Fresh Art Pop-Up Show: The Uninvited Birthday
Native Voices on July 4th
Show Hours
Fri, July 3 — 5:00–9:00 PM
Sat, July 4 — 12:00–5:00 PM
Sun, July 5 — 12:00–5:00 PM
Mon, July 6 — 5:00–9:00 PM
Fresh Art Pop-Ups is a free weekly summer series at the Artpothecary in historic West Rehoboth Beach, featuring rotating experimental art shows and experiences, artist meet-and-greets, music, and cocktails alongside the West Side Creative Market. No tickets are required. Just stop by Friday through Monday all summer long, with featured artists on site Fridays and Mondays.
Description
The Uninvited Birthday: Native Voices on July 4th brings together the works of the Native Artists Pathways Fellows — Indigenous artists who use their creative practice to communicate the living experience of being Native in the United States today. Long before July 4, 1776, Turtle Island — as many Native nations have always called this land — was home to sovereign peoples whose cultures, languages, and stories stretch back thousands of years. This exhibition does not seek to diminish celebration, but to expand it: to invite all viewers into a fuller, truer story. Through works of resistance, resilience, and representation, these artists ask us to consider whose histories are centered, whose are erased, and what it means to belong to a land that was never lost — only occupied. This is modern art rooted in ancient truth.
Featured Artists
Photo of artists.
Native Artists Pathways Fellowship is a cohort of Indigenous emerging artists from Delaware and the surrounding region, united by a shared commitment to cultural expression, creative sovereignty, and community healing. Rooted in the traditions and living legacy of the Nanticoke people and broader Native communities, the Fellowship was established through Native Creative Arts to provide emerging Native artists with professional development, institutional access, mentorship, and visibility. Working across disciplines — including painting, mixed media, fiber arts, storytelling, and photography — these ten fellows bring ancestral knowledge into contemporary artistic practice. The Fellowship centers creative joy as an act of justice, amplifying Indigenous voices too often missing from mainstream arts spaces. Partners include the Delaware Art Museum, Delaware Contemporary, Biggs Museum, Nanticoke Indian Museum, Rehoboth Art League, and Handsell House at Chicone.