Artists have always made unlikely activists, seeing what others overlook and naming what others can’t quite articulate. This year, we’re celebrating Native American artists whose voices, bodies, and imaginations reshaped the world into something more accepting and more free.
Jean LaMarr was a Northern Paiute/Achomawi artist and activist from California. She created murals, prints, dioramas, sculptures, and interactive installations. She was an enrolled citizen of the Susanville Indian Rancheria. To learn more about here work, click here.
Eugene Ridgely Jr. is Northern Arapaho. He was an educator in the private and public school systems on the reservation. Eugene is a noted artist and musician. He was selected by the Northern Arapaho Tribe to design the Tribal Logo. To learn more about here work, click here.
Cara Romero is an American photographer known for her digital photography that examines Indigenous life through a contemporary lens. She lives in both Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Mojave Desert. She is an enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe. To learn more about here work, click here.
