Native Art & Ancestral Inspiration: Drawing Endurance

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LENFEST OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT SERIES/KAMEN GALLERY

NATIVE ART & ANCESTRAL INSPIRATION: DRAWING ENDURANCE

POP-UP EXHIBIT

KAMEN GALLERY/LENFEST HALL

Thursday, September 4- Monday, December 15, 2025. Kamen Gallery is open to the public 9am-9pm daily

FEATURING ETHAN BROWN, PAMUNKEY ARTIST

Ethan Brown is a citizen of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and homesteads on the Pamunkey Reservation in King William, Virginia. A self-taught artist in multiple mediums such as oil painting, gourd art, sculpture and film. His work has a strong basis in Indigenous storytelling, and is often inspired by Pamunkey history and culture.

Brown created the experimental short films "Tsenacommacah" (2020), and First Landings (2022), and contributed to the "Emmynominated" short documentary Connecting Currents- Pamunkey River: Lifeblood of our People (2020). His most recent project, the short personal documentary "Pamunkey Portrait" (2025), premiered at the Acimowin Indigenous Film Festival in June 2025. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

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