The University of New Mexico's Tamarind Institute is a
world-renowned center for fine art lithography dedicated to
training master printers and providing a professional studio for
artists. In "Migrations," Tamarind director Marjorie Devon has
compiled the work of six Native American artists, each of whom
collaborated with professional printers at Tamarind and at Crow's
Shadow Institute of the Arts in Pendleton, Oregon, to create
prints. These artists were selected because they engage in
contemporary art rather than what is traditionally considered
"Native American art." Artists Steven Deo (Creek/Euchee), Tom Jones
(Ho Chunk), Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nisgaa), Ryan Lee Smith
(Cherokee), Star Wallowing Bull (Chippewa/Arapaho), and Marie Watt
(Seneca) represent a wide spectrum of Native American cultures and
experiences.
In addition to the art, essays by Jo Ortel, Lucy Lippard,
Kathleen Howe, and Gerald McMaster contribute expert analyses of
Native American art. Ortel, an associate professor of art history
at Beloit College, defines "Migrations" as it applies to this
project. Lippard is an art critic and author whose essay discusses
the cultural baggage forced upon the American Indian. As director
of the Pomona College Museum of Art and professor of art history,
Howe offers an overview of Tamarind Institutes projects with
indigenous peoples. A Plains Cree artist, McMasters essay details
the history of Crow's Shadow Institute on Oregon's Umatilla
Reservation. A traveling exhibition of the art contained here, also
entitled "Migrations," will begin in 2007, venues to be
announced.
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