March 2012
7 posts
Sonya Kelliher-Combs - Iñupiaq, Athabascan
Interviewed by Chela Perley
Winter 2012
Sonya Kelliher-Combs is a prolific artist that creates compelling and unique artwork. Her work stood out to me when I was looking in the HIDE: Skin As Material and Metaphor publication that was one of many books available to introduce us to contemporary indigenous artists and curators. As I was deciding which artist to choose, I visited Sonya’s website and...
Ryan Rice - Mohawk
Interviewed by Elizabeth Neal
Winter 2012
Ryan Rice, a Mohawk of Kahnawake, Quebec, is co-founder of both Nation to Nation, a First Nations art collective, and the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective. Though originally from Canada, he has curated exhibits in a variety of venues throughout North America and has been the Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts at the Institute of...
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Daina Warren - Montana Cree
Interview by Sharita Towne
Winter 2012
Daina Warren is a curator based in Winnipeg, Canada. She is currently Co- Director at Urban Shaman Gallery. One of the things that most struck me about Daina, and inspired me to reach out to her was the range of artists and shows she has put together, and her keen sense of description and introspection when delving into these works. Furthermore, she has...
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Dylan AT Miner - Métis
Interviewed by Prudence Hayes
Winter 2012
Social justice activist with anarcho-punk twist, artist and professor, Dylan Miner knows what he’s doing when it comes to making art with a message. All aspects of his work, from conceptual design to carefully selected sustainable printing materials, reinforce his anti-colonial and anti-capitalist messages. Miners’ artistic mediums range from sculptural...
Skawennati - Mohawk
Interview by Sharita Towne
Winter 2012
Portrait by Alex Subrizzi
Skawennati is an artist, independent curator, and Co-director at AbTeC (Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace). It is her unique approach to storytelling, imagining the future, change, cultural richness, and growth that drew me to her work. Artistically speaking we can call Skawennati a “New Media Artist,” yet there is much...
Joi Arcand - Plains Cree
Joi Arcand at Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory
Interview by Eliza Gregory
Winter 2012
Joi Arcand has made some really exciting and incredible work recently about the disappearance of First Nations languages, and it was this project—Here On Future Earth—that first drew me to interviewing her. In the photographs that comprise the project, she has been able to layer subtle humor,...
Deana Dartt-Newton-...
Interview By Elayne Janiak
Winter 2012
Dr. Dartt-Newton began her tenure as Curator of Native American Art with the Portland (Oregon) Art Museum on January 2, 2012. She received her bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees in anthropology from the University of Oregon. She previously served as Curator of Native American Ethnology at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural...
