Diversity and Dialogue

Diversity and Dialogue honors Distinguished Artist James Luna (Luiseño) and five Fellows: installation artist and sculptor Gerald Clarke (Cahuilla), photographer and videographer Dana Claxton (Lakota), painter and installation artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Inupiaq/Athabascan), artist Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil (Tlingit/Nisgaá), and photographer and installation artist Will Wilson (Diné).

An accompanying DVD presents James Luna's in-your-face performance works that question stereotypes about Native Americans. Vibrant essays consider how he and the other artists produce works that are both contemporary yet expressive of a traditional worldview.

James H. Nottage is vice president and chief curatorial officer of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. Other contributors include Margaret Archuleta (Tewa/Hispanic), Mique'l Icesis Askren (Tsimshian Nation Metlakatla, Alaska), Joanna Bigfeather (Western Cherokee/Mescalero Apache), Sandy Gillespie, Michelle La Flamme (African Canadian/Metis/Creek), Lee-Ann Martin (Mohawk), Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Diné), and Jennifer Vigil (Diné/Latina).

Dedication: Tap Dancing on the Starts: Reflections on Harry E. Fonesca, 1946-1006 / Margaret Archuleta

Foreword: The Dialogue at Ten Years / John Vanausdall

Introduction / James H. Nottage

Visual Sovereignty: A Continuous Aboriginal / Indigenous Landscape / Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

Cross Over with Mr. Luna: Distinguished Artist / Lee-Ann Martin

Gerald Clarke: From a Place of Recognition / Joanna O. Bigfeather

Dana Claxton: "Reframing the Sacred and Indigenizing the White Cube" / Michelle La Flamme

Sonya Kelliher-Combs: Secrets / Sandy Gillespie

Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil: Visual Myth Maker / Mique'l Icesis Askren

Will Wilson: Fellowship Artist / Jennifer Vigil

Afterword / Jennifer McNutt

Acknowledgments / James H. Nottage and Jennifer McNutt

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