Open today from noon to 5 p.m.

Open today from noon to 5 p.m.

Truncated tree branches, in front of red and green background, extend upwards. Within the branches are images of animals, people, canoes, objects, and homes.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, "Tree of Life", 1986, oil on canvas. Jersey City Museum Collection, gift of Jersey City Museum, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Fishkoff.

Dates

January 22- December 21, 2025

Location

Zimmerli Art Museum

71 Hamilton Street New Brunswick, NJ, 08901

Gallery

Littman Gallery

Information

Admission at the Zimmerli is FREE to everyone. Tickets are not required for exhibitions

Hope with Humor: Works by Jaune Quick-To-See Smith from the Collection

Organized in conjunction with Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, this exhibition brings together prints and paintings by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith from the permanent collection that honor Indigenous survival and resilience with both wit and optimism. Quick-to-See Smith has said, “Perhaps the preeminent issue in the Indian world is plain survival. Beyond that it means retaining our own cultures, governments, languages, religions, and ceremonies…I am telling stories about hope with humor. We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t have hope.”

Generous support for bilingual text was provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

Text reading "Art Bridges Foundation" with a purple arch connecting the words.
    

 

Exhibition Preview

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Tree of Life, 1986, oil on canvas. Collection of Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Jersey City Museum Collection, gift of Jersey City Museum, gift of Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Fishkoff. © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Indian People Wear Shoes and Socks/Indian Men Wear Shirts and Ties, 1996, lithograph with pulp painted collage on June Wayne cotton paper. Collection of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Gift of the Brodsky Center (formerly Gift of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of the Arts). © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, I See Red: Chief Sleepy Eye War Shirt, 1992, watercolor and oil paint with collage. Collection of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Jersey City Museum Collection, gift of Jersey City Museum, museum purchase. © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, What is an American?, 2001, lithograph, paper collage, ink, and grommets on paper. Collection of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Gift of the Brodsky Center (formerly Gift of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper). © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Indian People Wear Shoes and Socks/Indian Men Wear Shirts and Ties, 1996, lithograph with pulp painted collage on June Wayne cotton paper. Collection of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Gift of the Brodsky Center (formerly Gift of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Mason Gross School of the Arts). © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith