Rising Suns: Art from the Confederacies of the Great Lakes and Rivers

The “Rising Suns: Art from the Confederacies of the Great Lakes and Rivers” exhibition offers deeper Indigenous perspectives on the territories where we reside. It brings together some twenty works from the Museum’s collection that were created by artists from distinct confederacies, nations, and generations in the northeastern part of the continent.
Through a variety of techniques and media, including wampum beadwork, painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation, these artists attest to the Indigenous art histories of recent centuries.
Combining rarely exhibited works with recent acquisitions, this is the MMFA’s first collection presentation dedicated to artists active from the 1970s to today who belong to the Rotinonhsión:ni, Wendat, W8banakiak confederacies and Anishinaabeg alliances from the Great Lakes and Rivers. The featured artists express their views of the world and the land, which have been shaped by thousands of years of exchange, spirituality, observation and respect for nature.