https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/about daily 0.75 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1613800712575-A6LA8EI4S2MK4PNBM1KW/3E75F670-9DBF-4F16-BDE1-662BC06546FD.JPG About https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-02-20 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store daily 0.75 2021-12-08 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/beadwork monthly 0.5 2022-03-07 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/painting monthly 0.5 2022-05-20 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/sxwelisticker monthly 0.5 2022-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1665523646130-8DLF50JT9925PT2RESYI/CamasSticker.jpg Store - Sxweli Sticker https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/qwasqwi monthly 0.5 2022-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1665523062925-PQC04R2O561GEATF7RM3/QwasqwiSticker.jpg Store - Qwasqwi Sticker https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/bitterrootsticker monthly 0.5 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1647586991523-ZCNGSPRXCY1VK87O9BGP/BitterrootStickerforWebsite.jpg Store - Bitterroot Sticker https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/bitterrootbelongs monthly 0.5 2021-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638932498418-URDJVJNQG7IFH0AV88V6/IMG_8653.JPG Store - Bitterroot Belongs in the Place of the Small Bull Trout - 12 panel acrylic painting of Bitterroot Belongs... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638932725752-YRC548L1WW5D8ZFOZPNP/BitterrootBelongs-InSpace.jpg Store - Bitterroot Belongs in the Place of the Small Bull Trout - 12 panel acrylic painting of Bitterroot Belongs... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/357077e2-b686-4bd4-9dbd-a8472a1ba129/BitterrootBelongs-Outside.jpg Store - Bitterroot Belongs in the Place of the Small Bull Trout - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/peeledbitterroot monthly 0.5 2022-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638923232973-Y06EQQ75TQB2HG89KRBS/IMG_8660.JPG Store - Peeled Bitteroot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638923347692-DHAAR6QR51RTR643J5D9/PeeledBitterroot-inspace.jpg Store - Peeled Bitteroot https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/store/p/slaq monthly 0.5 2022-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638915231904-XAGMZJCJH56IYGAVTALN/slaqWM.JPG Store - Slaq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1638915393915-BUK4M51MFTIIPPZ29J7J/SlaqInSpace.jpg Store - Slaq https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/6d236247-ef97-437b-a6a0-e0f83c9fc22d/slaqWM.jpg Store - Slaq https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2021-02-20 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/drawing monthly 0.5 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/dc316020-8d02-4f26-a31a-969675aaaa68/JohnPelkoOnFlorals.jpg Portfolio - Drawing John Pelko on Florals (2019). 12" x 14" Hard sketch crayon on heavy gift-wrapping paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/aca8b133-ea85-4be7-bb49-6f5e6009e540/OldBull-MartinCharloOnTheClarkFork.jpg Portfolio - Drawing Martin Charlo on the Clark Fork (2019). 11" x 17" Hard sketch crayon on printed paper. The background is a map of the region of Western Montana with the Clark Fork River. This is aboriginal territory of the Bitterroot Salish people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/83f436b0-dddf-4786-bab6-68079214804a/OldBull_1_FINAL.jpg Portfolio - Drawing Mrs. Malee Bushman Gaze (2019). 11" x 14" pencil on heavy paper, digitized onto map of Western Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/208bde65-5a55-4b60-b672-6dca9c6078f8/OldBull_2_FINAL.jpg Portfolio - Drawing Maryann Combs My Tata (2019). 11" x 14" hard sketch crayon and pastel on heavy paper. https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/photography monthly 0.5 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/12aa8db3-1c7a-4c6d-818f-5a44abb97939/Aaron.jpg Portfolio - Photography Indigenous Everyday (2020). 1 of 4 images in this series. Photograph of Aaron Brien (Absáalooke (Crow)) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/a20e40e9-98dd-44b5-9b05-3da1c5e3a447/Khena.jpg Portfolio - Photography Indigenous Everyday (2020). 2 of 4 images in this series. Photograph of Khena Bullshields (Kainai-Blood) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/a5beff23-e514-4b25-893b-e028a543e6b5/Shandin.jpg Portfolio - Photography Indigenous Everyday (2020). 