Visual Arts

Career of painter Keven Pee-ace.

Career of Lorne Cappo of the Muscowpetung First Nation.

[Fine Arts] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Georgia, 2008.

Interdisciplinary Program in American Indian Studies (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2006.

Interviews with five artists connected with Edenshaw. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.

Looks at the difficulty to design, implement, and fund a healing program.

Book review of Creative Subversions by Margot Francis. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 168.

Discusses the significance of the landmark exhibition mounted in 1953 by Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, England. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 9.

Cree beadwork mats from the Little Pine reserve on display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society show in 1951.

Argues that the totem poles displayed at the New York World's Fair in 1939 indicated that the production of Northwest coast art had not stopped, as is usually stated, and therefore the "revival" was not as dramatic as it appeared.

Comments how course content is arranged to give the student a multicultural introduction to the art of five cultures; those identified as the major ethnic groups in the United States.

Examines the early years of IAAI, the1960s, and the influence exerted by modernism on artistic expression, recognition and commercial success.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1999.

Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2014.

Artist uses visual means to story-tell her personal and extended family history.

Highlights work of a Baker Lake tapestry artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

Topics include background and goals of the exhibition, choice of works, and international scope of artists represented. It featured 150 works by over 80 artists from 16 countries and was mounted at the National Gallery of Canada from May 17 to September 2, 2013.

Comments on the partnership between Dorset Fine Arts and the Brooklyn Museum to present the Cape Dorset Legacy Project. Entire issue on one pdf. To access issue, scroll to page 12.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Focuses on two objects from the exhibition (Wasco argillite platter and totem pole) to demonstrate the artist's execution of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.

Describes construction materials and techniques.

Reviews a 2004 exhibition focused on the story of the migration to Moose Jaw after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Originally published in Vie des Arts under the title Dana Claxton: Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux.

Interview with a graphic novelist on his work based on a true story. Duration: 34:43.

Profile of a prominent ivory engraver and carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 26.

Highlights articles in themed issue.

Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.

Looks at a collaborative project protesting gender based violence against women.

Negative of a map displaying details of the Batoche Area, where one of the major battles of the Northwest Resistance took place.

This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.

Art Thesis (M.F.A.)--California State University, Long Beach, 1999.

Study focuses on two Aboriginal artistic on-line projects CyberPowWow and Speaking the Language of Spiders.

Gallery owner compares circumstances of southern and northern artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022.

Looks at a media arts projection of digital animation that visually illustrates the narrative of the myth of Sky Woman.

A diorama showing buffalo being chased over a cliff. A group of teepees can be seen on a hillside in the background.

Profiles one of the first individuals to foster and promote artists' work. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions. Duration: 4:55.

Examines issue of authenticity and ethnic identity in Native American art and art education.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2004.

Suggests that history and tradition play an important role in contemporary Inuit art. Chapter from Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds edited by R. Phllips and C. Steiner.

Looks at image-text composites that aim to be thought provoking.

Book review of: Dynamic Traditions.

Four interviewees discuss Isabel Rorick's weaving, the argillite platters, the artist's place in the history of art in British Columbia, and his influence one descendant's work. Excerpt from Charles Edenshaw curated by Robin K. Wright and Daina Augaitis.