Author: FAAM Staff

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the appointment of Jordan Poorman Cocker (Kiowa/Tongan) as a new, full-time curator of Indigenous art. An enrolled citizen of the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, Poorman Cocker investigates interconnections between Indigenous research methodologies and Indigenous museum practices by linking relational worldviews to art. At Crystal Bridges, she plays a key role in strengthening relationships with Indigenous artists, expanding the collection of Indigenous art, providing opportunities for reciprocity through collaboration, and helping shape the vision for the museum’s expansion. “Jordan is a deeply knowledgeable artist and scholar of Indigenous art with…

Eiteljorg Museum hires artist Monica Raphael as curator of Great Lakes Native cultures INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art hired artist and educator Monica Jo Raphael (Grand Traverse Odawa-Ojibwe/Sicangu Lakota) to serve as its new Thomas G. and Susan C. Hoback Curator of Great Lakes Native Cultures and Community Engagement. A fifth-generation quillwork and beadwork artist, Raphael has created pieces in numerous museum collections across the country. She is known for her known for flora and fauna designs. Raphael also has an impressive background in creating and implementing cultural, educational, and human services programs.…

Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers Anna Mitchell Cultural and Welcome Center, Cherokee Nation Vinita, OKC | link Caddo Heritage Museum, Caddo Nation of Oklahoma—temporarily closed  117 Memorial Lane, Binger, OK 73009 (405) 656-2344 | Facebook Cherokee Heritage Center, Cherokee Nation—closed for renovation 21192 S. Keeler Dr., Park Hill, OK 74465 (918) 456-6007 | link Cherokee National History Museum, Cherokee Nation 101 S. Muskogee Ave., Tahlequah, OK (877) 779-6977 | link Chickasaw Council House Museum Art Gallery, Chickasaw Nation 209 N. Fisher St., Tishomingo, OK 73460 (580) 371-3351 | link Chickasaw Cultural Center, Chickasaw Nation 867 Cooper Memorial Rd, Sulphur, OK 73086…

Issue No. 39, Summer 2023 Click here to purchase a digital copy for $7 from Issuu. To purchase a print copy for $9.99, click below: Features Gutskin Sewing in Alaska by Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 32–40 Gutskin by Glenda McKay by America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 42–43 Legacies of Black-and-White Pueblo Pottery by Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 44–49 Barniz de Pasto: The Magic of Colombia’s Mopa Mopa by Madeline Sobral (Cherokee Nation), 52–59 Counterpublic 2023: A Mound City Triennial by Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 60–66 Artist Profiles Avis Charley: Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné Painter and Ledger Artist by Paul Niemi, 70–75 Ahkima Honyumptewa:…

All photos by Gracelynn Growingthunder (Nakoda/Kiowa) New York, NY — Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish) curated the Focus section of the 2023 Armory Show in New York. Currently, the director and chief curator of the Forge Project, based in Ancram, New York, Hopkins was senior curator of the 2019 and 2022 Toronto Biennial of Art and served on the curatorial team for the Canadian Pavilion of the 2019 Venice Biennale. Independent Curators International gave Hopkins and the American Indian Community House its 2022 Leo Award. Hopkins selected solo and two-person exhibits to explore hidden histories and the malleability of history. “The artists…

“Never in my entire life would I have thought this would happen,” confessed Jennifer Montoya (Santa Clara Pueblo), Best of Show winner at the Santa Fe Indian Art Market. “The title is Caught by Surprise, and I am definitely caught by surprise! I am extremely thankful.” The 4.25-by-4.25-inch sgraffito pot displays an incredibly intricate wraparound scene of dinosaurs, in unusual play on scale. The multi-hued images are incised into the glossy black surface. This delicate piece, built from local clays that Tafoya mined and processed by hand, might rank among the most diminutive Best of Show winners in SWAIA history.…

Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts 1590-B Pacheco Street, Santa Fe, NM Friday, August 18, 2:00–4:00 pm Speakers: Indigenous Art Curators Moderator: America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), Independent Curator, Norman, OK Panelists: Kalyn Fay Barnoski (Cherokee Nation/Muscogee), Assistant Curator of Native Art, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), Art Advocate, The CIRI Foundation, Homer, AK Tess Lukey (Aquinnah Wampanoag), Associate Curator of Native American Art, Trustees of the Reservations, Sutton, MA Rachelle B. Pablo (Diné), Curator, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM Melissa Shaginoff (Ahtna Athabascan/Northern Paiute), Independent Curator, Anchorage, AK Roundtable discussion, cohosted by the Ralph T.…

Gibson will be the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale since 1932 US Pavilion, presented by Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe Co-Commissioned by Kathleen Ash-Milby (Navajo), Louis Grachos, and Abigail Winograd Portland, OR and Santa Fe, NM – July 27, 2023 – Portland Art Museum in Oregon and SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico, in cooperation with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, announced today that Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee) will represent the United States at La Biennale di Venezia, the 60th International Art Exhibition. Celebrated for…

Call for Artist-in-Residence Applications Dragoon, AZ –The Amerind Museum seeks Artist-in-Residence applications from emerging Native American artists. Selected artists must reside at the Amerind Museum for 1 month at a time to be determined between the selected artists and Amerind’s staff. This residency is open to Native American artists working in all media, including visual, performing, and literary arts. The Amerind is a museum, art gallery, and research center dedicated to archaeology, Native cultures, and Western art. Its campus is located in Dragoon in southeastern Arizona and surrounded by the spectacular boulders of Texas Canyon. The selected artist(s) will receive…

Portola Valley, CA — Navajo jeweler and multimedia artist, Shane R. Hendren received a 2023 Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Craft. The San Francisco Bay Area–based foundation gave out six of these unrestricted $100,000 awards that are among the largest awards for craftspeople and artists in the country. Based in Albuquerque, Hendren is well-known for his jewelry and metalwork, which honors the culture and worldviews of his Navajo and European ancestors. Speaking to histories of colonization, Shane recognizes craft as a means of passing knowledge and histories down through generations, even amidst violent suppression of Native culture and practices. His creations can…