| Adams, Helen, Robert Haas and Barry Lopez. Blaze of Distance. Or.: OVVS, Oregon Arts Commission, and Oregon Committee for the Humanities. 1979 | unknown | | | |
| ."Salmon Mask, 1987". August, 1992. New World Times. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| ."Energetic, Emotional Images Linger." April 21, 1995. Eugene, Or.: Register-Guard. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| ."Truths and Transformations." July, 1993. Vancouver, BC. The Weekend Sun. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| "Animal Magic." April/May, 1994. Salem, Or.: ArtsOregon. | unknown | | | |
| Gragg, Randy. "Rick Bartow's Ecstacy and Obsession." December 27, 1991. The Oregonian. | 26 | | Newspaper article | |
| Mason, Maryilynne S. "Indian Arts for a Contemporary World." February 7, 1994. The Christian Science Monitor. | 20-21 | | Newspaper article | |
| Caldwell, E. K. "Bartow: Conversation with an Artist." June, 1994. Inkfish. | 3-5, 17 | | | |
| Marx, Doug. "Man Behind the Mask." March/April, 1988. Oregon Magazine. | unknown | | | |
| Penn, W.S., ed. The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art. New York: Steward Tabori & Chang. 1966. | 57, 113, 123, 208, 231 | | | |
| Hackett, Regina. "Sculpture '95' Exhibit Highlights the Singularity of Sacred Circle." July 21, 1995. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Hoyle, Jack. "Art Choice." April 12, 1990. Portland, Or.: Willamette Week. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Wasserman, Abby. "Connecting Present and Past." April 15, 1989. Art Week. | unknown | | | |
| Morris, Greg. "Art Choice." December 5, 1991. Portland, Or.: Willamette Week. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Hartup, Cheryl. "Profile: Rick Bartow." Winter, 1993. Visions. | 46-47 | | | |
| Langer, Freddy. "Von Kojoten und Menschen." Peiper-Riegraf Gallery. 1994. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Dubin, Margaret. "Communication Bartow Style." December 2-9, 1996. Indian Country Today. | 7 | | | |
| Hayakawa, Alan R. "Visual Arts." November 22, 1985. The Oregonian. | E15 | | Newspaper article | |
| ."Exhibits/Events: Northwest." v. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1991. Atlatl, Native Arts Update. | unknown | | | |
| ."Self Examination." October 6, 1994. San Jose, Calif.: Art Week. | unknown | | | |
| ."Seasons." Native American Aids Prevention Center Summer Quarterly. 1991 | unknown | | | |
| Deknatel, Drake. "Isolationism." August 15-September 15, 1986. Northwest Art Paper. | unpaginated | | | |
| Spang, Bently. "Artists Who Are Indian." January-February 1994. Denver, Colo.: On and Off the Wall, Denver Art Museum. | unpaginated | | | |
| Santiago, Chiori. "Contemporary Indian Art: A Stunning New Local Showcases." February 1, 1987. Image. | 33-34 | | | |
| .Truth Abandoned. Vancouver, BC, Canada: Gallery of Tribal Art. 1993. | unknown | | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Ehrlich, Abigail and Sheila Muller. Who We Are: Autobiographies in Art. Wash.: Washington State Arts Commission. 1992. | 4-5 | | | |
| . "Bartow Steps Out". Oregonian, March 2, 1994. 1994. | unknown | 1994 | Newspaper article | |
| . "Birds of Native California". News from Native California, vol. 12, no. 4 (summer 1999). 1999. | 32 | 1999 | Features artwork by Brian Tripp, Linda Santiago Peterson, L. Frank, Dal Castro, Susan Billy, Linda Yamane, Frank LaPena, Paul Stone, Frank Day, and Rick Bartow. | |
| . "Contemporary Visions in San Antonio". Art-Talk, March 1987. 1987. | 27 | 1987 | | |
| . "Kings' Gifts Expand Bartow Collection". Gilcrease Magazine, vol. 26, no. 1 (winter 2018). 2018. | 6-7 | 2018 | Discusses the donation by Judy and Tom King of Rick Bartow artwork to the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. | |
| . "Master of His Craft: Retrospective of Work by Rick Bartow Continues Nationwide Tour at the Institute of American Indian Arts' Museum of Contemporary Native Arts". Native American Art, issue 4 (August/September 2016). 2016. | 210-211 | 2016 | Discusses the exhibit "Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain--a Retrospective Exhibition" at the Institute of American Indian Arts' Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. | |
