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Great Plains Art Museum to open two exhibitions featuring women artists
The Great Plains Art Museum will open two new exhibitions July 25.
“Supporting Indigenous Sisters” is a print portfolio exchange involving 16 artists from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds. The portfolio was created to help begin conversations on many levels about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States and Canada and the associated grassroots movement to raise awareness.
Organizers asked each artist to reach into their own experiences. The artworks advocate for change and for voicing this dark present-day history. Artists were invited by Melanie Yazzie, head of printmaking at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Catherine Prose, professor of printmaking at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Participating artists:
- Maile Andrade, Kilauea, Hawaii
- Amy Córdova Boone, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Krysten Farrier, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Anna Hoover, Anchorage, Alaska
- Vicki Meek, Dallas, Texas
- Dilara Miller, Boulder, Colorado, and Mersin, Turkey
- Sylvia Montero, Denver, Colorado
- Andi Newberry, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Morgan Page, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Sue Pearson, Whakatane, New Zealand
- Catherine Prose, Wichita Falls, Texas (project co-organizer)
- Rebecca Ramos, Aptos, California
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Corrales, New Mexico
- Jordan Vigil, Denver, Colorado
- Lorena Williams, El Paso, Texas
- Melanie Yazzie, Boulder, Colorado (project co-organizer)
“From Paintbrushes to Camera Lenses: Creative Women of the Great Plains, Part II” is a continuation of an exhibition in 2018 that highlighted exceptional work created by female artists from the museum’s permanent collection. To complement other women-focused exhibitions on view during fall 2023, the museum is organizing part two of this exhibition to showcase many recent acquisitions and other works from the collection by women that were not shown in the first installation.
Both exhibitions will be on view in the main-level gallery July 25 through Dec. 16.
In the lower-level gallery, Elizabeth Rubendall Artist in Residence Linda Rivera García’s exhibition “Chicanisma” continues through Sept. 22. García will host two free workshops Aug. 5, where visitors can learn papel picado (Mexican paper cutting). Registration and details are available here.
The Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St., is open to the public 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is free. For more information, click here.
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