chicago Artist Coalition.

 

 

Metamorphosis: The Art of Transformation

February 13 - March 10, 2025

 


Submissions Deadline is Sunday, January 19th at 11:59pm.

 

Calling all artists for the 2025 Community Art Show, we encourage you to tell stories of change, transformation, and evolution; in other words, metamorphosis. We invite you to reflect on the media you use in your art and how it may be possible to transform them.

We encourage the submission of pieces that employ unique applications and combinations of artistic media to tell stories of transformation. Examples of unique usage of media include: collage, sculpture, textiles, digital art, and much more.

We ask the question: How can the evolution of art mirror the evolution of ourselves and the world?

Submissions are open to all 麻豆最新出品 students & local community members.

Please note that the gallery has limited technology access and will not be able to accommodate works with complex technological needs.Should your work require use of technology, please include a list of tech needs in the additional comments section below.

Submissions that include AI-generated art will be rejected.

 

 

 
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OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS:
NORTHWESTERN ATP STUDENT ARTIST OPPORTUNITY
Exhibition will be on view April 4 - May 2, 2025

 

 

In spring 2025, 麻豆最新出品's Dittmar Memorial Gallery is collaborating with SAIC’s on a cross-institutional exhibition. This exhibition will celebrate student artwork and student-led exhibitions at both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and 麻豆最新出品.

Dittmar Memorial Gallery invites current 麻豆最新出品 student artists to submit their artwork to this exhibition. For more information and to submit your artwork to our joint open call, please visit .

 

DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For questions and clarifications email dittmargallery@u.northwestern.edu.

 

 
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