| . "Rhein-Main/Veranstaltungen". November 7, 1994. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. | 48 | | Newspaper article | |
| . "Rick Bartow at the Hallie Ford Museum". Art in America, vol. 90, no. 11 (November 2002). 2002. | 167-168 | 2002 | | |
| . "Rick Bartow: Dirt and Bone". Willamette Week, February 26, 1997. Portland, Or.: Willamette Week. 2/26/1997. | 56 | 2/26/1997 | Newspaper article | |
| . "Rick Bartow: Dog's Journey, a 20 Year Survey". Missoula Art Museum Newsletter, fall/winter 2011. 2011. | 10-11 | 2011 | | |
| . "Road Trip: Pole Sculpture is Traveling to Washington, DC". Winter, 1997-1998. Oregon College of Art & Craft Newsletter. | 8 | | | |
| . "Sculpture Destined for Park Will Be Displayed in DC". Oregonian, October 30, 1997. 10/30/1997. | B3 | 10/30/1997 | Newspaper article | |
| . "Six Spirits in Time". Oregon Magazine, February/March 1987. 1987. | 42-43 | 1987 | | |
| . "South Beach Artist's Works Can Burrow into Your Psyche". Indian Country Today, vol. 21, no. 37 (February 27, 2002). 2002. | D1, D3 | 2002 | Newspaper article | |
| . "Spotlight". Southwest Art, August 1991. 1991. | 57-58 | 1991 | | |
| ."Sweat Lodge & Inspiration." October 4, 1995. The Oregonian. | unknown | October 4, 1995 | Newspaper article | |
| . "Transformation: the Art of Rick Bartow". Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1 (spring 2007). 2007. | 10-13 | 2007 | | |
| . "Von Kojoten Und Menschen: Der Indianerkunstler Rick Bartow in Frankfurt". October 23, 1994. Frankfurt, Germany: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonnstagszeitung. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| . [Untitled Work on R. E. Bartow]. North Dakota Quarterly, 1995. 1995. | unpaginated | 1995 | | |
| . About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American, First Nations, and Inuit Artists. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. 2006. | 17-18, plate 18 | 2006 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| . Head+Heart+Hands. Louisville, Ky.: Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation. 1998. | | 1998 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| . Head+Heart+Hands. Louisville, Ky.: Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation. 1998. | 13-14 | 1998 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| . Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home: The Works of Lillian Pitt. Warm Springs, Or.: The Museum at Warm Springs. 1999. | 42 | 1999 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Abbott, Larry. "A Time of Visions: Interviews by Larry Abbott". URL: http://www.britesites.com/native_artist_interviews/. | | | Internet resource (viewed July 10, 2016) | View |
| Ahtone, Heather, Rebecca J. Dobkins, and Prudence F. Roberts. Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25. Salem, Oregon: Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University. 2017. | 62-65, 150 | 2017 | Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University, September 16, 2017-December 22, 2017. Includes list of artists in residence and year(s) in residency at Crow's Shadow Institute of Arts, Pendleton, Oregon. | |
| Contemporary Art in the Northwest. Australia: Craftsman House. 1995. | 28-31 | | | |
| Archuleta, Margaret. "The Fourth Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational at the Heard Museum". American Indian Art Magazine, vol. 15, no. 1 (winter 1989). 1989. | 54-55 | 1989 | | |
| Archuleta, Margaret (author, curator) and Craig Smith (photographer). ~Art in 2 Worlds: the Native American Fine Art Invitational 1983-1997. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 1999. | 13, 47 | 1999 | Catalog of an exhibition. Documents the 15 year history of a series of juried, fine art exhibits at the Heard Museum; during the period 1983-1999, the exhibits have appeared under various names, Innovations: New Expressions in Native American Art ([1st]: 1983), Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational (2nd-5th: 1985-1992), and Native American Fine Arts Invitational (6th: 1994-1995), and Native Fine Art Invitational (7th: 1997-1998). | |
