Author: FAAM Staff

By Amy Rummel Omaha, NE – Joslyn Art Museum announces the appointment of Annika K. Johnson, PhD, as the museum’s new associate curator of Native American art. She specializes in 19th-century Native American art and exchange with European-Americans, with a focus on the Upper Midwest. Dr. Johnson grew up in the Twin Cities — Dakota homelands called Mni Sota Makoce — and received her PhD in art history from the University of Pittsburgh. Building relationships with Native communities and employing decolonizing strategies have been critical to her research and curatorial practice. In spring 2018, Joslyn received a significant grant from…

By Amanda Horn Great Basin Native Artists and Nevada Museum of Art collaborate to establish the first archive and directory of Great Basin Native artists As the inaugural 2018 Peter S. Pool Research Fellow at the Nevada Museum of Art Center for Art + Environment, artist and Great Basin Native Artists Founder Melissa Melero-Moose has amplified the voices of Indigenous artists working and living in the Great Basin. Reno, Nev. – Northern Paiute artist, Melissa Melero-Moose has long dedicated her creative practice to sharing the beauty of the Great Basin region, people, and cultures. In 2014, she broadened her passion…

By Gracelynn Growingthunder, aged 9 Nakoda, Kiowa, Oklahoma City MonksAboutArt Molly of Denali is art. It is a simple and colorful animated series that presents the natural beauty of Alaska. The language of the region is pronounced to respect time and space, as taught orally. We can learn from the show characters, who are Alaska Natives and use skills like geography, mapmaking, history, and lifeways in places where people live. Their relationships allow respectful learning from grandparents, parents, relatives, and friends. In Molly of Denali, animals are important to the people of Denali for companionship, food, clothing, and in living…

Issue No. 22, Spring 2019 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 Creation Story: Navajo Origin Narratives in the Painting of Harrison Begay and Gerald Nailor, Jennifer McLerran, PhD, 20–27 The Rhizomes of Repatriation, Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 52–54 The Arc of Guna: From Luis Méndez to the Cosmos, Peter Szok, PhD, 28–37 Early Southwest Silversmithing, Denise Neil, PhD (Delaware Tribe/Cherokee Nation), 38–45 The Art of Identity: The Image and…

7th Annual Native POP Art Market and Cultural Celebration features Art, Fashion, Film and Music Main Street Square, Rapid City, SD Reception: Friday, July 19, 5:00 am – 8:00 pm Market: Saturday, July 20, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm Native POP: People of the Plains is a one-day, juried Native American art market and cultural celebration featuring original work by established and emerging Native visual artists focusing on Great Plains culture. This is the seventh year for the free and family-friendly annual event at Main Street Square in the heart of downtown Rapid City, South Dakota on the third weekend…

Anchorage Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market Dimond Center By Bryn Barabas Potter Even if transportation requires bush planes and boats, the Charlotte Jensen Native Arts Market (CJNAM) brings people together. The market’s atmosphere is incredibly welcoming, filled with smiles, good cheer, and amazing art, and like Alaska, CJNAM is big. This year 210 artist spaces filled the common areas of the Dimond Center, the only facility in Anchorage large enough to host this event. CJNAM takes place during the Alaskan Fur Rendezvous, known as “Rondy.” which began with trappers bringing furs to Anchorage. In 2019 Rondy celebrated its 84th winter…

Norman Gerald Clarke: Out of Sight, Out of Mind Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma By Michelle J. Lanteri An artist and assistant professor of ethnic studies at University of California, Riverside, Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla) curated his solo exhibition as an intertribal crossroads,  bringing visual signifiers together to question recent historical moments. This remembrance includes the creation of his installation at the Lightwell Gallery in the University of Oklahoma’s School of Visual Arts building. Named Out of Sight, Out of Mind, the show’s well-trodden title frames several of Clarke’s series critiquing the branding of people, places, and cultures in lands now…

By Neebinnaukzhik Southall An image of a powerful woman resided in the changing gallery space at the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, as part of their exhibition Imprint, that was on display through March 2019. Warrior Maiden Muse from the Tewa Tales of Suspense, by Jason Garcia, a Tewa artist from Santa Clara Pueblo, expresses the power of Tewa culture and women in the form of a painted clay tablet. The piece is placed on a stand in a corner, next to five works on paper by the same artist. The figures depicted are predominantly women, aside from…

Including Native Narratives in Florida’s Tourist Destinations By Michole Eldred (Catawba/Eastern Cherokee descent) Who hasn’t heard those words after enduring a long museum tour? So many historical tours and centers feed the tourists an exciting story while making a few bucks. The true story of history is rarely told. Especially when it comes to historical facts that involved Indigenous people. While many sites are making progress by involving Native people in the planning of historical presentations, there is still a long way to go for the truth to be told. Artists Want the Truth Flagler College Artist in Residence, Wendy…

By America Meredith Two tornadoes ripped through a cultural festival at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Alto, Texas, on Saturday, April 14. The storm ripped the roof off of the visitor’s center, lifted up cars, and destroyed the site’s grass lodge. Of the estimated 100 people attending the Caddo Culture Day celebration, 30 to 40 people were injured. Eight people sustained critical injuries, as local Sheriff James Campbell told KTRE Channel 9. [1] Several of the most seriously injured had to be medi-flighted to hospitals in helicopters. One fatality has been reported. Located in Cherokee County, 26 miles…