Upcoming Exhibitions

A closeup detail of the war shirt. Neckline and sleeves stretched out. Maroon and red colored large beads shaped like faces sparsely strung in a lattice pattern.Tammie Dupuis, War Shirt detail.

Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance

February 21–March 29, 2026
Art and Design Gallery

 

A portrait photograph in color, portraying a female wearing a headdress made of beads, chains, and a shell at the center where the strands meet; dots adorn the eyes, forehead, and nose.
Jenissi Vuyanzi, Headdress

 

Adorned Futures: Fabric, Form, and Indigenous Resistance is a collaborative, cross-disciplinary exhibition that brings together resident artists from Ma’s House, Indigenous artisans from the Shinnecock Indian Nation, and students and faculty from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The exhibition explores textile, fiber, and wearable art as powerful sites of cultural resilience, Indigenous futurism, and environmental storytelling.

Rooted in the community-centered practices of Ma’s House, a Shinnecock-led artist residency and studio located on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, Adorned Futures foregrounds the act of making as both a creative and political practice. The exhibition features hand-dyed textiles, beadwork, wearable works, photographic documentation, and collaborative fashion design projects created by Ma’s House artists and FIT students. Together, these works honor ancestral knowledge while imagining Indigenous futures grounded in sovereignty, sustainability, and care for the land.

a fabric print of a white shirt on a blue background
Xavier Ramires Checo, Blue Nepo Baby shirt

The exhibition centers Indigenous contemporary art and design while fostering meaningful exchange across generations and disciplines, highlighting Ma’s House as a living model for Indigenous innovation and community engagement, and cultivating dialogue around environmental justice, land sovereignty, and cultural continuity through a broad range of artistic practices. Adorned Futures positions fashion and adornment as tools for resistance and the passing down of cultural knowledge in the face of ongoing environmental and social change.

The exhibition is curated by Jeremy Dennis, artist and founder of Ma’s House, with Joel Werring, associate professor, Fine Arts; Fawz Kabra, curator, Art and Design Gallery; and Dimitrios Dimizas, exhibition production coordinator. Graphic design by Glen Cummings, associate professor, Communication Design. Exhibition design by Gregory Melitonov, assistant professor, Interior Design.

 

About Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio:
Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio is led by Indigenous artist Jeremy Dennis. The project began in June 2020 and serves as a communal art space on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, New York. The family house, built in the 1960s, now features a residency program for BIPOC artists, a shared art studio, and a communal library, along with hosting an array of art and history-based programs for tribal members and the broader local community.

At the center of a black and white horizontally oriented photograph is a figure seated on the floor or the ground. The long hair is styled in dreadlocks that are adorned in large beads shaded from light to dark. The braids are draped to completely cover the upper body and torso with only naked arms that are placed behind for support slightly exposed. A little bit of a Ntoma patterned textile covering the lower body is visible at the bottom completes the image.Joshua Obawole Allen, In Search of a New Name

Contributing Artists

 


Joshua Obawole Allen
Lio Bonaccio
Élan Cadiz
Tecumseh Ceaser
Xavier Checo
Dominick Cocozza
Dennis RedMoon Darkeem
Yasmine David
Jeremy Dennis
Bella Dupont
Tammie Dupuis
Carla Edwards
Cass Gardiner with Bird x Bird
Juan C. Giraldo-Penagos
Yanyan Huang


Grace Jeffers
Jamie John
Madelyn Kellum
Jade Koroma
Planet Art Life
Noel Bassam Mohammad Maghathe
Ella Mahoney
JJ McDonald
Demarcus McGaugehy
Omar Monroy / El Techichi Jewelry
Patricio “Pachi” Muruchu
Tracey Pace
Jacoub Reyes
Beau Bree Rhee
Heather Rogers


Amina Safy
Niama Safia Sandy
Denise Silva-Dennis
Regina Smith
Nadonis Tarrant
Tohanash Tarrant
Waban Tarrant
Ashely Teamer
Adrienne Terry
Rachel Valdez
Jenissi Vuyanzi
Kris Waymire
Sue Willis
Anangookwe Wolf
Chris M Yee
Suikang Zhao