Brown University, List Arts Center, Room 120

Artist Wendy Red Star works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American ideologies and colonialist structures, both historically and in contemporary society. Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Red Star’s work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with many forms of creative expression, including photography, sculpture, video, […]

In the 19th century Plains Indian warriors told stories of their heroic deeds by drawing them on pages of a ledger book. In the last forty years this form has been adapted by Native women artists to tell stories of women's lives of the past and present. Author Richard Pearce explores the history of this […]

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is a Native American contemporary artist and a member of the Flathead Nation. She will present an overview of Native art today that looks at new media such as installation, performance, photography as well as artists who are trained in painting, sculpture and clay with a Native ideology. Jaune will also present a […]

Come to hear Eva Andersson Strand of The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In Viking Age society there has been a need for a wide variety of textiles; textiles for clothing, sails etc. There is no doubt that textiles and production had an important economic and social impact […]