Indigenous Mapping: Collecting Truths
September 4, 2018 - March 23, 2019
South One Gallery
Organized by artist Melanie Yazzie and presented in conjunction with the 2018 Mid America Print Council (MAPC) conference, Indigenous Mapping: Collecting Truths illustrates fourteen indigenous artists notions of “home.” Each artist shares a different perspective reflective of his or her widely varied home communities and envisioned printmaking processes.
Melanie Yazzie is a professor of arts practices and head of printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. Yazzie has generously donated the entire portfolio to the Art Museum. These artworks will become part of the museum’s permanent collection for use in future exhibitions, for research, and in teaching.
- Lunchtime Conversations with Curators, 12:10 - 12:50 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2018
- Funded in part by UW Art Museum Gala Funds
Images:
Top: Corwin Clairmont (American Indian – Confederate Salish and Kootanai Tribal Nation, b. 1947), North Crow Canyon, 2017, relief, chine, bronzing powder on BFK Rives paper, 8 x 20 inches, gift of Melanie Yazzie, 2018.4.2
Bottom: Alexander Swiftwater McCarty (American Indian – Makah, b. 1975), Remember Where You Come From, 2017, monotype, stencils, water-based inks on BFK Rives paper, 8 x 20 inches, gift of Melanie Yazzie, 2018.4.6
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