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Marie Watt (born 1967) is a contemporary artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Part Seneca, Watt has created work centered on contemporary Native American themes. She holds a B.A. in art from Willamette University and a Master's Degree from Yale University. She has also studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts .

Watt's art is primarily lithography and sculpture. For her sculpture, she uses a variety of materials, including everyday objects, as well as textiles, alabaster, slate, and cornhusks. In 2002, her stone sculpture Pedestrian was installed along the east bank of the Willamette River in Portland. Her work has appeared in several exhibitions in the Pacific NorthwestThe northwestern part of the United States is known as the Pacific Northwest . Its boundaries are imprecise: the Pacific coast states of Washington and Oregon are always included, with Idaho a common addition. Extreme western Montana, near Missoula, is al.

In September 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, as part of the Continuum 12 artists series, an exhibit of her work opened in New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York, and the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American IndianThe National Museum of the American Indian which opened on September 21, 2004, is an Institution in the United States launched by an act of the United States Congress in 1989, with the mandate to preserve, study, and exhibit on the life, languages, litera. The exhibit includes Blanket Stories, a sculpture made of two towers of woolThis article is about wool, the fiber. For alternative meanings see Wool (disambiguation). Wool is the fiber derived from the hair of domesticated animals, usually sheep. Material Most of the fiber from domestic sheep has two qualities that distinguish it blankets, with each stack sewn together with a central thread. The blankets are ones Watt collected over several years, including many Hudson's Bay point blanketA Hudson's Bay point blanket was a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company in western Canada and the United States during the 18th and 19th century. The blankets were typically traded to First Nations/ Native American peoples in exchange fs that were given to Native Americans in trade by the Hudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. From its longtime headquarters at York Factory on Hudson Bay it controlled the fur trade throughout much of British-controlled Nor during the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended.

She is currently a professor at Portland Community College and the gallery coordinator of its Northview Gallery.