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  • Morgan Library and Museum acquires Rick Bartow book

    Morgan Library and Museum acquires Rick Bartow book

    April 25, 2025
    Froelick Gallery is thrilled to announce that The Morgan Library and Museum , NY, NY has acquired a rare, handmade book by Rick Bartow 8...
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  • Bartow Studio Finds New Life in New Home

    Bartow Studio Finds New Life in New Home

    Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center welcomes the structure April 24, 2025
    Froelick Gallery is thrilled to see the Bartow Studio has found a home with the Yakona Nature Preserve and Learning Center. The building has been...
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  • Bartow showing at the Whitney

    Bartow showing at the Whitney

    "What It Becomes" through January 12th, 2025 September 27, 2024
    From the Whitney collection, the exhibit What It Becomes includes work by Rick Bartow . As an act of direct mark making, drawing offers an...
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  • COMING HOME, 9/28 - 10/5

    COMING HOME, 9/28 - 10/5

    Memory Activism in Portland's Historic Old Town September 20, 2024
    VANPORT MOSAIC presents COMING HOME, Memory Activism in Portland's Historic Old Town. Free to all and open to the public, Vanport Mosaic invites you to...
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  • Bartow Exhibit opening at the High Desert Museum

    Bartow Exhibit opening at the High Desert Museum

    September 20, 2024 - February 9, 2025 August 1, 2024
    An exhibition of the work of Rick Bartow (1946-2016), will be on view at the High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon starting in September. Rick Bartow:...
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  • Charles Froeilck discusses Rick Bartow drawings at Froelick Gallery

    Charles Froeilck discusses Rick Bartow drawings at Froelick Gallery

    Filmed by Janet Christensen Obrien, award winning filmmaker June 14, 2024
    Charles Froeilck discusses early Rick Bartow graphite drawings that were created from 1979 to 1981. A series of these works are available at Froelick Gallery.
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  • Froelick Gallery featured on KBOO Radio

    Froelick Gallery featured on KBOO Radio

    Rick Bartow January 9, 2024
    Hosted by: Joseph Gallivan Produced by: KBOO Program: Art Focus Air date: Tue, 12/26/2023 - 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Charles Froelick on “What the...
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  • Playwright Greg Berman and Charles Froelick Discuss "Bartow"

    Playwright Greg Berman and Charles Froelick Discuss "Bartow"

    The Ten Fifteen Theater - Astoria, Oregon October 5, 2023
    Portland-based playwright Greg Berman presents his original work as a staged reading in collaboration with Astoria Visual Arts. The story follows artist, Rick Bartow who...
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  • "Many Wests" Has Arrived at The Smithsonian

    "Many Wests" Has Arrived at The Smithsonian

    These Artists Are Redefining the American West August 19, 2023
    “ Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea ,” is an enthralling survey of 48 modern and contemporary artists at the Smithsonian American Art Museum...
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  • Charles Froelick Discusses Rick Bartow

    Charles Froelick Discusses Rick Bartow

    Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian June 20, 2023
    Charles Froelick is the owner of Froelick Gallery in Portland Oregon and will discuss his unique and longstanding professional and personal relationship with First California...
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  • Froelick Gallery Featured in First American Art Magazine Winter 2023 Edition

    Froelick Gallery Featured in First American Art Magazine Winter 2023 Edition

    January 27, 2023
    We are elated to have been included in the First American Art article 'Gallieres' Roles in the Native Art World: Educating & Advocating for Indigenous...
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  • Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea

    Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea

    National Traveling Exhibition October 1, 2022
    Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea features artwork from the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and four partner museums located in...
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  • Rick Bartow added to Whitney Museum of American Art

    Rick Bartow added to Whitney Museum of American Art

    June 3, 2022
    The Richard Bartow Trust is pleased to announce that four of the artist’s works have been added to the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum...
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  • Four Films of The Bartow Project: On-line viewing May 30 to June 6

    Four Films of The Bartow Project: On-line viewing May 30 to June 6

    Another opportunity to view the four The Bartow Project short films May 25, 2022
    The Bartow Project is a multi-year community collaboration between the Wiyot Tribe and Dell'Arte International celebrating the life, music and visual art of Rick Bartow....
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  • The Bartow Project

    The Bartow Project

    Exhibition and Film Series Debut March 5, 2022
    We are excited to announce on behalf of The Wiyot Tribe, Dell'Arte Internationa l, The R.E. Bartow Trusts, and The Goudi'ni Native American Arts Gallery...
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  • Play Reading of "BARTOW" by Greg Berman

    Play Reading of "BARTOW" by Greg Berman

    Oregon Dramatists Guild Footlights Series (July 8, 2020) July 8, 2020
    Please mark your calendars and join us July 8 at 7:00 Pacific time as the virtual Dramatists Guilds Footlights series continues, celebrating new dramatic works...
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  • Rick Bartow Retrospective at Missoula Art Museum

    Rick Bartow Retrospective at Missoula Art Museum

    "Things You Know but Cannot Explain" at its final venue October 4, 2019
    Rick Bartow's traveling retrospective Things You Know but Cannot Explain is on view at the final venue of its nearly 5-year run. See it at...
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  • Rick Bartow Prints at Hallie Ford Museum of Art

    Rick Bartow Prints at Hallie Ford Museum of Art

    Make Your Mark: Prints from the Rick Bartow Print Archive on view September 14, 2019
    On view through December 20 in the Maribeth Collins Library. From the Hallie Ford Museum of Art: Rick Bartow (Wiyot, 1946-2016) was a renowned Oregon...
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  • "Comings & Goings: Works on Paper by Rick Bartow" at the C.N. Gorman Museum