3 of 4 images in this series. Photograph of Shandin Pete (Salish/Diné). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/b1fa4bdd-c085-4194-bb74-24c3c5f60c26/Teague.jpg Portfolio - Photography Indigenous Everyday (2020). 4 of 4 images in this series. Photograph of Teague Good Voice (Blackfeet) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/7232ab91-9676-4d64-8bf3-867e4feace7e/OldBull-painting2.jpg Portfolio - Photography Beadworker (2020). Recreating Vermeer's The Lacemaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ec788106-281d-4497-9604-6c1e1154799b/Lacemaker.JPG Portfolio - Photography Vermeer's The Lacemaker. This image is included to compare my photograph, Beadworker (2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/547459be-1a33-462c-a3ce-5729f4607af8/Chmte1-flying.jpg Portfolio - Photography Little Brother Flying (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/bc308c28-191e-4a7b-a9d0-b45cc9c66964/Inshiye-photo7.jpg Portfolio - Photography Matrix Over the Flathead River (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/5a1580a7-5dff-4ad4-8557-2f3f5b621921/Inshiye2-fly.jpg Portfolio - Photography Over the Prairie (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/53147421-28d0-4b53-b782-812ed4b233c7/ChmteInshiye-photo10.jpg Portfolio - Photography Exploring the Flathead River (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/770ec8f7-105b-4351-ab2d-e40a68d87336/FlatheadRiver-WEB.jpg Portfolio - Photography Ntxwetkw (2021) https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/digitalart monthly 0.5 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ca4355c9-75b0-40e4-8bd3-0b28c68a72d7/OldBull2_Album_Final.jpg Portfolio - Digital Art Round Dancing Tight As A Hide (2017). Album Cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/625eed26-9ccc-41e7-8a61-d1088f96ccb4/OldBull_SelfLogo_Final.jpg Portfolio - Digital Art Salisha Old Bull Logo (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/496621f6-7b63-4127-89cf-f1c61a7e3140/OldBull_HowTo.jpg Portfolio - Digital Art How to Make Two Braids (2017). Diagram of "How To" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/2ac205c1-4e3f-4154-b13a-c7f1a102f5b0/OldBull_WiggleNose.gif Portfolio - Digital Art Wiggly Nose (2018). GIF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/7fb52796-a898-4e6b-8fc5-0c4401f5d6cf/OldBull_Final_DirtyDancing.jpg Portfolio - Digital Art Baby (2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ed879a86-a3ce-461f-a5b3-dbc26a20b24c/OldBull_FINAL.gif Portfolio - Digital Art Men's Fancy (2018). GIF https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/painting monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/bf421650-98f0-4965-a866-881b0b12e78b/HillshadeEDIT2.jpg Portfolio - Painting Indigenous Hillshade (2020). 24" x 36" acrylic on canvas. Shown in the "We are Still Here and this is Our Story" exhibition in the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture in Bozeman, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/0c8a7eae-943f-482d-90bd-fd3be3b3c981/OldBull_Final_attractionrepulsion.jpg Portfolio - Painting Chickens are a Sign of Welcoming (2018). 8" x 8" acrylic on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/32824194-4899-4c5f-b91a-5a4a4d28f3de/FancyInAnOldStyleTipi2021.jpg Portfolio - Painting Fancy in an Old Style Tipi (2021), 28" x 22", acrylic on canvas. Purchased by YWCA's Meadowlark health center in Missoula MT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/7bb271c7-795c-46b7-b26d-e7fe094adde3/TipiVilla.jpg Portfolio - Painting Tipi Villa (2021). 22" x 28" acrylic on canvas. (sold) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1678a2ee-5f76-4019-89c2-99236416111a/TheSearch.jpg Portfolio - Painting The Search (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. In recognition of the constant search for Missing and Indigenous Murdered Women (MMIW). This will was shown at the Bigfork Art & Cultural Center's "Expressions of Resilience - Art, Poetry, and Traditional Crafts by Indigenous Women." (exhibition dates: 5/7/21-6/26/21). It was sold and all funding was donated to the family of Jermain Charlo to aid in the search for Jermain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/d75eb9cc-855f-4642-9ba9-eab3d884f4fc/TipiOnTheBlock.JPG Portfolio - Painting Tipi On The Block (2021). 