Hayden Haynes (Seneca, Deer Clan), The Spirit of the Corn, 2023, digital print. Courtesy of the artist. 

Homelands: Contemporary Haudenosaunee Art Across New York

September 5–December 7, 2024

Opening reception: 5–7 pm, Thursday, September 5

Homelands: Contemporary Haudenosaunee Art Across New York unites multigenerational Haudenosaunee artists and knowledge holders who center their historical relationship and reciprocity to the land, air, and waters across New York state. Working through diverse practices including photography, painting, sculpture, basketry, beadwork and documentary, the landscape is not a backdrop, but integral to Haudenosaunee culture and lived experience, which is woven into the work. The exhibition serves as a visual form of Indigenous knowledge sharing. It reclaims space and history through art, inviting visitors to reconnect with the land beneath their feet.

Guest curated by Luanne Redeye (Seneca), Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley 

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional assistance provided by Joshua DeMarree and the E.W. Heier Teaching and Research Greenhouses, and the Binghamton Native American and Indigenous Studies Working Group.

This exhibition features works from the collections of the artists, as well as the Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave, NY; the New York State Museum, Albany, NY; and the Onöhsagwë:dé Cultural Center (Seneca-Iroquois National Museum), Salamanca, NY. 

The following exhibitions also open: Maternal Bonds: Motherhood in Art Through History, curated by Autumn Weston '24, Art History major; Where the Third World Bleeds: Contemporary Resistance in Mexico, curated by Afieni Cayetano ’26, Art History and Anthropology majors; and Love After Abuse: Living with the Enemy by Donna Ferrato, curated by Rachel Pasternack ’25, History major.

For details on upcoming programming, see our “Events” page and social media. All events are free and open to the public.

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