The Portland Art Museum’s Center for Contemporary Native Art recently brought together two Cherokee artists, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee), for an exhibit called Connecting Lines. According to the museum display:
“Art is powerful. It has the ability to take an idea, a concept, and mold it into an object. It can become the physical embodiment of an emotion. Art may change perceptions or even cause pain. The works of Luzene Hill and Brenda Mallory serve many purposes. Like the artists themselves, the installations here are complex, reflective, and beautiful. While art is powerful, it is the artists who must harness and manifest this power for the viewer.”