In partnership with the Office of Multicultural Affairs\, SG A\, Doubletree by Hilton\, Women Studies Program\, Women's Resource Center and MAP(ing).
The exhibit is co-curated by Slocumb Galleries’ Karlota Contreras-Koterbay and Map(ing) project director Mary Hood\, associate pro fessor at Arizona State University. Map(ing) stands for Multiple Artists Pr inting (Indigenous and Native Geographies)\, a biennial project that explor es the diverse representation of the Indigenous Americans from various lens es with printmaking collaborations between the artists and ASU students. Te n prints from the Map(ing) project are included in this exhibition along wi th contemporary works from the artists.
The ‘Politics of Representati on: Re-Imaging Indigenous America From Warhol to Map(ing)’\, an exhibition of Indigenous American art features work by pop artists Andy Warhol and Fr itz Scholder as introductory narratives\, then paves the way to contemporar y artists’ work that address issues of identity and representation. Artist s from various tribes in the US and Canada visualize the creative struggle of Indigenous Americans to assert and determine the re-imaging of their peo ple through various agency and media.
The participating artists are: Dana Claxton\, Jason Garcia\, Shan Goshorn\, Thomas Greyey es\, Edgar Heap of Birds\, Ahkima Honyumptewa\, Terrance Houle\, Sonya Kell iher-Combs\, Dallin Maybee\, Wanesia Misquadace\, C. Maxx Stevens\, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie\, Steven Yazzie and special participation by Jean Hess. The works by Andy Warhol are from the ETSU Department of Art & Design Perma nent Collection\, granted from the Warhol Legacy Project\, and prints by Fr itz Scholder are on loan courtesy of the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque in New Mexico.
Claxton's large-scale photograph enti tled 'Family Portrait' is presented on an outdoor banner outside the Slocum b galleries during the exhibit. Wansesia Misquadace’s shall demonstrate the traditional birch bark-biting during the 1st ETSU Native American Festival on September 27th\, Saturday\, at the ETSU Quad. An exhibition of Cherokee and other Native American artifacts from the Reece Museum’s Permanent Coll ection curated by Michael Hale and Spenser Brenner will be on view at the SUBmarine Gallery during the week of the festival.
The Slocumb Galler ies are located at 232 Sherrod Drive\, ETSU campus. Gallery hours are Monda ys thru Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours on Thursdays unti l 6 p.m.\, during receptions and ArtIFact lectures. For more information\, contact Slocumb Galleries’ Director Karlota Contreras-Koterbay via email co ntrera@etsu.edu or call 423.483.3179. Parking and handicapped access are av ailable. Please visit the ETSU PlanIt Calendar under Museum and Galleries o r www.etsu.edu/cas/art/slocum b for event updates.
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