Native Fashion features traditional garments, powwow regalia, streetwear, accessories, haute couture, photography, and contemporary art by national and local Indigenous designers alongside examples from the Spencer Museum's collection. The exhibition highlights the artistic richness of wearable artworks and their connection to historical and contemporary culture as expressions of tribal and personal identity.

Curated by the 2023–2024 Spencer Museum graduate interns, Inked Bodies explores tattooing histories, processes, and motifs, and highlights the storytelling that tattoo artists and clients create together.

This touring exhibition tells the story of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, and challenges visitors to make a ripple for justice in their own communities. It is a collaboration of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute, the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the Till family, and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. This project […]

This companion installation to Let the World See features work by contemporary African American artists from the collections of Bill and Christy Gautreaux and the Spencer Museum. Selected works relate to themes from the traveling exhibition including Black life and Black love, media representation, and activism.

Jacob Lawrence and the Legend of John Brown presents a recently acquired portfolio of prints by the acclaimed Black modernist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000). Lawrence originally produced The Legend of John Brown as paintings in 1941, but, due to problems related to the stability of the gouache used in the series, in 1974 he collaborated with printers to translate […]