Check back each week from November 14, 2020, through January 10, 2021, to view added content. Students from the 2020 Museum Studies class will be addressing the persistent stereotypes of Native Americans in a variety of formats. Select images of artwork from the upcoming exhibit, “Savages and Princesses: Persistent Native American Stereotypes,” can be found below.
Online exhibit curated by Arlowe, Jorge Chavez Enriquez, Katanna Davis, Emily Duncan, Jacie Earwood, B Hinesley, Macy Jennings, Ally Kummel, Jai Rogers.
Shan Goshorn Study for Vessel, 2015
Arches watercolor paper splints printed with archival inks, acrylic paints, 8 x 8 x 9 inches; Courtesy of private collection.
We will forever remember her smile, her heart, and her message — for us to care deeply for the people in our lives, the natural world, the animals, Earth and those who continue to struggle against injustice.
Tom Farris But I Can’t Prove It, 2016
Acrylic and The Dawes Roll book, 8 x 8 x 9 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Farris has been immersed in American Indian art his entire life. The child of passionate collectors, Farris spent a good deal of his formative years in various museums, galleries and artists' homes. Having such intimate contact with the genre, Tom found inspiration for his own growing artistic aptitude. A member of the Cherokee Nation and Otoe-Missouria tribe, he draws from his culture and his life-long influence of American Indian art to create his works.
Zachary Presley Genuineness, 2015
Archival digital print, 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches; Courtesy of private collection.
Presley is a young, emerging contemporary artist examining his Native American identity from insider and outsider perspectives. The insider examination is relative to his mixed heritage (including Chickasaw) and outsider perceptions of Native people by mainstream culture. Through his art the viewer is challenged to connect understandings about how one views social processes, social identities, social change and conflict. “My work highlights the stereotyping and commercialization of Native Americans and their cultural objects. ... I illustrate how stereotyping and consumption dilutes both appropriated culture and the consumer.”
Juanita Pahdopony Kitschme, I’m Indian, 2016
Cast concrete, acrylic, aluminum cones, buckskin, rhinestones, paper, 9 x 27 x 8 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Pahdopony was a published writer in local, state, and national storytelling venues. She was also a visual artist and a passionate advocate for tribal language preservation and the protection of our planet, its resources and animals. Juanita Pahdopony-Mithlo returned home on Friday August 21, 2020. She was an accomplished Comanche educator, poet, artist, writer, storyteller, Tribal Administrator, mentor and cultural consultant.
Kira Haren Poole Lazy, 2016
Acrylic, watercolor paper, time stamp receipts, 14 x 11 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Poole is Caddo-Delaware, and is a drafts-person from Oklahoma City.
Micah Wesley Redskin, Our Scalps, Your Honor , 2016
Red wax, red sports team t-shirts, synthetic hair, 127 x 70 1/2 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
