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Stories Told by Breath: Native American Voices in North Carolina

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Friday, Jun 26, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Thursday, Jun 25, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Saturday, Jun 20, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Friday, Jun 19, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Thursday, Jun 18, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026  10am - 5pm
• Tuesday, Jun 16, 2026  10am - 5pm

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Stories Told by Breath will be on display at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design every Tuesday-Saturday until Sept. 26. This exhibition celebrates the creativity, memory and cultural continuity of Native American artists connected to North Carolina. The exhibition brings together a rich range of media — clay, beadwork, textiles, printmaking, regalia, sculpture and multimedia — woven with storytelling to form a vibrant experience of artistic practice in North Carolina. The exhibition features work by the following artists:

• Senora Lynch (Haliwa-Saponi)
• Karina McMillan (Lumbee)
• Harlen Chavis (Lumbee)
• Aaron Baumgardner (Catawba)
• Coda Cavalier (Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation)
• Amy Postoak (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) and Johnny Postoak (Muscogee Creek) of Three Sisters Designs
• Rhiannon “Skye” Tafoya (Eastern Band of Cherokee and Santa Clara Pueblo)
• Joshua Adams (Eastern Band of Cherokee)
• Idalis Dial (Coharie)
• Tim Locklear (Lumbee)
• NC State students Ashtyn Thomas (Lumbee) and Victoria Wilson (Haliwa-Saponi)
• Gwen Locklear (Lumbee)
• Alexandra Williams (portrait photographs of Powwows at Dix Park)

Together, these artists explore heritage, craft and storytelling as a living continuum of creativity, connecting ancestral knowledge with contemporary expression.