Post by Moon Seeker on Jul 5, 2009 10:21:51 GMT -5
The exhibit is free and runs through August.
By ALFRED DIAZ of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
WALLA WALLA — As thousands of people celebrate Native American culture this weekend at the 15th Annual Wildhorse Pow Wow, a smaller group of Native American artists was also celebrated for its works, as the Crow’s Shadow Press exhibit went on display for the first time Friday at Willow Gallery.
“It means a lot to us that we can have their work here,” said Willow Gallery owner Kary Beckner, who added that the 27 prints fit well with the gallery’s local modern art focus.
“It is Native American art, but it is very contemporary. If you look at the Stranger, No. 7, you can’t even tell that is Native American art,” she added.
How the Native American art collection came to be is also a credit to modern art making and marketing techniques of the Crow’s Shadow Institute of Art, which is located on the Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The institute was created in 2001 with the mission to “provide educational, social and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development.”
Over the last eight years, those opportunities have centered on working with master printer Frank Janzen, who helps artists develop their own monotypes, monoprints and print editions.
“If you are an artist and you do a painting, you get one client. But if you do 10 limited prints, you get 10 clients,” Janzen said.
But Janzen made it clear that the prints they create are not replications of paintings or other works, but original art concepts designed for limited production under master printing techniques.
Executive Director Feather Sams-Huesties explained that the institute brings in both established and emerging Native American artists to jointly create master print works.
“Most of our emerging artists don’t get to make art all the time. They have other jobs to pay the bill,” Sams-Huesties said, noting that the institute pays the expenses to bring in Native American artists to work with Janzen, and then it helps market the works, including international exhibits.
“I believe that there is a market out there, and we have very talented tribal members who need that opportunity,” Sams-Huesties said. Willow Gallery is located at 2 E. Rose St. The Crow’s Shadow Press show will run through August. Admission is free.
Alfred Diaz can be reached at alfreddiaz@wwub.com or 526-8325.
www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/04/local_news/090705dcrows.txt
By ALFRED DIAZ of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
WALLA WALLA — As thousands of people celebrate Native American culture this weekend at the 15th Annual Wildhorse Pow Wow, a smaller group of Native American artists was also celebrated for its works, as the Crow’s Shadow Press exhibit went on display for the first time Friday at Willow Gallery.
“It means a lot to us that we can have their work here,” said Willow Gallery owner Kary Beckner, who added that the 27 prints fit well with the gallery’s local modern art focus.
“It is Native American art, but it is very contemporary. If you look at the Stranger, No. 7, you can’t even tell that is Native American art,” she added.
How the Native American art collection came to be is also a credit to modern art making and marketing techniques of the Crow’s Shadow Institute of Art, which is located on the Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The institute was created in 2001 with the mission to “provide educational, social and economic opportunities for Native Americans through artistic development.”
Over the last eight years, those opportunities have centered on working with master printer Frank Janzen, who helps artists develop their own monotypes, monoprints and print editions.
“If you are an artist and you do a painting, you get one client. But if you do 10 limited prints, you get 10 clients,” Janzen said.
But Janzen made it clear that the prints they create are not replications of paintings or other works, but original art concepts designed for limited production under master printing techniques.
Executive Director Feather Sams-Huesties explained that the institute brings in both established and emerging Native American artists to jointly create master print works.
“Most of our emerging artists don’t get to make art all the time. They have other jobs to pay the bill,” Sams-Huesties said, noting that the institute pays the expenses to bring in Native American artists to work with Janzen, and then it helps market the works, including international exhibits.
“I believe that there is a market out there, and we have very talented tribal members who need that opportunity,” Sams-Huesties said. Willow Gallery is located at 2 E. Rose St. The Crow’s Shadow Press show will run through August. Admission is free.
Alfred Diaz can be reached at alfreddiaz@wwub.com or 526-8325.
www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/07/04/local_news/090705dcrows.txt