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Arts + Literature Laboratory 111 S. Livingston St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
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Artists and attendees at the 2024 Native Art Market.
Artists and attendees at the 2024 Native Art Market.
More than 40 Native artists will show and sell their work at this year’s market, with contemporary and traditional versions of Indigenous beadwork, quillwork, weaving, leather work, metals, basketry, clothing, and more. (Find a list of artists, curated by Dakota Mace and Paige Skenandore, at artlitlab.org.) The market is followed on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. with a free, ticketed performance by Bizhiki, which blends Ojibwe powwow music with electronic and indie music.
media release: Arts + Literature Laboratory invites the public to celebrate and support local and regional Indigenous culture and heritage at the 2025 Native Art Market, Saturday, November 8, 2025. The Market will be open 10am-6pm in the Arts + Literature Laboratory, 111 S. Livingston Street, Suite 100. Admission to the Market is free and open to the public.
Work will span a wide range of traditional and contemporary art forms including Indigenous beadwork, quillwork, weaving, leather work, metals, basketry, clothing, and more.
This year the Native Art Market will take place not only in the first floor galleries of Arts + Literature Laboratory, but also in the third floor Education Studio. This will give artists and patrons a bit more room to peruse and discuss the work on display.
The next evening, Indigenous musicians Bizhiki, a collaboration between Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings, Joe Rainey, and Sean Carey, will perform a free concert Sunday, November 9, 7:30pm. Free tickets can be reserved at Brown Paper Tickets. Steven Potter at Milwaukee Magazine writes that Bizhiki “makes their fusion of traditional Ojibwe powwow singing, indie rock instrumentals and electronic dance flavor seem effortless.” More information about Bizhiki and their album, Unbound, can be found at their website, https://www.bizhiki.org
2025 Native Art Market Participants
Adriana Peguero
Cynthia Thomas
Cypress Anderson
Elizabeth Morrison
Harmony Hill
Jennifer Jordan
Joel Hernandez
Karen Martin
Laura Manthe
Leah Winneshiek
Liandra Skenandore
Marjorie Mehojah
Melissa Wescott
Molli Pauliot
Paige Skenandore
Raye Wilson
Robin John
Tessa Begay
Wendee Gardner
Yvette Peguero
Background
The Native Art Market was established in 2023 to provide public education on Indigenous culture and professional benefit to Indigenous artists. The 2025 edition of the Native Art Market will contribute to the economic health of Native communities by paying artists for teaching and providing an opportunity to sell their work.
Interdisciplinary artist Dakota Mace approached Arts + Literature Laboratory to create the first Native Art Market in 2023. Mace’s art practice focuses on translating the language of Diné history and beliefs. “My work draws from the history of my Diné heritage, exploring the themes of family lineage, community, and identity,” Mace explains, “My work pushes the viewer's understanding of Diné culture through alternative photography techniques, weaving, beadwork, and papermaking.” Mace currently occupies an artist studio on the third floor of Arts + Literature Laboratory.
A beading conference at Arts + Literature Laboratory in 2022, organized by the UW-School of Human Ecology’s Indigenous Arts EcoWell Initiative and the Wunk Sheek Native student organization, inspired Mace to pursue a new Native Art Market. Then-President of Wunk Sheek, artist Paige Skenandore, joined Mace as the co-founder and co-director of the Native Art Market.
Skenandore creates custom beadwork and porcupine quillwork art pieces, and teaches various Indigenous art workshops and classes throughout Wisconsin, including classes at Arts + Literature Laboratory. In addition to serving as President of Wunk Sheek, Skenandore was the research coordinator for the Indigenous EcoWell Initiative within the School of Human Ecology. She founded Moody NDN, an Indigenous artist collective based in Oneida and Madison in 2022.
The Native Art Market is made possible by support from Dane Arts; Madison Arts Commission with additional funds from Wisconsin Arts Board; Summit Credit Union; and TruStage. Additional funds provided by Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Support also provided by generous individual donations.
Also be sure to check out related Indigenous arts education programs coming up in December, and February:
Teejop & Beyond: Beaded Earrings with Yvette and Adriana Peguero, at Hawthorne Library, Saturday, December 13, 1pm to 4pm.
Basics of Colorwork Knitting with Dakota Mace, Third Floor Education Studio, three Saturday sessions, 10am to 12pm, starting Saturday, February 14, 2026.
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