22" x 28", acrylic on canvas. This was shown at the Bigfork Art & Cultural Center's "Expressions of Resilience - Art, Poetry, and Traditional Crafts by Indigenous Women." (exhibition dates: 5/7/21-6/26/21). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/a66c9cad-8819-4e28-af8c-e40f8569e2fd/IMG_8649.JPG Portfolio - Painting Horse (2021). 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas. Illustration for children's book, "Elk Morning Counts HIs First Coup." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/104d091e-2b08-43c6-bffb-a96302e48406/IMG_8647.JPG Portfolio - Painting Journey to an Enemy Camp (2021). 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas. Illustration for children's book, "Elk Morning Counts HIs First Coup." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/2d00d876-06fc-4647-90ca-a046fba90fa9/IMG_8650.JPG Portfolio - Painting Elk Morning's Vision Quest (2021). 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas. Illustration for children's book, "Elk Morning Counts HIs First Coup." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/d451c777-64bc-44b9-a884-2dde92756788/IMG_8646.JPG Portfolio - Painting Elk Morning Counts Coup (2021). 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas. Illustration for children's book, "Elk Morning Counts HIs First Coup." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/a186d0de-6948-48fe-8302-f37b0ba16e02/IMG_8656.JPG Portfolio - Painting Dogwood Bloom (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Was shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT. Back imagery depicts a hillshade map of the present-day Missoula and Lolo Valleys. These are aboriginal territories of the Bitterroot Salish people. This bloom is integral to a nutritional aspect of food staples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/812aeffe-2c8d-4857-9c72-869ee61821f6/IMG_8658.JPG Portfolio - Painting The Dogwood Bloomed (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. Back imagery depicts a hillshade map of Western Montana. The dogwood is a measurement which determines other plant knowledge, such as sap running in the spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/9f32ffbb-af22-4a1a-9724-21d6b81535b4/IMG_8659.JPG Portfolio - Painting When Dogwoods Bloom (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. The bloom from the dogwood tree in Western Montana and the bitterroot plant are linked. The background imagery is a hillshade map of the area ranging from Missoula valley to Whitehall MT area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/d920621d-84c4-4dca-a108-4394112f5e5d/IMG_8657.JPG Portfolio - Painting Slaq (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena, MT. Slaq, or the berry from the dogwood tree in Western Montana are ready 45-60 days after the tree has bloomed. This is an important food for the Bitterroot Salish people. The back image depicts a hillshade of the Jocko Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ceb23aac-ba41-4227-9044-11ec371394a3/IMG_8661.JPG Portfolio - Painting Red Winged Blackbird (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT. The back imagery is reminiscent of the present day Missoula valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/1ef6bec3-ea37-448a-b396-4daa4c3b1ab4/IMG_8652.JPG Portfolio - Painting Chokecherries and Elk Whistles (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/15eee140-2ae3-416c-820e-d4a306d1629d/IMG_8655.JPG Portfolio - Painting When Wild Roses Bloom (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. The back imagery is reminiscent of the valley in present day Arlee MT. When wild roses bloom it tells the people of seasonal changes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/c8ba1602-c24c-4fd7-8141-acb89d2217d8/IMG_8654.JPG Portfolio - Painting Bitterroot at Pipestone (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. The back imagery depicts a hillshade of the present-day Whitehall MT area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/06ee865b-e83d-4b51-a1cb-b46b68cfdd64/IMG_8660.JPG Portfolio - Painting Peeled Bitterroot (2021). 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT and "In Dreams" exhibit at The Myrna Loy in Helena MT. The back imagery reflects the land near the present-day Flathead River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/e6c50c61-1f34-4b33-958e-898f19c7f0ae/IMG_8653.JPG Portfolio - Painting Bitterroot Belongs in the Place of the Small Bull Trout (2021). 