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CLEARLY INDIGENOUS Native Visions Reimagined in Glass
GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBITION OF WORKS IN GLASS BY 33 INDIGENOUS ARTISTS MAY 2021 –JUNE 22, 2022 Lead Sponsors: David Kaplan and Glenn Ostergaard, Brautigam/Kaplan Foundation
Preston Singletary (Tlingit) and Tammy Garcia (Santa Clara Pueblo), Untitled, 2018. In the collection of Mark and Lindsay Bibler, Cincinnati, Ohio. Photograph by Wendy McEahern. Photograph courtesy of Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe
ON VIEW APRIL 2021 THROUGH OCTOBER 2021
Shonto Begay
Eyes of the World
This solo exhibition features over forty works of Diné artist Shonto Begay. His paintings narrate his connection to the landscape, personal history, and Diné cosmology.
Wheelwright Museum Shonto Begay, b.1954 (Diné) Rhythms from the Edge of the Rez, 2000 Acrylic on canvas
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FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts By Nanette Kelley (Osage Nation/Cherokee Nation)
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Evolving States: Michael Elizondo Jr. and the Reemergence of the Bacone College School of Indian Art By Cedar Marie (Standing Rock Lakota descent)
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Allan Houser and His Sons: A Story of Kinship and Three Different Artistic Statements By Jeanine Belgodère
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The Neo-Woodland Movement By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD
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Recent Developments
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Seven Directions Kelly Church (Pottawatomi/ Ottawa/Ojibwe)
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Collections: Field Museum By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD
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The Paradox of Decolonizing Museums By Nanette Kelly (Osage Nation/Cherokee Nation)
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Art+Lit Stephen Graham Jones: Blackfeet Author and Educator By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD Artwork by Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Ojibwe)
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REVIEWS
ARTIST PROFILES Lily Hope: Tlingit Weaver By Amy Fletcher
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Maria Hupfield: Wasauksing Ojibwe Transdisciplinary Artist By Michelle J. Lanteri
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Mario Martinez: Pascua Yaqui Painter By RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Pueblo)
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Nathan Young: Delaware/Pawnee/Kiowa Interdisciplinary Artist and Musician By Thollem
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Exhibition Reviews
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Book Reviews
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Music Review
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IN MEMORIAM
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Bill Church (Pottawatomie/ Ottawa/Ojibwe) By Kelly Church (Pottawatomi/ Ottawa/Ojibwe)
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Christine Nofchissey McHorse (Navajo) By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke)
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Marden Paniza (Guna) By Peter Szok, PhD
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cover Lily Hope (Tlingit), Chilkat Protector, 2020, thigh-spun merino and cedar bark warp, merino weft yarns, tin cones, ermine fur. Model: David Eckerson. Photo: Sydney Akagi Photography, Juneau, Alaska.
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“We have a responsibility to honor and carry on the teachings, to keep creating, to share our version of spirit with others, so when we pass, we’ve left the world more beautiful, through our weavings and through a joyful spirit.” —Lily Hope (Tlingit)
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See ancient artifacts and explore their connections to works by contemporary artists. Effigy pipe of seated male figure. Known as Resting Warrior or Big Boy and identified as Morning Star or the hero Red Horn. Le Flore County, Oklahoma, Spiro site, AD 1100–1200. Bauxite (flint clay). Photograph by John Lamberton. Image courtesy the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Museum. 47-2-1.
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