Institute of American Indian Arts

In general, Fritz Scholder used people to show ethnic subject matter. This does not coincide with what I have learned about earlier painters such as those in the Oklahoma School. The most artwork from earlier painters are traditional portraits and pictures of recording the ceremony. Fritz Scholder combined Indian culture with American culture to show the Indian with a beer can, the Indian with a American flag, and a portrait of himself with a cat. He also drew abstract in which expressed Indian’s daily life, and he expressed more emotions though his works. I have chosen Hell and Heaven because the structure of both picture are similar, Fritz Scholder only used color to describe these two opposite scenes. In Hell, there is a black and red half-length portrait. The half-length portrait is smiling and showing his red teeth, and he has two tentacles. He looks like a demon, and he always treats people. The half-length portrait covers ¾ of the picture. The color of the background is red. It gives red light to the black portrait, so the portrait has reflected red color. In Heaven, there is also showing a half-length portrait which covers ¾ of the picture. The black portrait…

some others are more lighthearted. Native American poetry reflects the feelings, the emotions, and the warmth of the poet but also, the way of life of the Native American tribes, and what they felt and dealt with during the fight for their land and way of life. Joy Harjo is one of the best known Native American poets and according to her words “The literature of the aboriginal people of North America defines America. It is not exotic. The concerns are particular, yet often universal.” "Native…

from many different places and cultures. Mohamedi was born in 1937 in Karachi, India, an area that would later become Pakistan. In the mid-forties the artist lived in Mumbai, before spending relocating to London and attending St. Martin 's School of the Arts, in London in the late fifties. The artist lived for a short time with her family in Bahrain, a small island country off the western shores of the Persian gulf. In the sixties she lived and studied with a scholarship in Paris before…

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum Visit Minneapolis Institute of Arts is a fine art museum that has at least 3 000 different works of art from different parts of the world. The museum started in 1883, initially; it was, identified as Minneapolis Institute of Arts before changing to its current name. MIA is, situated on an eight acres piece of land at Whitter in Minnesota on a campus. The museum is government funded institute and does not charge an entrance fee for patrons. Researchers and…

Buffy Sainte-Marie is a multitalented recording artist who was born in Saskatchewan, 1941. Sainte-Marie is “a pioneer and influential singer-songwriter of love songs, and music with a political and social activist focus.” She is famous for her songs about peace and love, the anti-war single “Universal Soldier,” and her use of music to promote awareness of issues affecting Native Americans. Although her evolving sound created her mainstream success, Buffy Sainte-Marie made a name for herself in…

Charlene Teters, she has dedicated her life to changing the perception of aboriginals. Charlene Teters was born on April, 12, 1952 in Spokane, Washington and lived near the spoken indigenous reserves. Teters is known for her multimedia art installation which have been featured in over 21 major galleries and exhibitions. Teters is also an activist, she is commonly referred to as the Indigenous Rosa Parks…

The article “Racism American Style and Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascot Issue” by Elizabeth M. De La Cruz provides us a public controversy towards Indian Mascots being used by many schools, businesses, and even in high school football fields as racist towards our Native Americans. It’s racial discrimination effects on Native Americans especially, young Native Americans has caused the young to be afraid of showing who they really are as a minority or cultural being.…

The trademark of logos, mascots and names of collegiate sports are on a different level than professional organizations. In professional sports, this situation is where it has hit its all time high. For decades professional sports organizations like the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians have been faced with a tremendous amount of trademark controversy over their name or logo. There are many more professional teams facing this adversity but these two have been dealing with the USPTO for…

New PFAC exhibit shows history and culture of black The Peninsula Fine Arts Center has a new exhibit, which shows one of the most unpleasant chapters in Peninsula’s history. The exhibit contains a collection of paintings, photographs and other art pieces that determine people to think about that chapter in history. The exhibition, called “Looking Both Ways”, presents the art of contemporary African-American artists and it offers an exploration of the turbulent culture and history that formed…

Recently, Indian government raised enrollment rates dramatically, but this didn’t improve anything. Students are still experiencing malnourishment and untrained teachers are teaching crowded classes with low quality instruction. Also, as the enrollment rates increased, dropout rates increased as well. In Mumbai, enrollment rates raised to 95 percent, but only small proportion of students are able to graduate. Moreover, almost 4 percent of Indian children never start school, 57 percent don’t…