Traveling Exhibitions

Dancing with Life: Mexican Masks

Through humor and subversion, Mexican mask makers have always responded to the social and political circumstances of contemporary life. With a regional focus in Michoacan, Mexico, this exhibition presents a selection of dance masks from the MAC collection and contemporary Mexican artists.

^{Photo by Dean Davis.}

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Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky

Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky showcases the breadth of the artist’s 40-year career, including printmaking, glass, weaving, and ceramics. From miniatures to wall-sized installations, the exhibition features over 120 works that communicate his Plateau-Native viewpoint of the powerful American landscape and our interconnected relationship with it.

_^J_{^{oe Feddersen, Okanagan V, 2006, relief on paper mounted on panels,70 x 252 in. (177.8 x640.1 cm) overall, each panel: 14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm).Hallie Ford Museum of Art,Willamette University, Salem, Oregon; gift of the artist and Froelick Gallery 2013.043.Photograph by Dean Davis. © Joe Feddersen}}

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Frank S. Matsura: Portraits from the Borderland

Frank S. Matsura: Portraits from the Borderland features studio images by Washington-based Japanese photographer Frank Sakae Matsura (1873-1913) alongside period-specific American Indian regalia from the Columbia Plateau. Exploring Indigenous representation through a multi-dimensional lens, the photographs and objects on view detail some of Matsura’s most culturally significant work against a backdrop of regional transformation.

^{Frank Sakae Matsura (Japanese, 1873-1913), Wapato Smithins Family, c.1903 - c.1913, archival print from gelatin dry plate scan. Okanogan County Historical Society. OCH 6371. Image courtesy of OCHS.}

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