Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum

Hours: Sunday – 1 to 5 p.m.; Monday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday – 1 to 5 p.m. (Four Arts members only on Tuesdays in January); Wednesday through Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on major holidays.

Tickets: Are available at the door or may be reserved in advance. Walk-ins are welcome.

 Past Forward is an unprecedented traveling exhibition surveying more than 3,000 years of Indigenous art from Gilcrease Museum and encompasses fine art along with archaeological and archival materials. Ranging from ancient stone carvings and nineteenth century pottery to contemporary oil paintings and a handful of contrasting Euro-American works, the exhibition showcases 76 works whose visual motifs and shared systems of knowledge connect disparate ancestries, time, and space. It is arranged into four stimulating sections exploring the transhistorical themes of ceremony, sovereignty, visual abstraction, and identity. These groupings amplify Indigenous voices and tell the story of the United States through art that emphasizes Native cultures and the history of the American West.