Marymoor Museum is hosting a series of public presentations by leading Native American artists in the Puget Sound area, thanks to a grant from King County's Office of Cultural Resources. Each artist has been commissioned to produce traditional objects for the museum's collection, and each will speak on their art, life and Native American culture in present day.
Admission is free to the public, although donations and new museum memberships are welcome.
Art Barn lecture hall provided as a donation of King County Parks. Mr. Fernandes, educator, artist, and authority on Salish visual arts traditions, is making flat drums and equipment for playing sla-hal, also called the bone game. They are making a traditional twill-woven wool naming blanket for the museum. Although his heritage is in Haida Gwai to the north, Mr. Bennett has lived in the Puget Sound area and carved in many traditional styles. This well known artist and educator will be making a canoe paddle, bailer, and a spindle and whorl for our collection.