Here & Now: Native Artists Inspired features work by artists whose practice has been inspired by the objects in the Burke’s collections, demonstrating how today’s artists and art historians learn from past generations. The exhibit will include contemporary works in a variety of media alongside the historic pieces that artists identify as key to their learning.

Here & Now celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Bill Holm Center and explores the dynamic relationship between the Burke Museum and Northwest Native art, artists, and scholars.

“We can be changed by energy and the beauty of things. When we learn more about who we are, we become more vibrant and alive.”
—Drew Michael, Yup’ik/Inpiaq artist, Bill Holm Center visiting researcher