Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) | dance apron
September 4 - October 11, 2025
First Thursday: September 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Elizabeth Leach Gallery is pleased to announce dance apron, an upcoming exhibition of work by Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), which follows a previous gallery exhibition and a successful presentation at The Armory Show in New York in 2024. The exhibition will feature large-scale, multi-panel paintings alongside hand-woven baskets in natural materials, ceramics and works on paper. Siestreem’s multidisciplinary practice combines traditional Indigenous techniques with contemporary modes and materials to engage with social and ecological justice. The new paintings combine hard-edged geometric abstraction of basket patterns with elements of color field painting, gesture drawing, and color theory to bring an energetic charge to viewers like that which one experiences when in contact with the land and natural events.