Marking November’s designation as Native American Heritage Month, Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) will present a month-long group show of Native artists from or working in the Salish Sea and Alaska regions, in collaboration with Seattle’s Stonington Gallery.

Located in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, Stonington Gallery exhibits a collection of contemporary masterworks showing the vibrant, living Indigenous cultures and artists of the Pacific Northwest Coast and Alaska.

The group exhibition of paintings, prints, glasswork, baskets and jewelry will showcase the distinct and diverse styles and mediums of artists in these regions. Two Alaskan Tlingit artists who live on Vashon, Odin Lonning and Israeal Shotridge, have works included in the show.

According to Lynann Politte, gallery director of VCA, the exhibit is designed to illustrate the similarities and differences between Salish Sea artists and Alaskan artists, in both traditional and contemporary work, all inspired by their family roots.

The exhibit will have an opening reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and run through Nov. 27, at VCA.

In addition, VCA will present an artist’s talk in its Kay White Hall, by renowned glass artist Dan Friday Kwul Kwul Tw (Lummi Nation), at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, at VCA’s Kay White Hall.

Friday’s talk, “A Salish Sea Story” is billed as “a Pacific Northwest experience, where history and contemporary art intersect.”

Friday is a member of the Lummi Nation and a lifelong resident of Washington State’s Puget Sound region. Drawing from cultural themes and using modern processes, Friday’s work is contemporary in format, while maintaining basic Native American qualities. He has spent the past two decades working with artists such as Dale Chihuly, Paul Marioni, and Preston Singletary.

Friday lives in Seattle, where he maintains an independent glass studio. His work can be found in collections around the world. He was also a contestant in season three of Netflix’s glass-blowing competition show, “Blown Away,” finishing in the top four.

Get tickets to Friday’s talk and learn more about the exhibit at gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org.