Author: FAAM Staff

By MaryAnn Guoladdle Parker (Kiowa) We have seen those photos being passed around on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter about people creating beautiful beadwork imagining their state or providence where they live or where their people are from. This trend was started by CeeJay Johnson (Dakota/Tlingit) of Kooteen Creations, who wanted to create something that would help our Native community pass the time while we are all in quarantine. My friend Chelsea Herr (Choctaw Nation) participated in this challenge. Chelsea recently earned her doctoral degree in Native American art history and joined the Gilcrease Museum team as their curator of Indigenous…

Creating During a Planetary Pandemic By Staci Golar Janie Reano (Kewa Pueblo) represents the fourth generation of her family to participate in the annual Santa Fe Indian Market. She follows in the footsteps of her mother Rose Reano, grandmother Clara Lovato Reano, and great-grandmother Monica Silva Lovato. Janie’s mother has participated in the Indian Market for more than 50 years and Janie is going on more than 30 years as an Indian Market artist, herself. Both create jewelry using time-honored materials and techniques such as intricate heishi (small hand-carved beads, usually made from shell or stone) and mosaic inlay. Janie’s Indian…

All images courtesy of SWAIA. Grand Award Winner  Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan), Harpoon Head with Sheath and Emergency Whistle Classification I. Jewelry Farrell Pacheco (Kewa Pueblo), The Daughters of Mother Earth Classification II. Pottery Shirley M. Brauker (Little River Ottawa), Missing Sisters Classification III. Paintings/Drawings/Graphics/Photography Everton Tsosie (Navajo), The Last of the Pure Classification IV. Pueblo Wooden Carvings Ronald Honyumptewa (Hopi), The Message from a Butterfly Classification V. Sculpture Ira Lujan (Taos Pueblo), Parrot Classification VI. Diverse Arts Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan), Harpoon Head with Sheath and Emergency Whistle Classification VII. Textiles Lola Cody (Navajo), Two Gray Hills Navajo Rug…

By Michelle J. Lanteri During this year’s Santa Fe Indian Market (SFIM), Native artists propelled their artworks into the digital sphere. Two- and three-dimensional media transformed into digital photographs for two purposes—to represent artworks for sale on the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) website and to interact with audiences within NDN World, an online meeting place available to all SWAIA members. The Santa Fe Community Convention Center turned virtual within NDN World, where SWAIA artists, members, partners, and sponsors gathered for this year’s live events taking place between August 1 and 31, like the Virtual Awards Preview and Ceremony.…

Hello, my name is MaryAnn (Guoladdle-Davilla) Parker! I am from Anadarko, Oklahoma, but more specifically I grew up in Hog Creek just outside of Anadarko. I currently live in Oklahoma City with my husband Dallas and our girls. I graduated from Oklahoma City University with my bachelor of art degree in American history. I am the new circulations manager here at FAAM. I also work at the First Americans Museum as the curatorial administrative assistant. I have previously worked at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic as a mentor. FAAM: You served as Kiowa Tribal Princess and Miss Indian Oklahoma City…

National Call for Video Dance Submissions for Denver Art Museum’s 31st Annual Friendship Powwow Museum to present powwow celebration in virtual format for the first time: The 31st Annual Denver Art Museum Friendship Powwow WHEN: Sept. 12, 2020, 11:00 a.m. WHERE: Streaming on the museum’s Facebook page and YouTube account Experience the vitality of the 31st annual Friendship Powwow on Sept. 12, 2020, one of the Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) longest-running events, now taking place virtually. Hosted in collaboration with members of the local Native community, we are excited to accept national video dance submissions for the first time ever…

Joan Hill, one of the most celebrated Native women painters of the 20th century, walked over to the other side on June 16, 2020. In celebration of her memory, we are sharing her artist profile from FAAM Issue No. 9, Winter 2015/16 online. By Daniel McCoy Jr. (Muscogee/Potawatomi) As a child, I went on trips with my grandparents and my aunt to various museums throughout Northeastern Oklahoma. Among those we frequented were the Gilcrease Museum and Philbrook Museum of Art, both located in Tulsa, and the Five Civilized Tribes Museum of Muskogee. I enjoyed these trips so much; they were…

Issue No. 26, Spring 2020 Click here to purchase a digital copy for $7 from Issuu. To purchase a print copy, select your location: Locations US, New Mexico $9.74 USD US, other than NM $8.99 USD Canada $9.99 USD International $15.92 USD Features Making Masks, Spinning Webs, and 49 Rhythms: The Native Theater Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States by Candice Byrd (Quapaw/Osage/Cherokee Nation), 20–25 Dixza Rugs and Organic Farm: A Benizaa Family Strikes a Balance by Rosa Cays (Chicana), 26–32 Parfleches: How Native Women Pushed the Envelope of Abstraction by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 34–39 This…

 By Laura Marshall Clark (Muscogee Creek) If you pass him on the street, he’ll flash a big, infectious grin your way. Even if you don’t know him, you just can’t help smiling back. That happy grin belongs to Santa Fe artist Duhon James, known to many as the “Yiiyah Man.” His first love is relief printing, and he works in drawing, painting, and wood and linoleum block printing. Within the printmaking of this Diné artist are beloved symbols of his Ganado, Arizona, home—sheep, corn, family, hogans, stars—and one more thing. Aliens. Duhon James is Water’s Edge clan, born for Bitter…

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