The Second Annual Invitational Exhibition of American Indian Paintings will open November 30, at the Department of Interior Art Gallery.
The exhibition is composed of 91 paintings and 12 works of sculpture, assembled and organized through direct invitation to the outstanding Indian artists in the Nation. The exhibition illustrates the great diversity of fine artistic expression among contemporary Indian, Eskimo and Aleut artists living in the United States. The majority of these works were created in 1965 and will be offered for sale to gallery visitors.
Collectively the present exhibition illustrates the various creative manifestations of recent Native American art, and presents some insight into its roots and development for the past quarter century. The show includes works of several recent students of the Institute of American Indian Art, located at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Which vividly reflect the new spirit of experimentation and invention characteristic of the younger school of Native American artists.
William Walton, Chairman of the D. C. Commission of Fine Arts; Designer George Nelson, New York; Warren Robbins, Director of the Museum of African Art, in Washington, D. Co; and Miss Yeffe Kimball, one of the outstanding Indian artists in the Nation, made up the selection committee.
The Department of the Interior Art Gallery, located on the seventh floor of the Interior building at 18th and C Streets, NW., will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., from November 30 through January 2S. Special arrangements have been made to provide school groups with information and guides. Tours may be scheduled by calling 343-6S66 during Gallery hours.
