Diversity and Dialogue: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, 2007

by James H. Nottage

Overview

Diversity and Dialogue honors Distinguished Artist James Luna (Luiseño) and five Fellows: installation artist and sculptor Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla), photographer and videographer Dana Claxton (Lakota), painter and installation artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Inupiaq/Athabascan), artist Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil (Tlingit/Nisgaá), and photographer and installation artist Will Wilson (Diné).

An accompanying DVD presents James Luna's in-your-face performance works that question stereotypes about Native Americans. Vibrant essays consider how he and the other artists produce works that are both contemporary yet expressive of a traditional worldview.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780295987811
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Publication date:	12/06/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James H. Nottage is vice president and chief curatorial officer of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. Other contributors include Margaret Archuleta (Tewa/Hispanic), Mique'l Icesis Askren (Tsimshian Nation Metlakatla, Alaska), Joanna Bigfeather (Western Cherokee/Mescalero Apache), Sandy Gillespie, Michelle La Flamme (African Canadian/Metis/Creek), Lee-Ann Martin (Mohawk), Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Diné), and Jennifer Vigil (Diné/Latina).

Table of Contents

Dedication: Tap Dancing on the Starts: Reflections on Harry E. Fonesca, 1946-1006 / Margaret Archuleta

Foreword: The Dialogue at Ten Years / John Vanausdall

Introduction / James H. Nottage

Visual Sovereignty: A Continuous Aboriginal / Indigenous Landscape / Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

Cross Over with Mr. Luna: Distinguished Artist / Lee-Ann Martin

Gerald Clarke: From a Place of Recognition / Joanna O. Bigfeather

Dana Claxton: "Reframing the Sacred and Indigenizing the White Cube" / Michelle La Flamme

Sonya Kelliher-Combs: Secrets / Sandy Gillespie

Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil: Visual Myth Maker / Mique'l Icesis Askren

Will Wilson: Fellowship Artist / Jennifer Vigil

Afterword / Jennifer McNutt

Acknowledgments / James H. Nottage and Jennifer McNutt

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Editorial Reviews

"A book very much worth owning."

Multicultural Review

"A book very much worth owning."—Multicultural Review

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