12 canvases, 12" x 12" acrylic on canvas. Shown in "Knowledge from Land" exhibit at the University Center Gallery at the University of Montana, in Missoula MT. The background imagery depicts a hillshade map of the present day Missoula valley, known as The Place of the Small Bull Trout for the Bitterroot Salish People. https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/artinspaces monthly 0.5 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ce569d50-eb38-4bbc-ba78-953fa76f2ae9/Emersonspace.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Jessie Wilber Gallery Space. My work, Indigenous Hillshade (2020) shown on the far wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/bce187f9-ae11-461c-be34-02ca0cb5b74f/3Cradleboards.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Three cradleboards I've completed. I received Best in Show award and 1st Place in Category awards for the larger cradleboards at the Western Montana Fair, Missoula MT in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/f4db918e-b129-4fd1-83f2-16d750a2e565/Paintinginspace.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Indigenous Hillshade (2020) in Jessie Wilber Gallery of Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/b7f285af-415c-4be3-9334-0785c6d8208e/Qwasqwiinspace.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Qwasqwi, Storm, Five Friends & the Canoe (2021). Side profile of ornamental Bitterroot Salish style cradleboard. This work was submitted to the 2021 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market. Award: 63rd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market: 1st place award in Division D-Functional objects such as bows and arrows, cradleboards, bows, weapons, shields, furniture, lamps, musical instruments, bull roarers, beaded bottles, and other objects. Exhibition: "Expressions of Resilience" at Bigfork Arts & Cultural Center, 2021. Exhibition: "Finding Our Place: Beading and Weaving Our Culture Together" at City Scape Community Art Space in North Vancouver BC, 2021. It won the Eiteljorg Purchase Award at the Eiteljorg Indian Market in 2022 and is a part of the permanent collection of the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/6a6bfc7d-5c25-430f-bd5c-2b2ab44d2e74/Naayccstm.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Naayccstm (2020). Public artwork done in collaboration with the Department of Transportation, the community of Bonner, MT and Alex Alviar. After a brainstorming meeting, with all involved, Mr. Alviar digitized my sketch for this aboriginal territorial site of the Bitterroot Salish. It can be seen by river recreationalists, as they pass under I-90, on the Clark Fork River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/d286d1fb-b3e2-4c9f-8809-73d0ee38aa0d/TravelersRest-June2021.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces June 18, 2021. Sitting at Traveler's Rest State Park exhibiting beadwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/abb6d2c3-7727-4db2-8079-ac588881ca13/Bigfork-2021exhibit.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces The Search, Tipi Villa, and Qwasqwi, Storm, Five Friends & the Canoe, in the Expressions of Resilience exhibition, at the Bigfork Arts and Cultural Center, in Bigfork, MT. June 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/e8859f19-ecf7-455d-9a53-9d9ea94aa889/DareMe-2020.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Dare Me (2020). Fabric and seed beads. Collaboration with artist, Cristina Victor. Shown in Flourish: Come Hell or High Water exhibition, hosted by Open Air, at Gallery 709 in Missoula, MT. May 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/aa8ae82e-6cd4-474f-8193-6b2b1ed4eba9/PushingBoundaries2021.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Qwasqwi, Storm, Five Friends & the Canoe, Chmtews' Cradleboard, and Inshiyetkw's Cradleboard, shown in the Pushing Boundaries biannual exhibition, at the Cityscape Community Artspace, in North Vancouver BC. The exhibit was guest curated by Adele Arseneau (Nehiyaw/Metis). The show was called Finding Our Place: Beading and Weaving our Culture Together. Oct. 8-Nov. 13, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/649ae841-cb53-4ffa-a3a3-24ff8e1139db/UCSoloShow2021.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces First solo show. Knowledge from Land exhibit at the University Center Gallery, in Missoula, MT. