Spotlight Talks

Free, drop-in program  

Join us for a 30-minute, midday gallery talk that delves into community-engaged and art historical research of works on view, presented by The Joslyn’s curatorial staff. This program will be offered on select Wednesdays throughout the year.  

Featured Work: Selected works in Prairie as Pattern: Native American Beadwork

Cady de la Cruz, Curatorial Assistant for Native American Art, will introduce a new exhibition of Native American beadwork in Gallery J8, Joslyn Building. Prairie as Pattern highlights the artistry adorning regalia and the innovative visual languages that beadwork artists originated through a cross-historical range of works from North America, also known as Turtle Island by many Indigenous peoples. 

Pictured: Ancestor Artist (Očhéti Šakówiŋ (Sioux) or Umóⁿhoⁿ (Omaha)), Child’s Vest, c. 1880, deerhide, cotton calico, glass and metal seed beads, silk ribbon, and thread, 10 1/2 ´ 14 1/4 in. (26.7 ´ 36.2 cm), Gift of the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025.4.49, Photograph courtesy Jon Hustead