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Niwot Native Art Market
An afternoon of Indigenous art, culture, and community at the heart of Niwot. Native artists from across the Front Range will be on hand with original work, prints, and handmade pieces.
Date
Sat · June 27, 2026
Time
Noon — 5pm
Location
Cottonwood SquareNiwot, Colorado
Thunder Wolf Native Arts & Culture and the Niwot Cultural Arts Association (NCAA) co-developed the inaugural Niwot Native Art Market in 2025, with Thunder Wolf Native Arts & Culture managing and hosting subsequent markets. The market framework was intentionally designed to showcase emerging Indigenous artists and honor established contemporary creators.
This event features Native artists selling authentic beadwork, paintings, and traditional textiles directly to the public — serving as both a thriving marketplace and a visible site for deep cultural exchange.
The “Artist-First” Model
For generations, Native art in Colorado has often been pushed into the historical margins — relegated to static museum collections or textbook insets. To challenge this pattern, the Niwot Native Art Market operates on an uncompromising, process-driven artist-first model.
100%
Of earnings to artists
No booth fees. Thanks to baseline community support, participating artists from the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Diné, Lakota, Navajo, and other sovereign Nations keep everything they earn from their craft.
$0
Barriers to entry
By removing the steep financial entry barriers that typically exclude Indigenous creatives from mainstream local markets, this collaborative framework puts Native artists and their multi-generational work front and center — ranging from traditional beadwork and hand-woven textiles to modern digital media, comic books, and abstract painting.
Local Reporting on the Market’s Impact
Boulder Daily Camera
“Niwot Art Market holds a space for Native art, one that’s not shoved into a museum corner”
May 30, 2025 · Read article →
9News Denver
“Colorado art market showcases one-of-a-kind creations by Native artists”
November 28, 2025 · Read article →
Left Hand Valley Courier
“Niwot Native Art Show draws large crowd”
March 19, 2025 · Read article →
Left Hand Valley Courier
“Niwot to host inaugural Niwot Native Art Market”
March 5, 2025 · Read article →
Niwot Native Art Markets
Recognizing a critical need to bring Indigenous art to the forefront of local communities, Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih (Iroquois) and Ngäbe-Buglé (Guaymi) artist Tom Myer observed that Indigenous creators are too often pushed to the margins or excluded by steep, conventional vendor costs. Drawing from his own Indigenous identity, Tom Myer partnered with the Niwot Cultural Arts Association and Phillip Yates to design and launch the inaugural Niwot Native Art Market in March 2025.
Championing a completely fee-free, artist-first organizational model, this initial civic project drew hundreds of visitors and demonstrated a powerful regional desire for authentic, face-to-face cultural exchange in Boulder County. Building on that momentum, Tom Myer established Thunder Wolf Native Arts & Culture as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering Indigenous creators along Colorado’s Front Range. Under the Thunder Wolf banner, Myer has successfully scaled the initiative to organize four subsequent markets, creating thriving, sustainable event spaces that serve as vital public platforms for Native artists, traditional speakers, dancers, and cultural experts.