Join us on December 8th at 2PM at The Center for Rural Development for a FREE Reception for the Native Reflections Visual Art by American Indians Living in Kentucky Art Exhibit.
See the exhibition on display December 4th – January 2nd Monday – Friday 8AM – 5PM
The Kentucky Arts Council, the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission, and the Kentucky Heritage Council worked together to invite artists who identify as Native American to share their visual art, resulting in a unique collection. Artists include both those enrolled in recognized tribes and Native-inspired artists living all over Kentucky. The exhibit is inclusive of Kentucky artists who are enrolled and not enrolled but who identify as Native American or American Indian through their family heritage and culture.
The exhibit features 21 works by 11 Kentuckians who identify as American Indians of either enrolled tribal membership or unenrolled, but native-inspired individuals. The submitted work was adjudicated by a panel of American Indian artists and members of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission for inclusion in the traveling exhibit.
Artists whose work will appear in Native Reflections, listed by name, county, tribal affiliation, work title and medium, are:
- Darlene Campbell, Adair, Native Inspired (New River Band of Catawba), “Turning Downstream” and “Peruvian Dreams,” oil on canvas
- Jacquelyn Carruthers, McCracken, Native Inspired (Choctaw and Cherokee), “Indigenous Woman” and “Quilt,” acrylic, fabric
- Cher Devereaux, Fayette, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “New Day” and “Thunder, Thunder,” acrylic
- Lawson Glasergreen, Daviess, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “wood, fire, metal, water, earth” and “galun ’lati – above world, a-lo-hi – mother earth,” wood block prints on canvas, Mylar on oil paint canvas
- Eugene King, Powell, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “River Board” and “Snake Walking Stick,” wood
- Fred Nez Keams, Mercer, Enrolled Member (Navajo), “Yellowknife Navajo Flute,” wood
- Jannette Parent, Caldwell, Enrolled Member (Four Winds Tribe, Louisiana Cherokee), “Tlanuwa” and “Unole (Tornado),” acrylic
- Linda Pierce, Christian, Native Inspired (Chilluckittequaw and Cherokee), “Striding in Strength & Peace” and “Red Beauty Unfolds,” acrylic
- Tiffany Pyette, Fayette, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Treat Each Other’s Existence as Sacred” and “Sunlight,” oil pastel, charcoal pencil
- Amanda Sayles, Enrolled Member (Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians), “Today’s Medicine” and “Untitled,” resin and found objects
- Brigit Truex, Fayette, Enrolled Member (Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi [Vermont]), “Bless This Place” and “Waban (First Light),” acrylic