| Archuleta, Margaret (curator). The 4th Biennial Native American Fine Arts Invitational, October 21, 1989-spring 1990. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 1989. | unpaginated | 1989 | Catalog of an exhibition organized and held at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; exhibiting artists include Marcus Amerman, R.E. Bartow, Frank Bigbear, Jr., Jesse Cooday, Leonard Allen Harmon, Cheyenne Harris, Faye HeavyShield, and Jane Ash Poitras. | |
| Archuleta, Margaret (curator) and Martin Sullivan (essayist). Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House: Exhibition VI. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 1997. | unpaginated | 1997 | Catalog of an exhibition curated by Margaret Archuleta and organized by the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Introduction by Hillary Rodham Clinton; photography by David Finn. Artists include R.E. Bartow, Doug Coffin, Susie Bevins Ericsen, Bob Haozous, John Hoover, Allan Houser, Doug Hyde, Truman Lowe, George Morrison, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Willard Stone, and Roxanne Swentzell. | |
| Archuleta, Margaret and Rennard Strickland. "Shared Visions". Native Peoples, vol. 5, no. 1 (winter 1992). 1992. | 33 | 1992 | | |
| Archuleta, Margaret and Rennard Strickland. Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century. Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 1991. | 65, 99 | 1991 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Baker, Lori K. "But Is It Indian Art?". Phoenix Magazine, vol. 27, no. 11 (November 1992). 1992. | 94-99 | 1992 | | |
| Banks, Kenneth. "Portfolio: American Indian Contemporary Arts". v. 3, no. 2, May/June, 1986. Native Vision. | unpaginated | | | |
| Bartow, Rick. Bartow 2021. Portland, Oregon: Froelick Gallery. 2020. | | 2020 | 12 month wall calendar featuring artwork by Rick Bartow (Wiyot), December 16, 1946-April 2, 2016. | |
| Bartow, Rick. Bartow 2022. Portland, Oregon: Froelick Gallery. 2021. | | 2021 | 12 month wall calendar featuring artwork by Rick Bartow (Wiyot), December 16, 1946-April 2, 2016. | |
| Bartow, Rick. Bartow: Dance Harder!. Portland, Oregon: Froelick Adelhart Gallery. 1998. | | 1998 | Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives call number: N6537.B3A4 1998 | Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, Oregon in 1998. | |
| Bartow, Rick. Sparrow Song: Rick Bartow, 1946-2016. Portland, Oregon: Froelick Gallery. 2016. | | 2016 | Catalog of the exhibition "Rick Bartow: Sparrow Song" held at the Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon, September 1-October 1, 2016. Introductory text by Charles Froelick and Barry Lopez. | |
| Bartow, Rick. Wings and Sweat. Portland, Oregon: Jamison Thomas Gallery. 1992. | | 1992 | Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives call number: OVW:N6537.B3A4 1992 | Catalog of an exhibition. | |
| Bear, Lindsie. "Hukukuhwadawisakwahl: We Are Coming Alive: an Interview with Artist Rick Bartow". News from Native California, vol. 28, no. 4 (summer 2015). 2015. | 20-31, covers | 2015 | | |
| Bear, Lindsie. "With Respect: Rick Elmer Bartow, December 16, 1946 - April 2, 2016". News from Native California, vol. 29, no. 4 (summer 2016). 2016. | 60-61 | 2016 | | |
| Berry, S. L. "After the Storm: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art 2001". Friday, November 9, 2001. The Indianapolis Star. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Bonneville Power Administration. BPA's Native American Art Collection. Portland, Oregon: Bonneville Power Administration. 2016. | 5 | 2016 | Includes work by Native artists, Rick Bartow, Joe Feddersen, George Flett, Carol Grigg, Mark Henderson, Barry Herem, Virgil "Smoker" Marchand, Ramon Murillo, Marvin Oliver, Lillian Pitt, Apolonia Susana Santos, Sara Siestreem, Don Smith (Chief Lelooksa), Fearon Smith (Chief Tsungani), Jeremy Red Star Wolf, and James Lavadour. PDF of catalog is also online (viewed June 22, 2018) | View |
