Artists

[Art History and Archaeology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2012. Focuses on Jimmie Durham's Building a Nation, James Luna's Emendatio, and Alan Michelson's Third Bank of the River.

Experiences of an Inuit artist performing at a Canadian food festival held in a Chinese restaurant in Mexico City.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2011.

Transcript of speech given by the curator of the National Gallery of Canada's exhibition.

Looks at influences of Johan Turi, Nils Nilsson Skum and John Savio on Sámi art.

Presents the Cree artist as guitar player, carver, musician and performer.

Book review of Edgar Heap of Birds by Bill Anthes.

Book review of Edgar Heap of Birds by Bill Anthes.

Discusses the life and art of Edmond Morris. Morris lived in Manitoba as a young child, the youngest child of Alexander Morris, First Chief Justice of MB and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories. Morris’s work focused on portraiture of Treaty Chiefs, and “pure Cree types.” Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 101.

Guide aimed at middle year students is divided into four sections: Strengthening Community, Design Tells a Story, Expressions of Honor, and Origins of Native Quilting. Discusses eight individual quilters (Aboriginal and Hawaiian): Mary Bighouse (Osage), Sheree "Peachy" Bonaparte (Mohawk), Alice Olsen Williams (Anishinabe), Nancy Crone Naranjo (Eastern Cherokee), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco-Tlingit), Harriet Soong (Native Hawaiian), Ollie Napesni (Rosebud Lakota), and Lula Red Cloud (Ogala Lakota).

Tara Beagan, Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto talks about her own process of coming-to-elderhood.

Comments summarized from an interview videotaped during the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.

Comments on the artist Kenojuak Ashevak, who was the first Inuit woman to have her artwork grace a Canadian Postal stamp. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2015.

Arts and Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2014.

Looks at the artist Oonark.

Visual Arts Thesis, (M.F.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1997.

Brief profile of an Inuit artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2008.

Features artists in the fields of dance, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and literature.

Comments on the artists' solo exhibition entitled Father's Day. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 138.

Educational video that includes an interview with an artistic young woman who faces her challenges with a positive attitude. Duration: 19:43.

Illustrates the process that occurs between observation and communication by comparing an artists' sketches and paintings.

Describes the accomplishments of the renowned Métis musician from Saskatchewan, John Arcand.

Contains short biographical descriptions, information on exhibitions, collections and bibliographic references.

Discusses the art of birch bark biting by Pat Bruderer and Angelique Merasty. Includes photographs.

Comments on the impacts Woodland School artists have made.

Review of the exhibition Rock, Paper River.

Depicts the life of Dr. Dale Auger, winner of the Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year award in 2006 and the 2007 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.26.

Describes the events leading up to and after the shooting of the partially deaf artist John T. Williams by Officer Ian Birk of the Seattle Police Department in 2010.

Analysis of the work of this Coast Tsimshian artist within the historical context of First Nation's art in British Columbia.

Short documentary produced to accompany exhibition of the same name which was mounted at the National Museum of the American Indian. Duration: 10:12.

Discusses artist's controversial Indian paintings from 1960s and 70s in exhibition mounted by The National Museum of the American Indian; includes brief biography.

Guide to accompany exhibit which encourages children to find, read, look, talk about, and compare paintings.

Created to accompany exhibition of the same name. Focus is on visual and language arts curriculum.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2006.

Program booklet of a primarily Ontario native hand crafts exhibition in Toronto, ON. Short articles on the various aspects of hand crafts precede lists of exhibitors and their works. Hand crafts include basketry, beadwork, clothing, headdresses, dolls, footwear, snowshoes, pipes and rattles.

Article focuses on Amoc, the first ever Inari Sami language rap musician and how he employs his music as an emancipatory tool for language preservation.

Includes links to timeline, suggested readings, techniques, and various periods in the Curtis' life.

Profiles three Inuit clothing designers who prefer working primarily with sealskin.

Examines autobiography of artist Sally Morgan, who was one of the those adopted out to white Australians, and her quest for identity.

Presents several of the artist's late paintings (1880) that emerged as works of protest. From exhibition mounted at the National Gallery of Art, September 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009.

Website for award winning Aboriginal singer/songwriter/guitarist, artist and actor George Leach. The site has links to music, videos, samples of his art, some of his acting roles and photos.

Explores the work and inspiration of this celebrated artist (1920-2000) from the Grand Portage Reservation in Minnesota.

Brief profile of the artist accompanied by several examples of her work. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 16.

Brief biography of the Inuit painter and printmaker. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 16 to read article.

Website developed as part of the exhibition of works by the Coast Salish artist. Contains links to images with brief descriptions, short biography, and resources for further information.