Naytahwaush artists featured in multigenerational exhibit

More than 100 people attended a reception on Feb. 14 for “Minwaajimowinan — Good Stories” at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, according to MPR News. The exhibition features artwork spanning generations by members of the Ojibwe village of Naytahwaush. Guest curator and artist Kent Estey told MPR the show fulfills a longtime goal of displaying his family’s work, including baskets by his grandmother, Josephine Robinson, an Ojibwe black ash basket maker born in 1893.

Estey said Robinson attended boarding school and later Carlisle Indian Industrial School before returning to the White Earth Reservation. He said basketry “carried her through” life. The exhibition also includes eight families and a music showcase featuring Steve Turner and Doyle Turner. The show runs through March 28, according to MPR News.