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/a4ecf27c-6baf-465b-9e92-67c9beda5f2d/TheSalishLanguageBookCover2021.JPG Portfolio - Art in Spaces Book cover for The Salish Language (2021). Author, Tachini Pete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/75d3300d-c1ea-44fc-9542-188e22480848/TheSearchThreeChiefs2021.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces The Search exhibited at the Three Chiefs Museum in St. Ignatius, MT, on the Flathead Reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/59ff0379-15f8-43df-8b37-4837f89807ee/WeAreStillHereRevisited2021.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Indigenous Hillshade (2020). Shown in the We Are Still Here Revisited Exhibition (July 2021), in the Weaver Room, of the Emmerson Center for the Arts & Culture, in Bozeman, MT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/929d0bf3-4c81-4cbc-9521-a2f219a54e9b/MissoulaCountyFair2019.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Chmtews' Cradleboard and Inshiyetkw's Cradleboard, shown at the Western Montana Fair, Native American Arts show. Placed Best of Show for 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/19a3a659-df7a-4dd4-b2c7-60d5c064edd5/HeardBoothD21-2022.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Beadwork set up at the 64th Annual Heard Guild Indian Fair and Market, Phoenix AZ, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/6da8a6b8-7d84-4723-ac93-f59a65256d51/IMG_3709.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Indigenous Paint Night in June 2022. Painted the wild rose which blooms in June in Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/66af8ff4-b757-4d5e-b71d-3847332b0541/IMG_3828.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Sitting at Traveler's Rest in Lolo MT 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/9f7ecb8a-8f42-4adf-9c63-9b14b2b5af6f/Butte-setup.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Montana Folk Festival 2022, Butte MT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/e155985a-da23-426a-9bd3-fb2029181cca/SantaFe-ribbons.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Picking up artwork at Santa Fe Indian Market 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/e48b4c77-4a97-46f1-bafd-f9f28e0e576e/SantaFe-booth2022.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Santa Fe Indian Market 2022, Booth CAT W 912 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/d63b9d76-a675-4300-9384-2bc86825af25/Chokecherrie-paintnight.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Indigenous paint night with chokecherries. September 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/6f4e5074-b2a1-43f6-bbd1-91ac09926f19/SignsofAutumnHeard.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Signs of Autumn (2023). Heard Indian Market 2023. Honorable Mention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/404af733-31a5-45b4-ad21-045991c133e7/Matriarch.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Matriarch (2023) at Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival 2023. Best of division and first place in beadwork category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/762488c9-f0c1-4a91-b2c9-d575808f634b/IMG_8689.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Thank you to Native American Arts Magazine for feature in Beadwork and Quillwork section for summer 2023 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/8f0e2c52-fb44-4524-ae4a-432492be1a9a/7F7DD474-F6B9-437C-9BA9-414F01C0CE70.JPG Portfolio - Art in Spaces Matriarch (2023) at Santa Fe Indian Market (SWAIA) 2023. First place in Diverse Arts. Acquired by Smithsonian National Museum of American the Indian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/c6edc2b9-a98a-4d16-a30a-4b04fdc76be6/OurHomeOnNativeLand.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Go to the Water's Edge and Holler to Someone on the Other Side (2023). mulitmedia. Cityscape Community Art space, Pushing Boundaries: Our Home on Native Land Exhibition curated by, Sho Sho Esquiro 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/3e27e9e4-099d-43d3-9962-e64c448be658/MMAC.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Indigenous Bitterroot Land (2021). multimedia. Permanent collection of Montana Museum of Arts and Culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/2a423b8d-3172-4c42-afaa-59f2363f5d93/MAM2024.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces For the Good of All Things Exhibition by Missoula Art Museum 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/f0ea25a2-dcf3-4e19-9151-23d69cbd5bac/IMG_1654.