Natalie Ball, who is Black, Modoc, and Klamath, lives and works in her ancestral homelands in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
By Chadd ScottWhitney Museum lobby exhibits work of Natalie Ball
By Chadd Scott By Chadd ScottHoliday Native American Arts market in New York City
Holiday shopping at a Native arts market says you support Native arts and artists and are putting your money where your mouth is.
By Chadd ScottSaint Louis Art Museum receives major gift of Native American Art
The Saint Louis Art Museum has received a promised gift of 100 works from the William P. Healey Collection of Native American Art.
By Chadd ScottMuseum of the Cherokee People in Cherokee, NC rebrands
Formerly known as the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the Museum of the Cherokee People is located in Cherokee, NC.
By Chadd ScottContemporary Native American art has finally entered the mainstream
As of fall 2023, Native American art, for the first time, has fully entered the contemporary art mainstream in America.
By Chadd ScottGiant animal sculptures unveiled on National Mall in D.C.
The installation features a 7-foot-tall polar bear, a 1,200-pound elephant, a rhinoceros with a chicken on his back and a coyote.
By Chadd ScottAre Indigenous artists responsible for educating outsiders to their work?
Indigenous artists must take on roles non-Native artists aren’t. Those include cultural docent, tribal historian, translator and tutor.
By Chadd ScottContemporary Native American art at St. Louis Art Museum for first time
The Saint Louis Art Museum presents ‘Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s–1970s,’ the museum’s first exhibition to focus on modern and contemporary Native American art.
By Chadd ScottRoots of Native American art run deep for Tom Farris
Tom Farris grew up around Native art. His Otoe-Missouria mother and Cherokee father were passionate collectors. Both had a strong connection to their heritage and…
By Chadd ScottWhat is Western American art? Ask artificial intelligence
I asked ChatGPT from Openai.com a few questions about Western American art. In seconds, the responses came back to me. I was more than a little impressed.
By Chadd ScottInfluence of performance on contemporary Native American art
This marks the first major exhibition to center performance as an origin point for the development of contemporary Native American art.
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