Requisitioning Freedom: Indigenous Californian Artists - embracing identity, overcoming colonialism, fighting for our future.

Anderson Gallery
May 24 through July 6, 2025

Through drawing, painting, and making ceremonial objects, artists can confront and process intergenerational trauma, reclaim identity, and share their voices. This exhibition invites the public to witness the resilience, beauty, and spiritual depth of Native American artists, challenging perceptions and opening hearts. Access to the arts in prison supports personal growth by helping individuals strengthen self-knowledge, identity, and connection to their communities and cultures—an especially vital opportunity for Native Americans, who are incarcerated in California at twice their population rate. In Humboldt and Del Norte counties, where strong traditions of Native American art thrive among tribes such as the Yurok, Wiyot, Hoopa, Karuk, and Tolowa, creative expression offers incarcerated Indigenous people a powerful link to heritage, healing, and community.

Suk Choo Kim: Beyond Photography

Thonson Gallery
June 14 through July 20, 2025

“Beyond Photography” began in the early 1970s when Suk Choo Kim experimented with Polaroid SX-70 film, manipulating the emulsion to create painterly, jewel-like images. Though limited by the small format, the project planted a lasting creative seed. Decades later, after a gastric cancer diagnosis, Suk Choo returned to the concept with renewed purpose, using his studio time as therapy. This exhibition honors his 54-year journey in photography and celebrates his dedication to pushing the boundaries of the medium until his passing in 2024.