Jennifer Complo Mcnutt

Red: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, 2013 Jennifer Complo Mcnutt

Publisher Marketing: "Red: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2013," the eighth iteration of the Eiteljorg Museum's acclaimed biennial art series, documents the strength, drama, determination, and humor of contemporary Native art and the artists who create it. Celebrating the work of Invited Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun (Coast Salish/Okanagan) and Eiteljorg Fellows Julie Buffalohead (Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma), Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Aleut), Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band of Cherokee), and Meryl McMaster (Plains Cree/Blackfoot), "Red" declares that any person who lives with the idea that Native people are vanishing, weak, or failing to thrive needs simply to look at their art. Contributors: heather ahtone (Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is the James T. Bialac Assistant Curator for Native American and Non-Western Art at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Dana Claxton (Lakota) is a video and performance artist whose projects form a subversive societal critique in time-based media that suit experimental storytelling. Ashley Holland (Cherokee) is Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eiteljorg Museum. Jennifer Complo McNutt is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Eiteljorg Museum and has been instrumental in the development and success of the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship since its inception in 1999. Tania Willard (Secwepemc Nation) is an artist who works within the shifting ideas around contemporary and traditional," "often with knowledge and skills that are conceptually linked to her interest in intersections between aboriginal and other cultures. Contributor Bio:  Holland, Ashley Stephanie Olson is a mother of two and teacher of many. She has been teaching English Language Arts for almost 10 years in Arizona where she lives with her husband and two sons. She also teaches online composition courses for an online college. She is passionate about literature and has been an avid reader her whole life. She attended San Jose State University and received a BA in English. She continued to follow the passion of literature and pursued a Masters in English Literature from National University. Stephanie loves parodies of classic literature, science fiction, summer chick lit, and young adult fiction as well. It is her dream to become a full time writer in both children and young adult genres so she can spend more time with her children and loveable Shih Tzu Remy.