| Brotherton, Barbara, ed. Into the Center: Images for the New Millennium. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Western Michigan University. 2000. | 34-36, 48 | 2000 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Caldwell, E. K. Dreaming the Dawn: Conversations with Native Artists and Activists. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press. 1999. | 33-39 | 1999 | | |
| Carver, John. "Santa Fe Summer 2016: the New Indigeneity". Art Ltd., vol. 10, no. 4 (July/August 2016). 2016. | 76 | 2016 | "Santa Fe's contemporary arts are experiencing a welcome expansion of identity--In the words of Iroquois leader and thinker John Mohawk, 'it's about re-indigenizing the peoples of the planet to the plant'" | |
| Clark-Langager, Sarah and William Dietrich. Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment. Bellingham, Wash.: Western Washington University. 2010. | 26-27, 78 | 2010 | | |
| Dobkins, Rebecca. Rick Bartow: My Eye. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press. 2002. | unknown | 2002 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Dobkins, Rebecca J. "Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: Native American Art at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University". American Indian Art Magazine, vol. 25, no. 2 (spring 2000). 2000. | 51 | 2000 | Provides an overview of the Hallie Ford Museum, Williamette University, Salem, Oregon, and its collection of more than three hundred Native artifacts, which were produced by people of the Siletz, Wasco, Yakima and Paiute tribes. Includes bibliographical references. | |
| Dooling, D.M. and Paul Jordon-Smith, eds. I Became Part of It: Sacred Dimentions in Native American Life. New York: Parabola Books. 1989. | 42, 282, 289 | 1989 | | |
| Dubin, Margaret. "Big Times/Little Times". News from Native California, vol. 14, no. 1 (fall 2000). News From Native California. 2000. | 40 | 2000 | | |
| Dubin, Margaret. "Talking, Painter/Sculptor, Rick Bartow". Indian Artist, vol. 5, no. 1 (winter 1999). 1999. | 36-41 | 1999 | | |
| Dubin, Margaret. The Dirt is Red Here: Art and Poetry from Native California. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books. 2002. | 8-11 | 2002 | | |
| Ellis, Simone. "Indian Market Santa Fe's Show of Shows". Pasatiempo (Santa Fe, New Mexico), August 17-23, 1990. 1990. | unpaginated | 1990 | | |
| Everett, Deborah and Elayne Zorn. Encyclopedia of Native American Artists. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. 2008. | 7-10 | 2008 | Artists include Eugene Alfred, Kenojuak Ashevak, Rick Bartow, D.Y. Begay, Rebecca Belmore, Frank BigBear, Lorenzo Clayton, Jesse Cooday, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Bonnie Devine, Jimmie Durham, Sheojuk Etidlooie, Joe Fedderson, Nicholas Galanin, Jeffrey Gibson, William J. Grant, Darren Vigil Gray, David Hannan, Sheldon Harvey, James Havard, Faye Heavyshield, Grace Henderson and family, Maria Hupfield, Terrol Dew Johnson, Brian Jungen, Brad Kahlhamer, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Hastin Klah, Zacharias Kunuk, James Lavadour, Carm Little Turtle, Truman Lowe, Jason Lujan, James Luna, Mario Martinez, Victor Masayesva, Jr., Alan Michelson, George Morrison, Nadia Myre, Marianne Nicolson, Jessie Oonark, John Pangnark, Julia Parker, Edward Poitras, Jane Ash Poitras, Jereldine Redcorn, Bill Reid, Jolene Rickard, Diego Romero, Pitaloosie Saila, Ramona Sakiestewa, Jim Schoppert, Theresa Secord, Tanis Maria Seiltin, Pamela Shields, Duane Slick, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, C. Maxx Stevens, Jennie Thlunaut, Gail | |
| Feddersen, Joe and Gail Tremblay (curators). ~Decolonizing the Mind: End of a 500 Year Era. Seattle, Washington: Center on Contemporary Art. 1992. | 16 | 1992 | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington, September 3-October 10, 1992, and curated by Joe Feddersen and Gail Tremblay. Exhibiting artists include Lawrence Ullaaq Ahvakana, Marty Avrett, Rick Bartow, Susie Bevins "Qimmiqsak", Bob Boyer, Ron Carraher, Elvira and Hortensia Colorado, Jesse Cooday, Richard Glazer Danay, Harry Fonseca, Ric Gendron, Ronald A. Hilbert, Tanis Maria Hinsley, Conrad House, James Lavadour, George Longfish, Truman Lowe, Leatrice Mikkelsen, Kay Miller, Phil Minthorn, Theodore Moran, Ramon Murillo, Ed Archie Noisecat, Caroline Orr, Ernest Pepion, Lillian Pitt, Jolene Rickard, Tom Rudd, Beverly R. Singer, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Kathyrn Stewart, Theodore B. Villa, Kay WalkingStick, and Phil Young. | |
