What: Imprint opening reception When: Tuesday, August 14, 5:00–7:00 pm Where: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 1590-B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe (505) 983-6372. All ages, free and open to the public Imprint, the Cambridge dictionary tells us, means “to fix an event or experience so firmly in the memory that it cannot be forgotten. …” The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts’ exhibition and public art interventions, Imprint strives to leave this level of impact on its viewers. Focused on Native American print-making, the show and actions demonstrate the maturity and diversity of the art form. Co-curators Bess…
Author: FAAM Staff
FAAM Staff
Quarterly print and digital publication covering ancestral, historical, and living art by Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Colorado-based sculptor Pahponee (Kickapoo-Potawatomi) is featured in two articles in the fall issue of First American Art Magazine: Matthew Ryan Smith’s “Clay Cultures and Muddy Waters: Northeastern Woodland Ceramics” by Matthew Ryan Smith and “Mettle to Metal: Native Women Sculptors Reign and Pour” by RoseMary Diaz (Santa Clara Tewa). So we selected Pahponee’s elegant Water, Earth, Sky (2008) to grace the cover of FAAM No. 20. There’s much more than meets the eye of this exquisite bronze vase, as the artist explains. FAAM: You are discussed in two of our feature articles, one about Northeastern Woodland ceramics, and another about Native…
Issue No. 19, Summer 2018 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 Feature Articles Great Basin Native Artists by Jean Merz-Edwards, 24–31 The Oklahoma Indian Ballerinas by Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 32–37 Ira Wilson Chosen as SWAIA’s Executive Director by Jason Morgan Edwards (Seminole), 38–41 Beading as Performance in the Arctic by David Winfield Norman, 42–47 Artist Profiles John Brent Bennett: Haida Jeweler, Printmaker, and Sculptor by India Rael Young, PhD,…
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists will feature more than 115 works, from ancient times to the present, in a variety of media from Mia’s collection and on loan from more than 30 institutions MINNEAPOLIS – In June 2019, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) will present the first major thematic exhibition exploring the artistic achievements of Native women. The exhibition, which will travel nationally, will include more than 115 works dating from ancient times to the present and made in a variety of media, including sculpture, video and digital arts, photography, textiles, and paintings. Drawn from Mia’s permanent collection…
Wild Center, Akwesasne Cultural Center, Six Nations Indian Museum, and Native North American Travelling College Open Ways Of Knowing Tupper Lake, NY – Indigenous voices come together to bring you Ways of Knowing. Working in partnership, the Akwesasne Cultural Center, The Six Nations Indian Museum, the Native North American Travelling College, and The Wild Center unite to broaden and heighten our understanding and appreciation of the natural world. The collaborative and multifaceted project opened at The Wild Center on Friday, May 25 and encourages visitors to continue their exploration at the Akwesasne Cultural Center in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne, The…
Photographer Nadya Kwandibens is the recipient of the 2018 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award. This award, created in 2012, celebrates the work of Indigenous artists and arts leaders who have made significant contributions to the arts in Ontario. Nadya will receive this $10,000 award on Sunday, June 24, during the Indigenous Arts Festival at Fort York (250 Fort York Boulevard, Toronto). The award presentation will take place at 6:30 p.m., just before a free concert by Juno Award-winning music duo Digging Roots. About Nadya Kwandibens Nadya is Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) from the Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She is a self-taught photographer with both artistic and…
ROSY SIMAS, NATIVE CHOREOGRAPHER, TO HOLD COMMUNITY RESIDENCY IN SAINT PAUL TO DEVELOP NEW MULTIMEDIA DANCE PROJECT TO HONOR INDIGENOUS WORLD SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Rosy Simas, respected Haudenosaunee (Seneca Nation, Heron Clan) choreographer based in the Twin Cities, is developing a new full-length dance performance, Weave, to honor the interwoven and interdependent nature of the Native world. Individual Indigenous histories will be woven into a performance that envelops the audience in an immersive experience of story, dance, moving image, and sound. Surrounding Weave’s premiere will be a series of community engagements and arts education activities that will build upon Oyate Okodakiciyapi (meaning “people coming together” in the…
Issue No. 18, Spring 2018 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 Feature Articles The Gaussoin Family by Staci Golar, 20–27 Next Wave of Native Fashion by Terrance Clifford (Oglala Lakota) and Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke), 28–35 Self-Portrait Photography by Michelle Lanteri, 36–43 Lac St. Agnes Mound Site by Staci Pratt (Muscogee Creek), 44–49 Artist Profiles Raven Chacon: Navajo Composer, Musician, and Interdisciplinary Artist by Thollem, 52–57 Ronni-Leigh Goeman: Onondaga Basket…
Jamie Okuma (Shoshone-Bannock-Luiseño) won the 2018 Best of Show with her beaded soft sculpture, Protect, Honor, Cherish, featuring a Shoshone mother and child in a cradleboard. In celebration of the 60th annual Heard Fair, Howard R. and Joy M. Berlin and Kristine and Leland W. Peterson sponsored the one-time $10,000 Best of Show prize. Classification Winners I. Jewelry and Lapidary Best of Classification: Lyndon Tsosie (Navajo) II. Pottery Best of Classification: Garrett Majo (Hopi) III. Paintings, Drawings, Graphics, Photography Best of Classification: Peggy Fontenot (Patawomeck) IV. Pueblo Carvings Best of Classification: Mavasta Honyouti (Hopi) V. Sculpture Best of Classification: Cliff Fragua (Jemez) VI. Weavings and…
The 60th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market takes place in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 3 and 4, 2018. Check out the official program, produced by First American Art Magazine in partnership with the Heard Museum Guild. For more information, please visit the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market website. You can download lists of participating artists here.