Cascadia Art Museum

To Oct 29 Native American Modern: Shared Expressions in Northwest Art is the first show to center around the art of Julius “Land Elk” Twohy (Two-vy-nah-auche) (1902-1986) and his local contemporaries. One of the region’s earlier modernists, he was best known for paintings and prints created in Seattle through the Federal Art Projects of the 1930’s and 40’s. Twohy, (Ute) and his younger contemporary, Delbert J. McBride (Cowlitz/Quinault 1920-1998), produced fascinating art and objects utilizing modern and abstract designs inspired by their Native American heritage. Their works are displayed alongside non-native contemporaries such as Worth D. Griffin (1893-1981), R. Bruce Inverarity (1909-1999) and others who were highly influenced by Northwest indigenous culture.