    "Comings & Goings: Works on Paper by Rick Bartow" at the C.N. Gorman Museum

    Bartow on view at UC Davis January 9, 2019
    Comings and Goings: Works on Paper by Rick Bartow Jan 7 - Mar 15, 2019 The solo exhibition features works on paper by award-winning artist...
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  • Rick Bartow in "Original Warrior" at National Veterans Art Museum

    Rick Bartow in "Original Warrior" at National Veterans Art Museum

    Exhibit focuses on the Native American military experience October 30, 2018
    The National Veterans Art Museum is excited to present Original Warrior , our new exhibition which explores the complex Native American relationships between warrior and...
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  • Rick Bartow in LA Weekly

    Rick Bartow in LA Weekly

    Bartow Show at the Autry Reviewed August 30, 2018
    Rick Bartow's traveling retrospective 'Things You Know but Cannot Explain', now at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, is the subject of an insightful, in-depth...
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  • Rick Bartow Reviewed in Hyperalllergic

    Rick Bartow Reviewed in Hyperalllergic

    "Rick Bartow, the Native American Vietnam Veteran Who Confronted Loss Through Art The Autry Museum" July 5, 2018
    Rick Bartow exhibition Things You Know But Cannot Explain at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles is reviewed by Hyperallergic. A leading figure of contemporary Native American artists, Bartow, from Newport, Oregon, was an enrolled member of the Mad River Band of Wiyot Indians, a Vietnam Veteran, whose drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture have garnered national and international acclaim.
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  • Rick Bartow in the LA Times

    Rick Bartow in the LA Times

    Bartow Retrospective Profiled in LA Times June 5, 2018
    Arts and entertainment article on Native American (Wiyot) artist Rick Bartow in the Los Angeles Times or LA Times describing his art exhibition Things You Know But Cannot Explain at the Autry Museum in Los Angelels
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  • Rick Bartow Retrospective to Open at Autry Museum

    Rick Bartow Retrospective to Open at Autry Museum

    "Things You Know but Cannot Explain" in Los Angeles May 11, 2018
    Rick Bartow's retrospective exhibition 'Things You Know but Cannot Explain' will be on view at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles from May 12, 2018...
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  • Bartow, Tremblay in JSMA exhibition

    Bartow, Tremblay in JSMA exhibition

    Bartow, Tremblay included in "Conversations in the Round House" August 24, 2017
    Rick Bartow & Gail Tremblay , are among the group of twelve contemporary artists featured in Conversations in the Round House: Roots, Roads and Remembrances...
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  • Charles Froelick on Rick Bartow

    Charles Froelick on Rick Bartow

    Video: Charles Froelick Discusses Rick Bartow September 22, 2016
    Charles Froelick 's wonderful discussion of Rick Bartow 's life, work and legacy is now available on our Vimeo page . Please enjoy his stories...
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  • Artforum.com reviews Rick Bartow

    Artforum.com reviews Rick Bartow

    Artforum.com Critics' Picks reviews Rick Bartow retrospective September 13, 2016
    We're honored to announce: Artforum.com Critics' Picks writer Chelsea Weathers reviews Rick Bartow 's traveling retrospective Things You Know But Cannot Explain . The exhibit...
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  • Bartow works on view at Yale

    Bartow works on view at Yale

    Rick Bartow works from Yale Collection on view June 16, 2016
    A Pacific Coast Artist: The Life and Art of Rick E. Bartow is currently on view at Yale University. The exhibit is comprised of works...
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  • Late artist Rick Bartow earned international acclaim yet remained true to Oregon roots

    Late artist Rick Bartow earned international acclaim yet remained true to Oregon roots

    The Oregonian, April 5, 2016 April 5, 2016
    by Tom Hallman, Jr., The Oregonian Contemporary Native American artist Rick Bartow , who achieved international acclaim while living and working on the Southern Oregon...
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  • Farewell Rick Bartow

    Farewell Rick Bartow

    Eugene Weekly, April 4, 2016 April 5, 2016
    Farewell Rick Bartow By Alex Cipolle 'The world lost a beautiful, warm, generous, mischievous, wickedly smart and delightfully cantankerous soul the night of Saturday, April...
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  • Rick Bartow, Stunning NW Artist, Dies at 69

    Rick Bartow, Stunning NW Artist, Dies at 69

    Oregon Public Broadcasting, April 5, 2016 April 5, 2016
    'Rick Bartow , one of the region's most striking and accomplished artists, died on April 2 at the age of 69 from complications arising from...
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  • A Death in the Family: Rick Bartow

    A Death in the Family: Rick Bartow

    Oregon Arts Watch, April 4, 2016 April 4, 2016
    A death in the family: Rick Bartow An Oregon giant dies at 69: 'We're made up as much of what we've lost as what we've...
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  • Painter Rick Bartow, 1946-2016

    Painter Rick Bartow, 1946-2016

    from Eugene Art Talk, April 3, 2016 April 3, 2016
    By Bob Keefer 'Oregon artist Rick Bartow , a master of visionary imagery that reflects his Native American roots, died last night at his home...
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  • WEAVING PAST INTO PRESENT

    WEAVING PAST INTO PRESENT

    Bartow & Feddersen prints at the International Print Center NY October 14, 2015
    WEAVING PAST INTO PRESENT Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking International Print Center New York opens its 2015/16 Season with Weaving Past into Present: Experiments...
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