Desert Sage Society Opening Evening — Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky 

Please join Executive Director Dana Whitelaw, Ph.D., and the Board of Trustees of the High Desert Museum for an exclusive donor event. Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky is a career retrospective of nationally renowned artist Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation). This exhibition gathers close to 100 works spanning four decades of Feddersen’s prolific career — from prints and glass to weaving and ceramics.

The collective richness of his body of work is testament to Feddersen’s appreciation of and respect for the land. Feddersen cultivates a visual vernacular that draws upon recognizable signs, symbols and forms. He transforms the familiar into a world of juxtapositions that confront how we see, use and treat the natural world. In everything he creates, Feddersen communicates his Plateau-Native viewpoint of the powerful American landscape and our interconnected relationship with it.

You are invited to a private reception to preview this new exhibition. Then, join us for a special program featuring remarks from Joe Feddersen, who will speak about his career, process and vision.

For questions, contact Sydney Jones at sjones@highdesertmuseum.org or 541-382-4754, ext. 329.

 

Top image photo credits (left to right): Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Floating By, 2020, blown glass with enamel, 13 x 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (33 x 24.8 x 24.8 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy studio e gallery, Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Dean Davis. © Joe Feddersen; Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Canoe Journey, 2019, sandblasted blown glass, 22 x 9 ½ x 9 ½ in. (55.9 x 24.1 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy studio e gallery, Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Dean Davis. © Joe Feddersen; Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Eagle with High Voltage Towers, 2018, waxed linen, wool, bias tape, and thread, 6 ½ x 4 x in. (16.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm). Private collection. Photograph by Dean Davis. © Joe Feddersen; Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Gathering Under the Stars, 2010, waxed linen, wool, fabric, and thread, 8 ½ x 7 ½ x 7 ½ in. (21.6 x 19.1 x 19.1 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy studio e gallery, Seattle, Washington. Photograph by Dean Davis. © Joe Feddersen

Friday, September 26

6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Remarks begin at 7:00 pm

Complimentary food and drink.

RSVP by Friday, September 19, 2025

Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky is organized by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington, and curated by heather ahtone, director of curatorial affairs, First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City, and Rachel Allen, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

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