Curation

Art Exhibitions

Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery

Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver BC – September 21, 2021 – June 5, 2022

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Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian – Jan 2022-Jan 2023

Wichita Art Museum – February 2020 – Fall 2020

Museum of Glass – Oct 6 2018 – Sep 1 2019

walk with me through the exhibition!


Alison (Marks) Bremner: One Gray Hair

Frye Art Museum – Nov 11 2017 – Feb 4 2018

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Storme Webber| Casino: A Palimpsest

Frye Art Museum – Aug 5 – Oct 29 2017

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Art Exhibition Catalogs & Essays

Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery exhibition catalog Available through the Bill Reid Gallery Shop $25 CAD

Belarde-Lewis M. (2021) “Exploring Relationality Through Sho Sho Esquiro’s Fashion.” Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 12-19.

Belarde-Lewis, M. with Carter, B. (2021) “Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery” Exhibition Wall Text and Labels. Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 20-46.

Belarde-Lewis, M. (2021) “Visiting: A Conversation Between Sho Sho Esquiro and Miranda Belarde-Lewis.” Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 50-59.


Belarde-Lewis, M. (2021) “Questions.” Dyani White Hawk: See Her. Lilley Gallery, University of Utah.


Belarde-Lewis, M. (2020) “For the Winged Ones.” Feathered Relations: Works by Marwin Begaye. C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California Davis. Pp 9-10.  


Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight exhibition catalog available through the NMAI store $50 USD (hardcover)

Belarde-Lewis, M.  (February 2019) “Raven Strikes Again: Building One Raven and the Box of Daylight Story From Many.” Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. University of Washington Press, pp 15-23.

Belarde-Lewis, M.  (February 2019) “In Conversation: An Interview with Preston Singletary.” Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. University of Washington Press, pp 33-51.


Belarde-Lewis, M.  (2018) “Wearing the Wealth of the Land: Chilkat Robes and Their Connection to Place.” Nature’s Nations: American Art and Environment. Yale University Press, pp. 178-187.

        Award: Association of American Publishers 2019 PROSE Subject Category Winner for Nature’s Nations: Humanities – Art Exhibitions

       Award: Association of Art Museum Curators: Best Publication of 2018 (by a larger mid-size museum)

      Award: College Art Association: 2020 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award “for an especially distinguished catalogue in the history of art.”


Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian – Jan 2022-Jan 2023

Wichita Art Museum – February 2020 – Fall 2020

Museum of Glass – Oct 6 2018 – Sep 1 2019

walk with me through the exhibition!


Alison (Marks) Bremner: One Gray Hair

Frye Art Museum – Nov 11 2017 – Feb 4 2018

walk with me through the exhibition!


Storme Webber| Casino: A Palimpsest

Frye Art Museum – Aug 5 – Oct 29 2017

walk with me through the exhibition!


Art Exhibition Catalogs & Essays

Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery exhibition catalog Available through the Bill Reid Gallery Shop $25 CAD

Belarde-Lewis M. (2021) “Exploring Relationality Through Sho Sho Esquiro’s Fashion.” Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 12-19.

Belarde-Lewis, M. with Carter, B. (2021) “Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery” Exhibition Wall Text and Labels. Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 20-46.

Belarde-Lewis, M. (2021) “Visiting: A Conversation Between Sho Sho Esquiro and Miranda Belarde-Lewis.” Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery. Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Vancouver, British Columbia. Pp 50-59.


Belarde-Lewis, M. (2021) “Questions.” Dyani White Hawk: See Her. Lilley Gallery, University of Utah.


Belarde-Lewis, M. (2020) “For the Winged Ones.” Feathered Relations: Works by Marwin Begaye. C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California Davis. Pp 9-10.  


Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight exhibition catalog available through the NMAI store $50 USD (hardcover)

Belarde-Lewis, M.  (February 2019) “Raven Strikes Again: Building One Raven and the Box of Daylight Story From Many.” Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. University of Washington Press, pp 15-23.

Belarde-Lewis, M.  (February 2019) “In Conversation: An Interview with Preston Singletary.” Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight. University of Washington Press, pp 33-51.


Belarde-Lewis, M.  (2018) “Wearing the Wealth of the Land: Chilkat Robes and Their Connection to Place.” Nature’s Nations: American Art and Environment. Yale University Press, pp. 178-187.

        Award: Association of American Publishers 2019 PROSE Subject Category Winner for Nature’s Nations: Humanities – Art Exhibitions

       Award: Association of Art Museum Curators: Best Publication of 2018 (by a larger mid-size museum)

      Award: College Art Association: 2020 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award “for an especially distinguished catalogue in the history of art.”