Fri, May 23- Monday, Aug 18, 2025
Meet the Artists Reception Tuesday, June 24, 6-7 p.m.
Robert A. Peck Gallery accepting applications for “Native Currents: Contemporary Indigenous Perspectives”. It will be an exhibit amplifying Indigenous voices and challenging dominant narratives by showcasing contemporary Native artists both locally and across the United States. Through a curated collection of innovative and inspiring works, our goal is to present art from an Indigenous perspective, celebrating the depth, resilience, and evolving creativity of Native communities. Artists must be enrolled Native Americans. We will accept most media, however the jury will not accept videos, films, or AI generated images.
Application fee: $0
Gallery Commission: 0%
Award money: $500
Jurors: Nita Kehoe and Al Hubbard
Nita Kehoe, Professor of Art and Gallery Director has been a practicing artist for 35 years. She creates conceptual artwork focusing on the intersection between humanity and nature. She has exhibited her artwork internationally and is in numerous collections. She teaches ceramics, sculpture and art history at Central Wyoming College for the past 24 years.
Al Hubbard, is a multi-disciplinary contemporary indigenous artist. Hubbard’s body of work seamlessly blends printmaking, photography, painting, mixed media, and indigenous material culture, creating layers of texture, color, and imagery that reflect the historical complexity and multifaceted realities of Native American identity in the modern world.
Al currently resides on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming and is the Tribal Education Assistant for the Institute of Tribal Learning at Central Wyoming College.
About RAP Gallery/CWC Central Wyoming College is a 4 year college located in Riverton, Wyoming. Riverton is a picturesque, rural town located next to the Wind River Indian Reservation which is home to both the Northern Arapaho and the Eastern Shoshone tribes. The Robert A. Peck building where the gallery is located, boasts a visitor log of 1500 last year over the exhibition dates. The RAP Gallery is a 6000 square foot space where a diverse array of artwork is exhibited. The gallery provides an important educational and cultural space since it is the only large-scale gallery within a 2 hour drive