This exhibit featured more than 60 works from 25 artists who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, ages 40 and under. The exhibit included traditional and contemporary media; masks, baskets, beadwork, copper work, pottery, clay sculpture, stone carvings, wood carvings, feather textiles, paintings, and photography. Renewal of the Ancient was funded by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Museum of the Cherokee People.