| Fenderson, Albion P. "For the Love Of It: The Albion and Lynne Fenderson Collection". Phoenix, Arizona: Heard Museum. 1993. | unpaginated | 1993 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Ferguson, Vincent. "Drawing Myself Straight". September 9, 2009. Portland Examiner. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Ford Family Foundation, University of Oregon, and Kate Wagle (editor). Curator and Critic Tours, Connective Conversations: Inside Oregon Art 2011-2014. Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon. 2015. | 28-31 | 2015 | Includes Native American artists Rick Bartow, James Lavadour, and Maynard White Owl Lavadour. | |
| Friedman, Ann. "Traditions: Old Ways, New Art". November 21, 1997. The Bellingham Herald. | C1-C4 | | Newspaper article | |
| Froelick Gallery. "Froelick Gallery". Portland Art, September 2016, p. verso of cover. 2016. | verso of front cover | 2016 | Advertisement for Rick Bartow's exhibit "Sparrow Song: Paintings, Prints and Sculpture, 2014 to 2016" at the Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon, September 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016. | |
| Glode, Leslie. "Bartow Exhibits Art at Newport Library". Newport News-Times, January 28, 1987. Newport, Or.: Newport News-Times. 1/28/1987. | C1 | 1/28/1987 | Newspaper article | |
| Gragg, Randy. "A Case Where Bigger Is Better". April 20, 1990. The Oregonian. | unknown | | Newspaper article | |
| Gragg, Randy. "Art by the Saks-Full". August 24, 1990. The Oregonian. | R21 | | Newspaper article | |
| Gragg, Randy. "Modern Art, Ancient Culture". June 14, 1992. The Oregonian. | K1 | | Newspaper article | |
| Hartz, Jill and Danielle M. Knapp (editors). Rick Bartow: Things You Know But Cannot Explain. Eugene, Oregon: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon. 2014. | | 2014 | Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives call number: OVZ: N6537.B3A4 2014 | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, April 18-August 9, 2015; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 15-April 30, 2016; IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 14-December 31, 2016; The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, April 8-July 9, 2017; Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, September 29-December 16, 2017; and The Autry National Center of the American West, Los Angeles, California, May 12, 2018-January 6, 2019. | |
| Hiaasen, Heidi. "Drawn Straight". November 5, 2004. Go! Magazine, The Bulletin. November 5, 2004. | 17 | November 5, 2004 | Newspaper article | |
| Hickman, Don. "The Healing Tree Takes Time". Oregonian, December 9, 1996. 12/9/1996. | unknown | 12/9/1996 | Newspaper article | |
| Hickman, Pat. Innerskins/Outerskins: Gut and Fishskin. San Francisco: San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum. 1987. | 16, 36 | 1987 | Catalog of an exhibition | |
| Hoerth, Kristin. "Honoring Rick Bartow: a Major Retrospective for the Late Native Artist". Southwest Art, vol. 48, no. 5 (October 2018). 2018. | 15 | 2018 | | |
| Hoyle, Jack. "Notes From the Field". April 12, 1990. Portland, Or.: Willamette Week. | 39 | | Newspaper article | |
| Jackson, Devon. "Making His Mark: From the Oregon Coast, Rick Bartow Creates Multimedia Images That Project Primal Urges". v. 34, no. 3, August, 2004. Southwest Art. | unknown | | | |
| LaPena, Frank. "The Arts". News from Native California, vol. 15, no. 1 (fall 2001). 2001. | 7 | 2001 | | |
| LaPena, Frank. "The Arts". News from Native California, vol. 15, no. 2 (winter 2001). 2001. | 9 | 2001 | | |
| Lebow, Edward. "Running Against the Heard: Contemporary Indian Art is a Bust at Museum Shows". New Times (Phoenix, Arizona), April 15-21, 1999. 1999. | 67 | 1999 | Newspaper article. | |
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