Seeds of being : a project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar

Object Details

writer of introduction

Ahtone, Heather

Rushing, W. Jackson

photographer

Stewart, Todd 1963-

sponsor

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

host museum

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

sponsor

University of Oklahoma School of Visual Arts

Author

Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar (2018 : University of Oklahoma. School of Visual Arts)

Subject

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Catalog editor: heather ahtone; new photography, Todd Stewart.

"Curated by nine University of Oklahoma art history graduate students working in collaboration to creatively imagine their future as curators. Each of them contributed to an exhibition that embodies their shared ideas about Native American art ... students were enrolled in "The Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar," a graduate-level practicum in curation offered by the OU School of Visual Arts in partnership with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art"--Introduction (page 1).

"This catalogue has been published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Seeds of Being: a Project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Native American Art & Museum Studies Seminar' at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, June 8-Dec. 30, 2018"--Colophon.

Artwork selected from the collection of Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma.

1000 copies printed.

Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (December 23, 2018) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx

NMAI copy 39088020233425 gift of Kathleen Ash-Milby.

Contents

Introduction / Heather Ahtone & W. Jackson Rushing III -- Nurturing / EG, ML, KM [Erinn Gavaghan, Michelle J. Lanteri, Kerrie Monahan] -- Adapting / AH, RMEJ, MM [Ashley Holland, Robert Mac Eustace Jones, Monique Mogilka] -- Envisioning / ME, CH, LR [Mark Esquivel, Chelsea Herr, Lauren Ross] -- Contributors -- About the venue -- Seminar instructors

Featured artwork in the gallery section "Nurturing" followed by the name of artist and the name of the student commentator: Seeds, Simply Emerging / Tony Abeyta ; commentary by Erinn Gavaghan -- Tell Us a Story / Marla Allison ; commentary by Michelle J. Lanteri -- Scary Dream / Shuvinai Ashoona ; commentary by Erinn Gavaghan -- On the Shore of Kitchigami / David Bradley ; commentary by Kerrie Monahan -- Spider Pot / Crystal Hanna ; commentary by Michelle J. Lanteri -- Rochambeau / Cannupa Hanska Luger ; commentary by Kerrie Monahan -- Bear with Heart / Robert Haozous ; commentary by Michelle J. Lanteri -- Raven and the Sun / John Hoover ; commentary by Kerrie Monahan -- Nomad's Scrimshaw / Bernard Tuglamena Katexac ; commentary by Erinn Gavaghan -- Four Directions / Linda Lomahaftewa ; commentary by Michelle J. Lanteri -- The Avanyu / Michael A. Padilla ; commentary by Kerrie Monahan -- Race with Monster Bear / Ernest Smith ; commentary by Erinn Gavaghan

Featured artwork in the gallery section "Adapting" followed by the name of artist and the name of the student commentator: Laguna/Acoma Bundled Dolls / James Michael "Bear" Brynes ; commentary by Robert Mac Eustace Jones -- The Masked Man and His Faithful Companions Get Their Signals Crossed / Richard Glazer Danay ; commentary by Monique Mogilka -- Plains Ledger Drawing / Thomas J. Dorsey (Tom Two Arrows) ; commentary by Robert Mac Eustace Jones -- Courting Song / George Flett ; commentary by Robert Mac Eustace Jones -- Tricks and Unusual Gestures / Jeffrey A. Gibson ; commentary by Monique Mogilka -- Santa Fe Dude / Alex Jacobs (Karoniaktahke) ; commentary by Monique Mogilka -- Pooper and Bootie Receiving Their Indian Names / George Longfish ; commentary by Monique Mogilka -- Pictorial Rug or Tapestry (Trading Post) / Louise Nez ; commentary by Robert Mac Eustace Jones -- Pipe Woman / Jane Ash Poitras ; commentary by Ashley Holland -- I Will Sing / Dolores Purdy ; commentary by Robert Mac Eustace Jones -- Bolo - Enamel, Egyptian Eagle ; and, Bolo - Enamel, Skull / Fritz Scholder ; commentary by Ashley Holland -- The Old Days / Fritz Scholder ; commentary by Ashley Holland -- Lunch Bucket / Unknown ; commentary by Ashley Holland

Featured artwork in the gallery section "Envisioning" followed by the name of artist and the name of the student commentator: Horse, Alebrije / Roberta Angeles Ojeda ; commentary by Mark Esquivel -- On Drinkin' Beer in Vietnam in 1967 / by Tommy Wayne "T.C." Cannon ; commentary by Chelsea Herr -- Once Upon a Time There Were Human Beings (Moose) / Cannupa Hanska Luger ; commentary by Chelsea Herr -- Going to the Dance / Robert (Bob) Haozous ; commentary by Mark Esquivel -- This is Tomorrow / Joe Jaqua ; commentary by Chelsea Herr -- Bronco (Cowboy) / Luis Jiménez ; commentary by Mark Esquivel -- Seed Pot / Amanda Lucario ; commentary by Lauren Ross -- Turkey Hunt / Solomon McCombs ; commentary by Chelsea Herr -- Pueblo Dreams-Holiday Future, Elvis & Marilyn / Diego Romero ; commentary by Lauren Ross -- Tree of Jesse / Chief Terry Saul ; commentary by Chelsea Herr -- Cowboy Indian / Fritz Scholder ; commentary by Mark Esquivel -- Oklahoma-the Unedited Version / Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie ; commentary by Lauren Ross -- Real Not Red... from the Street Chief Series / Richard Ray Whitman ; commentary by Lauren Ross

2018

©2018

20th century

21st century

Type

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

Physical description

64 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Place

United States

North America

Oklahoma

Norman

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Indian art

Record ID

siris_sil_1105881

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0