Margaret Roach Wheeler: Summer Winter

Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw) is a textile artist and designer whose scholarship and reinterpretation of  Indigenous dress spotlights the cultural legacy of her people and brings greater attention to Indigenous craft traditions across the United States. Wheeler’s forthcoming exhibition, Summer Winter, presents sixteen handwoven  garments inspired by Indigenous symbology and textile traditions from the southwest to the northeast. Included in this exhibition are collaborations on headdresses with Alice McKee and Maria Mayo; and recently completed collaborations  with Marwin Begaye (Diné/Navajo). Works from the first tribally owned textile company in the U.S., Mahota Textiles, founded by Wheeler, feature designs by Wheeler and other Indigenous designers such as Billy Hensley (Chickasaw), Brenda Kingery (Chickasaw), Dustin Illetewahke Mater (Chickasaw), Faithlynn Seawright (Chickasaw), and Taloa Underwood (Chickasaw), honoring the tradition of creating ceremonial  garments and functional textiles.