ELLENSBURG, Wash.-Two exhibits developed by guest curators will be showcased at the CWU Museum of Culture and Environment over the next month.
“Yakama Beadwork: Images in Glass” will be in the main gallery and focuses on Yakama pictorial beadwork. The exhibit showcases the diversity of Yakama pictorial beadwork from independent museum curator and professional beader Miles Miller, an enrolled member of Yakama Nation.
The MCE will be hosting a roundtable on Friday, November 17, at noon to explore the issue of cultural appropriation according to a CWU press release on the exhibits.
This roundtable will feature insights from four Native American scholars, including Gena Peone (Spokane), Kyle Pittman (Nez Perce), Mike Tulee, PhD (Yakama) and Miller.
The second exhibit on display at the MCE this month, “We’ve Always Been Here: Queer Histories of Kittitas County,” was curated by CWU graduate student Tiernan VanSuetendael.
The exhibit highlights the stories of queer Kittitas County residents who have made our community what it is today according to CWU’s press release.
“I hope people will walk away from this exhibit feeling that they have a place in history, that they belong here, that LGBTQ+ people have always been here, and have history,” VanSuetendael said.
Both MCE exhibits will be on display through December 9 in Dean Hall on the Ellensburg campus. The CME is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
