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    Home»Archives»2023»FAAM No. 39, Summer 2023

    FAAM No. 39, Summer 2023

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    By FAAM Staff on October 5, 2023 2023, Archives
    FAAM No. 39, Summer 2023
    FAAM No. 39, Summer 2023. Cover art: “In the Moment” (2020), oil painting by Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné).

    Issue No. 39, Summer 2023
    (July–September)

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    Features

    • Gutskin Sewing in Alaska
      By Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi, PhD (Alutiiq), 32–40
    • Gutskin by Glenda McKay
      By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 42–43
    • Legacies of Black-and-White Pueblo Pottery
      By Michelle J. Lanteri, PhD, 44–49
    • Barniz de Pasto: The Magic of Colombia’s Mopa Mopa
      By Madeline Sobral (Cherokee Nation), 52–59
    • Counterpublic 2023: A Mound City Triennial
      By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 60–66

    Artist Profiles

    • Avis Charley: Spirit Lake Dakota/Diné Painter and Ledger Artist
      By Paul Niemi, 70–75
    • Ahkima Honyumptewa: Hopi Textile Artist and Painter
      By Jill Ahlberg Yohe, PhD, 76–81
    • Ira Lujan: Taos/Ohkay Owingeh Glass Artist
      By Suzanne Newman Fricke, PhD, 82–87
    • Melanie Yazzie: Navajo Printmaker, Painter, Sculptor, and Jeweler
      By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 88–93
    mopa mopa barniz de Pasto, Taller Granja
    Detail of duotone barniz de Pasto artworks by Taller Granja with their hallmark. Photo: Óscar Granja. Image courtesy of Taller Granja.

    Departments

    • Editor’s Greeting by America Meredith, 14–15
    • Recent Developments by Liam Hart and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 19–21
      • In Memoriam: Margaret Archuleta, by Lee-Ann Martin (Mohawk) and India Rael Young, PhD, 22–23
    • Seven Directions | Kevin Coochwytewa (Isleta Pueblo/Hopi), 25–30
    • Art+Literature
      • Michelle Good: Cree Writer, Poet, and Lawyer
        By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 114–16
      • Kaylene Big Knife (Chippewa Cree)
        By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 117
    • Calendar, 124–28

    Reviews and Reports

    • Exhibition Reviews
      • Boise, ID | The Art of Jean LaMarr, Boise Art Museum
        By Nanette Kelley (Osage/Cherokee Nations), 96–97
      • Lethbridge, AB | My mind is with the weather, Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin
        By Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee Nation/Seminole/Muscogee), 98–99
      • New York | Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest, Bard Graduate Center Gallery
        By Sháńdíín Brown, 99–100
      • Pawhuska, OK | Seven Bends in the River of Life, Osage Nation Museum
        By heather ahtone, PhD (Chickasaw/Choctaw), 101–02
        Reno | The Art of Ben Aleck, Nevada Museum of Art
        By Tsanavi Spoonhunter (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute), 102–103
      • St. Louis, MO | Fay HeavyShield: Confluences, Pulitzer Arts Foundation
        By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 103–04
      • Santa Fe | California Stars: Huivaniūs Pütsiv, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian
        By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 105–07
      • Toronto | Kent Monkman: Being Legendary, Royal Ontario Museum
        By Andrea L. Ferber, PhD, 109–10
    • Reports
      • London, ON | Kelly Greene, Artist Residency, Western University
        By Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, 110–12
      • Tulsa | Gilcrease in Your Neighborhood, Gilcrease Museum
        By Heather A. Hope, 112–13

    Memorials

    • Ron Carlos (Salt River Piipaash-Akimel O’odham, 1970–2023)
      By America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), 118
    • Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Absentee Shawnee/Seminole, 1945–2023)
      By Kenneth Williams Jr. (Northern Arapaho/Cattaraugus Seneca), 119
    • Presley LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, 1956–2023)
      By Stacy Pratt, PhD (Mvskoke), 120
    • Michael McCabe (Diné, 1961–2023)
      By Grace Rosario Perkins (Diné/Akimel O’odham), 121
    • Rose Kerstetter (Oneida Nation, 1918–2023)
      Hoka Skenandore (Oneida/Oglala Lakota/Luiseño/Chicano), 122
    • Joe Senungetuk
      By Christopher W. Smith, 123

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