Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
Description
Interview with an Inuit carver from Igloolik about when he began to carve, accessibility of materials, and other queries.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert.
Duration: 51:49.
Contains links to Australian music, artist profiles, awards, encyclopedia, recordings of powwow music, listing of Native American artists, record companies, etc.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 1, Climate, Spring, 2016, pp. 36-40
Description
Interview with Sámi artist about climate activism, the struggle for self-determination and being the first runner in the Run For Your Life Project, a massive relay from the Arctic to Paris.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
Based on the exhibition Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, the focus is on artists from the Southwest and Oklahoma.
Looks at the distinctive territories or contexts across which Australian Indigenous artists and leaders work and the practices they use to provide leadership.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 445-[?]
Description
Contends that while contemporary artists acknowledge those who came before, they have developed their own individual styles and the one common thread is their part in environmental, economic, and cultural politics. Article highlights several individual artists.
Biography of an artist whose exhibition was mounted at the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center from November 8, 2003-February 1, 2004.