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Art Sales

The Longhouse hosts two annual Native art sales opportunities throughout the year. 

  • Longhouse Holiday Native Arts Fair: On December 10th and 11th, up to 30 Native artists and vendors will participate in the Holiday Native arts fair at the Longhouse. Many Evergreen students, staff members and Olympia community members do their holiday shopping at this event. The fair will feature fry bread and Indian tacos. Please contact Laura Grabhorn with any inquiries about the Holiday Native Arts Fair at (360) 867-643 or grabhorl@evergreen.edu.
  • Longhouse art fair vendor application form (PDF)
  • The In the Spirit Northwest Native Arts Market and Festival will take place at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, Washington on August 7 & 8, 2010.

Art Show Application (PDF | Word) Deadline March 19th
 Market Vendor Application (PDF | Word)

The festival will be 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, August 7, 2010 and noon to 5:00 PM on August 8, 2010. Please visit the Washington State Historical Society website www.washingtonhistory.org/ for information about prizes for the art show starting in January 2010.

The festival includes performances by Native groups from Washington State representing cultures from all over the country as well as a fine arts market featuring the region’s best Native American artists in both customary and contemporary expressions. In previous years we have had Native artists from Hawaii, Alaska, and Washington State, Canada as well as from the Southwest US, East Coast of the US. We hope to continue to expand our circle of Indigenous representation in both the show and the market.

Questions about either application can be directed to the Longhouse Education and Cultural center to Laura Grabhorn (360) 867-6413 and e-mail at grabhorl@evergreen.edu

Exhibitions

The Longhouse hosts a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, both at the Longhouse and in The Evergreen State College Galleries.

  • Each spring, Hazel Pete Institute and Longhouse sponsor a day long event for Native youth called Generations Rising. Generations Rising is focused on Native youth up to the age of 21. Art created on site is exhibited as well as artwork participants previously created. Various arts and crafts workshops take place all day. The day ends with an awards ceremony and dinner.
  • The Longhouse partners with the Washington State History Museum for In the Spirit Native Arts Market and Festival, which takes place each summer. A juried art exhibit at the Washington State History Museum accompanies the market and festival, showcasing a wide range of Native artists and art forms. In the Spirit is a celebration of how today’s Native art blends time-honored traditions with modern sensibilities. The prize categories include: Best in Show, Second Place, Third Place, the Legacy Gallery Print Prize, People’s Choice (First Place), People’s Choice (Honorable Mention) and the Washington State Historical Society Purchase Prize.
  • In 2002 the Longhouse sponsored a traveling exhibit titled Hitéemlkiliiksix: Within the Circle of the Rim, Nations Gathering on Common Ground. This exhibit showcased work by artists that participated in the first U.S.-based Gathering of Indigenous Visual Artists of the Pacific Rim. The Longhouse hosted this event in 2001. 77 indigenous artists representing 38 different tribal nations along the Pacific Rim created work in the areas of carving, weaving, printmaking, pottery and painting. The exhibit traveled throughout the United States and was featured at the Rotorua Museum in New Zealand.