Painting
November 2-5, 1998
"The Deep Remembering: The Art and Aesthetics of Southwest Indian
Painting" was the title of the convocation held at the Indian Arts
Research Center in November 1998. The event brought together ten
outstanding Native American artists from both traditional and contemporary
schools of painting to discuss their inspirations, influences, marketing
concerns, and evolving artistic directions. Participants included Michael
Kabotie (Hopi), Janet Katoney (Navajo), Linda Lomaheftewa (Hopi/Choctaw),
Felice Lucero (San Felipe), Marcellus Medina (Zia), Diane
Reyna (Taos), Mateo Romero (Cochiti), Alex Seotewa (Zuni), Emmi
Whitehorse (Navajo), and Gary Yazzie
(Navajo). Reyna and Yazzie, the 1998 Dubin Artist
Fellows at the School for Advanced Research, facilitated the three-day
conference.
In some aspects the Indian art convocations are
patterned after the SAR advanced seminars in which "cutting
edge" concerns in anthropology are discussed by groups of invited
scholars during a week’s residence on the SAR campus. The results of the
discussions are synthesized in scholarly books published by the SAR Press.
Similarly, the convocations on Indian art bring together ten accomplished
Native American artists in a designated medium. They meet together
morning, noon, and night while living at the SAR Seminar House. As with
the advanced seminars, a summary publication is now planned for each
convocation.
The participants in previous convocations have
chosen to extend their group effort in various ways. This year the
additional product of the convocation will be a book on Native American
painting written by Kathy Chase, a research associate at the IARC who was
instrumental in planning and facilitating the convocation.
Image: [Above, Right] "The
Deep Remembering" by Alex Seotewa, copyright 1998
Read about the publication resulting
from the Painting Convocation:
INDIAN PAINTERS OF THE
SOUTHWEST
The Deep Remembering
Available from SAR Press.
