Breaking the boundaries of what is deemed traditional Indigenous art, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture’s exhibition, Clearly Indigenous, examines how Native artists reinterpret cultural narratives and designs in new mediums. The two-pronged exhibition focuses on how Native artists have melded ancestral ways with new methods and materials in glass, while concurrently examining the historical narrative of how glass art came to Indian Country from a historical perspective.

For this month’s program, Ed Archie NoiseCat (Salish/Shuswap) is in conversation with MIAC assistant curator Lillia McEnaney.

Known primarily for his large-scale wood carvings, Ed Archie NoiseCat is talented in working with a variety of media, including his original field of printmaking, as well as in cast and fused glass, metal, and furniture making. While he has won numerous awards for his wood carvings, he is increasingly recognized for his work in glass.
He has won major awards and best of show designations, including best of show at the Heard Guild Museum Indian Fair and Market.