Exhibit Opening: Ancestral Women: Portraits of Elders from the 12 Tribes of Wisconsin

August 16, 2025 – November 30, 2025

In the Ancestral Women exhibit, award-winning jacquard weaver Mary Burns honors women’s journeys by creating their portraits in jacquard weavings. The Ancestral Women project features elders from Wisconsin’s 12 tribes, and was conceived to portray the strength of ancestral women around the world, both elders and their contemporaries, and to honor their journeys.