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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This September, the Center for Contemporary Native Art gallery will showcase the revitalization of Coast Salish fiber weaving. Master weaver Susan Pavel will co-create the exhibition to demonstrate 40 years of Coast Salish weaving through master and apprentice relationships. \u201cThe call to weave resonates from a spiritual dimension that honors the quest to create,\u201d Pavel says\u2014and that call also requires that the knowledge be passed on. Trained by late master Subiyay (Bruce Miller), Pavel has trained several women who now also apprentice others. Through the hands of only a few, the art practice of Salish weaving is now a thriving cultural art form, having just celebrated its first international convening in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is about restoring the breath of an ancient art form and honors the sacred relationship between humans and the natural world and between master and apprentice in the world of Coast Salish weaving. Four accomplished Salish weavers\u2014Chepximiya Siyam (Janice M. George), Skwetsimeltxw (Willard \u201cBuddy\u201d Joseph), quhla-ay-hlup (Misty Kalama-Archer), and sa\u2019hLa mitSa (Susan Pavel)\u2014have come together to honor their master teacher subiyay (Gerald Bruce Miller), known to his students as \u201cUncle.\u201d Together the weavers say, \u201cWe want to thank you, Uncle. You taught us with the spiritual strength of love and generosity. We have been obedient to your charge to teach others and to do whatever necessary to keep Salish weaving alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through their work, the weavers and their apprentices celebrate interconnectedness as a source of great strength. The weavers\u2019 voices represent woven strands of individual experiences that have ushered in an unprecedented revival of Coast Salish weaving, which thrives today despite hundreds of years of colonization and genocide in the Salish Sea region\u2014and the near death of the art form by the 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Photograph
Susan Pavel at her loom, March 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each of the featured weavers is a consummate artist and historian who weaves stories, songs, dances, celebrations, and ceremonies into their work as icons of Salish pride and identity. Salish history and culture is brought to life when the elder of a community stands before the people in a woven Salish blanket. History is made relevant to the young people when they dress in traditional woven regalia that connect them to their ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sacred relationship unites all of us by weaving together the past, present, and future. Today, in this place, we stand at the nexus of past and present\u2014honoring the mandate to keep Coast Salish weaving alive. You contribute to this by recognizing the interconnectedness of all things. Each individual fiber gains strength when it is woven with another. It can teach us to weave ourselves in unity, to honor the spirits of love and generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by Deana Dartt, Ph.D., Curator of Native American Art. The Center for Contemporary Native Art is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and generous gifts from Mr. Mark J. and Dr. Jennifer Miller, Taffy Gould, the Exhibition Series Sponsors, and Anonymous.<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"ccna-restoring-the-breath-sacred-relationship","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1.jpeg","id":8788,"extension":"jpeg","width":1024,"height":756,"filesize":149819,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":517,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":74497,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-700x517.jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":23157,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-270x270.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":567,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":84978,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-768x567.jpeg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":43641,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-375x500.jpeg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":664,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":108766,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-900x664.jpeg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":98854,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-904x565.jpeg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":98525,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CCNA_1906Delegation-1024x756-1-975x500.jpeg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2016-09-03 08:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"09","day":"03","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2017-02-06 17:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"02","day":"06","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2016-09-03 15:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"09","day":"03","hour":"15","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2017-02-07 01:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2017","month":"02","day":"07","hour":"01","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n