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Migrations : new directions in Native American art / edited by Marjorie Devon.

Devon, Marjorie. (Added Author). University of New Mexico. Art Museum. (Added Author). Tamarind Institute. (Added Author).

Summary:

Additional keywords : Indians, Aboriginal peoples, Native peoples, First Nations.

"The University of New Mexico's Tamarind Institute is a world-renowned center for fine art lithography dedicated to training master printers and providing a professional studio for artists. In Migrations, Tamarind director Marjorie Devon has compiled the work of six Native American artists, each of whom collaborated with professional printers at Tamarind and at Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton, Oregon, to create prints. These artists were selected because they engage in contemporary art rather than what is traditionally considered "Native American art." Artists Steven Deo (Creek/Euchee), Tom Jones (Ho Chunk), Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nisgaa), Ryan Lee Smith (Cherokee), Star Wallowing Bull (Chippewa/Arapaho), and Marie Watt (Seneca) represent a wide spectrum of Native American cultures and experiences.

In addition to the art, essays by Jo Ortel, Lucy Lippard, Kathleen Howe, and Gerald McMaster contribute expert analyses of Native American art. Ortel, an associate professor of art history at Beloit College, defines "Migrations" as it applies to this project. Lippard is an art critic and author whose essay discusses the cultural baggage forced upon the American Indian. As director of the Pomona College Museum of Art and professor of art history, Howe offers an overview of Tamarind Institute's projects with indigenous peoples. A Plains Cree artist, McMaster's essay details the history of Crow's Shadow Institute on Oregon's Umatilla Reservation."--Pub. description.

Record details

ISBN: 0826337694
ISBN: 9780826337696
Physical Description: xvi, 127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the University of New Mexico Art Museum in Sept. 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Essays -- Moving days: Lucy R. Lippard -- Crow's shadow: art and community: Gerald McMaster -- A quiet commitment: Tamarind and Native American artists: Kathleen Stewart Howe -- Multiple migrations: (E)merging imagery: Jo Ortel -- Artists: Steven Deo -- Tom Jones -- Larry McNeil -- Ryan Lee Smith -- Star Wallowing Bull -- Marie Watt.