Jim Denomie (Ojibwe)
Burnt Umber (series)
Monotype
20” x 15”
2011
Collaborating Master Printer Frank Janzen, TMP
Located on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation outside of Pendleton, OR, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA) is a non-profit organization committed to providing a creative conduit for educational, social, and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development.
CSIA’s commitment to supporting indigenous and marginalized voices has done much to guide the conversation surrounding work made by indigenous artists. Alex Cipolle wrote in 2019 for The New York Times that Crow’s Shadow has helped transform and subvert the idea that indigenous art is “less art than artifact.” And Heather Ahtone, Senior Curator at the First Americans Museum, notes:
“Historically, for oral-based cultural communities, paper has been used as a weapon of cultural dominance, facilitating dispossession of lands and forced cultural assimilation.
For indigenous artists, using paper as a medium for artistic expression has become a significant form of self-determination that fosters dialogue about issues of culture and identity, contributing to cultural survival.”
We’re honored to partner with Crow’s Shadow to present prints from their illustrious body of work, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to share it with the Twin Cities community.
All images courtesy of Crow’s Shadow.
Work by the following artists is currently installed in the Highpoint Gallery :
Rick Bartow (Wiyot)
Marwin Begaye (Navajo/Diné)
Yoonhee Choi
Jovencio de la Paz
Jim Denomie (Ojibwe)
Modou Dieng
Daniel Duford
Vanessa Enos (Northern Cheyenne, Walla Walla, Yakima, Pima)
Ka’ila Farrell-Smith (Klamath Modoc)
John Feodorov (Navajo)
Yatika Fields (Osage, Cherokee, Creek)
Ric Gendron (Arrow Lake Colville)
Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw)
Yoshihiro Kitai
Whitney Minthorn (Umatilla)
Ryan Pierce
Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs)
Samantha Wall
Marie Watt (Seneca)
Shirod Younker (Coquille/Coos)