April 29, 2019
Indigenous Artists Earn Recognition And Work For Change
Author: Karen Richards
While the business of art is always in flux, the Indigenous art community may see more dramatic change than most. As part of our series “Native Oregon Voices,” KLCC takes a look at the evolving Native American art scene.
Raven Chacon, a Diné tribal member, completed this composition, “Horse Notations,” while in residence at Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts on the Umatilla Reservation in eastern Oregon.
Chacon: “It's based on an 1876 'Popular Science' article, in which a scientist had analyzed