Into the Mirror exhibit closes

The Oklahoma History Center Museum exhibit Into the Mirror, located in the ONEOK, Inc. rotating gallery space, features works ranging from 1878 to the present created by Indigenous artists.

The earliest work in the exhibit was created by artist Buffalo Meat (Cheyenne), 1847-1917, who was a prisoner at Fort Marion at the time of his creations. Contemporary artists include Brent Learned (Cheyenne-Arapaho) and Sharon Ahtone-Harjo (Kiowa). The exhibit also includes works by Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Crumbo (Citizen Potawatomi), 1912-1989; Enoch Kelly Haney (Seminole/Mvskoke), 1940-2022; Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Big Bow (Kiowa), 1914-1988, and Archie Blackowl (Cheyenne), 1911-1992. A variety of mediums are represented including oil, acrylic, watercolor, casein, pencil sketches, lithographs, and bronze sculpture.

The exhibit will run through January 25, 2025.

Fight Between, 1879, by Buffalo Meat (Cheyenne). Colored pencil, crayon, watercolor, and graphite on ledger paper (01042.001, Oklahoma Historical Society Collection).