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Salish Bitterroot Back Bag (2022). Cover art and feature in First American Art Magazine summer issue 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/746ba6fa-98c6-4134-b207-9f175e07f232/AshiiliaKunnaalaau.jpg Portfolio - Art in Spaces Fully illustrated Ashiilia Kunnaalaau Absaaloke children's language book 2023 https://www.salishaoldbullart.com/portfolio/beadwork monthly 0.5 2021-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/ae22c99e-c022-475d-8db2-1f490cbb2a86/Bitterroot-stsha.jpg Portfolio - Beadwork Bitterroot & Huckleberries (2021). 8.5" x 11" beadwork surface, not including fringe length. Combination of modern and vintage size 13 true-cut seed beads, stabilizer, deer hide, wool, cotton fabric, nylon thread, czech beads, brass bells, one plastic button. Technique is flat-stitch, two-needle, contour beadwork. Exhibition: Knowledge from Land (2021), University Center Gallery, Missoula MT Award: 100th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market: 2nd place award in Classification VII: Diverse Art Forms, Div. A: Functional objects, Category 2707. This purse is apart of a private collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/6088ba8a-903c-476e-a5f8-3eb86cd1812c/Cradleboard.jpg Portfolio - Beadwork Qwasqwi, Storm, Five Friends & the Canoe (2021). 7.7" x 1' 7". Red vintage true-cut, size 13 seed beads, true-cut, size 13 seed beads, deer hide, wood, cotton fabric, wool, leather, stabilizer, czech beads, nylon and cotton thread, brass tacks and spots. The first cradleboard in a series of four cradleboards, representing the four seasons. This board represents the winter season. Award: 63rd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market: 1st place award in Division D-Functional objects such as bows and arrows, cradleboards, bows, weapons, shields, furniture, lamps, musical instruments, bull roarers, beaded bottles, and other objects. Exhibition: "Expressions of Resilience" at Bigfork Arts & Cultural Center showing May 8-June 26, 2021. Exhibition: "Finding Our Place: Beading and Weaving Our Culture Together" at City Scape Community Art Space, in North Vancouver BC, Oct. 8-Nov. 13, 2021. Awards 2022: Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award, Best of Division in Traditional Beadwork (Eiteljorg Museum), First Place in Traditional Beadwork (Eiteljorg Museum). This cradleboard is in the permanent collection of the Eiteljorg Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/daedd7b7-ae70-401e-a837-15a9149f9b3e/SusanAtThunderhead2.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Susan At Thunderhead (2021). 12" x 16" original photograph and beadwork on canvas. Donated to Open Air for fundraiser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/20e311e9-e2c1-435a-8b76-ea3d0c2acb70/SalishBitterrootStoryforwebsite.jpg Portfolio - Beadwork Salish Bitterroot Story (2022), 7.7" x 1' 7". Combination of vintage and contemporary size 13 seed beads, true-cut, deer hide, wood, cotton fabric, wool, leather, stabilizer, Czech beads, nylon and cotton thread, brass tacks and spots. The second cradleboard in a series of four cradleboards, representing the four seasons. This board represents the spring season. Shown at the 64th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market Award 2022: Second Place in Traditional Beadwork (Eiteljorg Museum). This work is now owned by a private collector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/659eed0f-3da7-43bf-a7d3-3bd4f3d83bcf/IMG_0461.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Salish Bitterroot Back Bag (2022). 6in. x 6 in., Size 13 true cut Czech beads (combination of modern and vintage). Brain-tanned, smoked, deer hide, nylon thread, stabilizer, and paper. This bag is in the permanent collection of the Montana Museum of Arts and Culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/b1c1eb6b-9198-4483-968b-bf74b5e1504d/IMG_4548.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Remember That Night At Buffalo Camp (2022). 7.7" x 1' 7". Red and Green vintage true-cut, size 13 seed beads, true-cut, size 13 seed beads, deer hide, wood, cotton fabric, wool, leather, stabilizer, czech beads, nylon and cotton thread, brass tacks and spots. The third cradleboard in a series of four cradleboards, representing the four seasons. This board represents the summer season. Award: 100th Annual Santa Fe Indian Market: 2nd place award in Classification VIII: Beadwork & Quillwork, Div. C: Other items, Category 3102. This cradleboard is apart of a private collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/7f4b219a-7607-44d7-a983-ee5e2dfe1241/IMG_6771.