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    Evergreen College Longhouse exhibit celebrates Native art

    Glass-blown vases, detailed canvases and intricate cedar hats and masks line the white walls of the Evergreen Gallery at Evergreen State College in Olympia. Artists from around the Pacific Rim are represented in “The Longhouse at 25: Across the Waters,” an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center that was postponed due to the COVID pandemic. Known as an international hub for Indigenous arts, culture and education since 1995, the longhouse – named s’gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ or “House of Welcome” in the Lushootseed language – is the first Tribally-directed Native arts center on a college campus in the U.S. Curated by the Seneca artist…

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