“Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’”: An Exhibition Curated by Children of the Colville Confederated Tribes at the Clyfford Still Museum highlights the perspectives of Colville youth on Still’s depictions of their home, as well as the artist’s abstract works.For the past three years, the museum’s staff has collaborated with young children ages three to 14 and their teachers on every level of this exhibition. “Deep collaboration with communities brings vital new context to our understanding of Clyfford Still’s artwork, advancing the museum’s potential to facilitate a shared, richer view of history,” said Bailey Placzek, the museum’s curator of collections. “Our collaboration extends the living legacy of dynamic exchange between the Colville Confederated Tribes and Clyfford Still that began nearly a century ago and hopefully forges a more equitable, shared way forward.”Clyfford Still spent three summers with the Colville community in the mid-1930s as a young art professor at Washington State College. After visiting the reservation in 1936, Still and his faculty supervisor co-founded a summer art program in the area the following year. Still formed relationships with the people and the landscape, creating more than 100 sketches, paintings, and photographs in 1937 and 1938. “Tell Clyfford is a result of Tribal leaders’ desire for the Still Museum to collaborate with Tribal youth on an exhibition,” said Nicole Cromartie, the museum’s director of learning and engagement. “It also continues the museum’s efforts to foster engagement with its collections by sharing authority on Still’s work with the museum’s extended communities.”The exhibition is on view through May 10, 2026.To learn more, visit clyffordstillmuseum.org.Designed to display Still’s art, the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado, is home to approximately 3,125 pieces, representing 93% of his lifetime of work. At the Still, visitors will find a world-class collection gifted to Denver, award-winning architecture, and opportunities to explore creativity.