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Signs of Autumn (2023). 7.7" x 1' 7". Vintage and modern true-cut, size 13 seed beads, deer hide, wood, cotton fabric, wool, leather, stabilizer, glass beads, nylon and cotton thread, brass tacks and spots. The fourth cradleboard in a series of four cradleboards, representing the four seasons. This board represents the autumn season. Award: 65th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market: Honorable Mention award in Division D-Functional objects such as bows and arrows, cradleboards, bows, weapons, shields, furniture, lamps, musical instruments, bull roarers, beaded bottles, and other objects. This work is now owned by a private collector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/bc6576bc-7a7a-4dca-a67b-f1706690b5b8/IMG_6772.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork The Roses We Know (2023). 13" x 6-3/16" x .25". Technique is flat-stitch, two-needle, beadwork. Materials are true cut, size 13 Czech modern and vintage seed beads, brain-tanned smoked deer hide, glass and crystal beads, nylon cord, stabilizer, thread, and cotton material. This purse shows the images of wild roses that grow in Western Montana. The plant is significant to the Bitterroot Salish people as the blooming represents the buffalo are fat and ready to hunt. This purse now belongs to a private collector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/58058f0e-bdab-4c61-93d2-b471cdeb173e/IMG_2065.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Meadowlark Will Tell You (2023). This bag depicts the meadowlark, which is significant in both the Apsaalooke and Salish Cultures. For the Salish this bird had a tendency to tell others, they wouldn't keep secrets and had a habit of telling things they'e seen. They were sort of getting themselves in binds because of telling on what they had seen. They used to sing in Salish but we can't understand them anymore. For Apsaalooke culture, the bird was known to be a blessing if it was around your dwelling. This bird is in many stories and teaches us the importance of minding our own business. The background is reminiscent of a Salish style short fringe dress. The flower is shooting star which appears in the spring in Western Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/8778641a-347c-4bc6-b234-001353c512e1/IMG_2067.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Matriarch (2023). 7.7" x 1' 7". Cradleboard. Vintage and modern true-cut, size 13 seed beads, deer hide, wood, cotton fabric, wool, leather, stabilizer, glass beads, nylon and cotton thread, brass tacks and spots. The bison are a matriarchal society and the female serves as the leader over the herd. This board portrays the matriarch of the herd. Bison are matrilineal and I wanted to show this. I beaded the lone head of the herd, a female bison. The males and females have separate herds and the males have a heard of bachelors. The herds only convene when it's mating season. There also a few landscape images to show the time of year that we use to go hunt for summer bison. There's a lot of wild roses that depicts the bison are fat and ready to hunt. There's also some sweet sage and a camas flower with the bulb. We used to eat camas and gather it just before the roses bloom. In the permanent collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601dde766348a502c3d9d665/7f4b9be7-3e69-4c61-bcf1-41d732ebd86c/IMG_1531.JPG Portfolio - Beadwork Wewi (2024). Czech beads, nylon thread, brain-tanned smoked deer hide, paper. It mimics a piece of dance regalia and is meant to adorn. Montana came to our aboriginal territory only recently, compared to the time the Bitterroot Salish and Absaaloke nations have inhabited this area. I chose to bead a meadowlark, which is special in both cultural histories and indicates pieces of knowledge. For the Bitterroot Salish, the meadowlark, or Wewi, is known to tell the news. The stories about Wewi can be heard in the winter time. For the Absaaloke, the meadowlark, or baauuwatshiile, is considered a blessing if it resides by your dwelling. The bird is also the state bird for Montana. It felt appropriate to create Wewi/baauuwatshiile as part of the Art Mobile Fiber Art Exhibition for elementary children to help educate and include all children the full history of this land.