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Talk | Land, Community, and Culture in Contemporary Indigenous Art

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Land, Community, and Culture in Contemporary Indigenous Art

Holly Wilson and Zachary Miller in Conversation with Denise Neil, PhD

  • Where: Charles M. Russell Center, 409 W. Boyd, Norman, OK | website | map
  • When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 5:00–7:00 pm
  • Dinner provided by Junebug Catering

Two nationally known Native American artists discuss how their art practices deal with issues of land, community, and their representative cultures with a museum director and Native art historian.

Holly Wilson

Holly Wilson (Delaware Nation/Delaware Tribe), “Bloodline, Keeper of the Seeds,” 2021, unique cast bronze with patina, cedar, steel, 30 × 98 × 18 in. Image courtesy of the artist.

Zachary Miller

Zachary Miller (Chickasaw), “Interstice,” 2021, oil on board, 18 × 18 in.

Holly Wilson, an enrolled citizen of the Delaware Nation and descendant of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, lives in Mustang, Oklahoma, where she maintains studios including her own foundry. She focuses on storytelling through her metal sculpture, painting, jewelry, and installation art.

Zachary Miller, an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is a painter, printmaker, and video artist based in Norman, Oklahoma. He has worked in several museums including First Americans Museum and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

Denise Neil, PhD, an enrolled citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians and the Cherokee Nation, is the director of the Oklahoma National Guard Museum. She previously directed the 99s Museum of Women Pilots in Oklahoma and is the first Native American scholar to earn a doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma’s Native American Art History program.

Cosponsored by First American Art Magazine and the Charles M. Russell Center.

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Holly Wilson’s headshot was photographed by Regina Mountjoy.

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