Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation

A celebration of contemporary Native American art featuring work by artists from the nations of the Great Lakes original people

Featuring both established and emerging Native American artists from Michigan and beyond, this book celebrates the art of the Great Lakes region's original people. The artists whose work is showcased in this book include sculptors Edmonia Lewis (Ojibwe) and Jason Quigno (Saginaw Chippewa), black ash and fiber artist Kelly Church (Potawatomi/Odawa, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Nation), and multimedia artists George Morrison (Chippewa, Grand Potage Band) and Jim Denomie (Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles Band). Beautifully photographed, the baskets, beadwork, ceramics, clothing, film, graphic art, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, woodwork, and works in birchbark demonstrate the breadth of Anishinaabe artistic practice. The book's essays consider how these artists have responded to changes affecting their communities, from climate change to cultural shifts.

Distributed for the Detroit Institute of Arts

Exhibition Schedule:

Detroit Institute of Arts
(September 28, 2025-April 5, 2026)

Author: Denene de Quintal
Publisher: Detroit Institute of Arts
Published: 10/07/2025
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 10.56h x 7.98w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9780300284126
ISBN10: 0300284128
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Indigenous
- Art | History | 20th & 21st Century
- Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General

About the Author
Denene De Quintal is assistant curator of Native American art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Matthew L. M. Fletcher is Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law and codirector of the Program in Race, Law, and History at the University of Michigan. Christopher T. Green is currently visiting assistant professor of art history and environmental studies at Swarthmore College. Kendra Greendeer, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and descendant of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, is the Ihlenfeld Curator of Collaborative and Community Exhibitions at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis. Shawnya Harris is Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art.