Powwow art exhibition comes to Frontier Homestead State Park

The Frontier Homestead exhibition, To Live is to Dance is set to begin on April 1 and continue through April 30, 2026. An opening reception will take place on Friday, April 3, from 6-8 p.m. at Frontier Homestead State Park for $4 per person. The museum’s normal hours extend from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, with a $4 admission fee. 

The exhibition will feature Native American powwow paintings and photographs by Kathy and Chuck Castleton. 

“What has touched me most in these encounters is the spirituality, resilience and generosity of the friends I’ve met,” Kathy Castleton says on her website. “It is a privilege to paint them and to share their stories through my work. I am humbled by their dedication and commitment to their traditions and way of life.” 

A portion of the sales will support Utah’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives’ Medicine Forward campaign for healing and justice. 

“If (Kathy) sells any art depicting the life or person of any Native or Indigenous person, she will donate 20% of the proceeds to MMIR Utah in support of the Medicine Forward campaign,” according to the Medicine Forward campaign’s website. 

Medicine Forward advances healing and resilience by advocating for legislation, creative expression, reciprocal generosity and cross-generational learning, believing that community is both the laboratory and medicine for the future. 

Author: Lainey Porter
Photograph courtesy of Frontier Homestead State Park
Editor: Brooklyn Beard
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