New Exhibition Honors Artist Shelley Niro at American Indian Museum

05/23/2023 in
New Exhibition Honors Artist Shelley Niro at American Indian Museum

If you don’t already have plans for Memorial Day Weekend, here’s one suggestion: Visit the National Museum of the American Indian (1 Bowling Green) to take in their newest exhibition, ”Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch.” Niro’s art honors the cultural knowledge and generational histories of her Six Nations Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) community. The collection brings together several decades’ worth of Niro’s films, photographs, paintings and mixed media works. Her work is described as “accessible, humorous, and peppered with references to popular culture.”

“Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch” opens to the public on May 27. The National Museum of the American Indian’s hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Entry is free.  

photo: NMAI

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