Assignment+2+-+Contemporary+Native+Artists

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Post your artists with a link to their art below... Answer the questions:
 * 1) What is Native American Art?
 * 2) What does it mean to be a Native American artist?

Type your name first: example

//Ben Grignon// //I found this amazing native artist who works with glass and is influenced by his Northwest Coast culture. His name is Preston Singletary and his website is @http://prestonsingletary.com/// //Bob Loblaw// //Native American art is to me...Bob Loblaw// //I think a Native American artist is...Bob Loblaw//

//Done.//

Camilo Perez
 * Assignment #2**
 * My Native Artist:** __Mac Coyote.__
 * Tribe:** __Mountain Ute/Navajo__
 * Summary:** __Mac Coyote is from Towaoc, Colorado. Mac uses nature, animals, and different types of abstract work in his art work. His art is collected from people all over the world, it has been shown at major indian markets around the U.S.__
 * Link:** Mac coyote gallery
 * Personal Definition:** __my definition of native american art is keeping in touch with the spirits, or our culture. we express our culture through art work, alot of mac's work has something to do with native american culture.__

Eddie Metoxen Assignment 2 My Artist: Bruce King Summary: Bruce King is part of the Oneida Tribe. He is most known for his oil paintings but also is a author, theater artist, and musician. Link: [|Bruce king] Link: [|Bruce king 2] I think Native American art is a form of art that tells a story of their Native culture. To be a Native Artist I believe you have to be Native American and actually know something about your culture. Not things you can read in a book or online but things you learn from being in a native family or community.

Tasha Komanekin Assignment#2 My Artist: Nakoa HeavyRunner Summary: Nakoa HeavyRunner is a talented and inspiring young man. He is of Assiniboine/Blackfeet descent from the Fort Belknap Indian reservation in North Central Montana. He is known as a recording artist and digital engineer. Link: [|nakoa myspace] Link:written Link: [|these days] Native American art is very special to me. I feel it is a huge link to our culture.It says who we are as a people by expressing our values through art. I think Native American art is when a Native American expresses their culture and experience through any form of art.

Lisa M. Lyons Assignment #2 My Artist: Michael Haskell Summary: Michael's art is in silversmithing. He makes inlaid bracelets, bolos, pendants, pins, buckles, rings and earrings in Native American design. Michael started his art while attending school at Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau, S.D. Michael's decent is Minneconjou Lakota tribe of South Dakota and he grew up in Cheyenne River, South Dakota. I have met Michael while I also attended Flandreau. Michael was one of my best friends and before I graduated was gifted a pair of beaded earrings made by him! Link: [|//www.prairieedge.com/native-american-art/michael-haskell/?p=2//] I believe Native American Art can be done by anyone. They do not need to be of Native American decent. However, I also believe that the art done by true Native Americans is authentic. The Native American Artist is one who expresses art through Native American culture, values, visions, heart, soul, and mind. Most pictures are designs of animals in nature and feathers from the eagles or of the clan their people came from.

Eden Huntington assignment #2 artist: Sherman Alexie Summary: Sherman Alexie is a native american author. He is my favorite author. he wrote many short stories and has written the movie //Smoke Signals// which i'm sure we have all heard of. Link: [] Native American art to me is the way we preserve or culture as Native American people. not only is it the paintings, or other creations, but its also the stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. I think a Native American artist is a person uses there native culture to tell a story of life and experieances through art.