What’s happening at Crow’s Shadow

Natalie Ball Prints

Prints by Natalie Ball have been on the press at Crow’s Shadow this month. Pictured below are new works that began during her residency in May 2022. We are looking forward to releasing new editions by Ball within the coming months.

Natalie Ball was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Indigenous, Race & Ethnic Studies & Art from the University of Oregon. She furthered her education in Aotearoa (NZ) at Massey University where she attained her Master’s degree with a focus on Indigenous contemporary art. Ball then relocated to her ancestral Homelands in Southern Oregon/ Northern California to raise her three children. In 2018, Natalie earned her M.F.A. degree in Painting & Printmaking at Yale School of Art. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s Oregon Native Arts Fellowship 2021, the Ford Family Foundation’s Hallie Ford Foundation Fellow 2020, the Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant 2020, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2019, and the Seattle Art Museum’s Betty Bowen Award 2018. Natalie Ball is now an elected official serving on the Klamath Tribes Tribal Council. document. We are looking forward to a larger story to air this coming fall. Thank you to our facilitator Terri Carnes and our workshop participants.

Our next Traditional Arts Workshop takes place March 11-12 with Peyton La Mere, followed by a Round Basket Weaving Workshop with Walla Walla tribal member Joey Lavadour on April 21-23, 2023.

Thank you Karl Davis

Our Executive Director of the last 8.5 years, Karl Davis, served his last day at Crow’s Shadow at the end of February. We are so grateful for Karl’s knowledge, patience, and joy for the arts that he shared with us. To learn more about his departure from Crow’s Shadow - and our transition during this time you can visit our or website or view the Press Release.

Traditional Arts Workshop

Last month, we completed a buckskin dress workshop that spanned multiple weekends throughout February. Our last weekend of the class, we had a few special guests from Oregon Art Beat join us to

Michelle Burke

We are in the process of reflecting on our current needs and hopes for a new Executive Director to steward the organization into its next chapter. We are eager to find an inspiring leader who can lead us into our next thirty years and fulfill our vision to illuminate and elevate the genius of Indigenous creativity. We will share the position announcement soon and hope that you will help us spread the word.

Sydelle Harrison