Presenting Manuela Well-Off-Man, art historian and curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, in conversation with artists Anita Fields, Peter B. Jones, and Linda Lomahaftewa. Learn about their groundbreaking art that fused American modern art movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Color Field and Hard-Edge painting with art influences from their own cultural heritage.
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Born and raised in Eastern Westphalia, Germany, Well-Off-Man previously served as curator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and as curator of art at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.
Anita Fields(Osage) is nationally recognized as a ceramics artist for her clay sculptures and mixed-media installations, incorporating Osage symbolism.
Peter B. Jones is a clay artist of the Onondaga tribe in New York State. Returning to his homeland in 1977 after studies at the Institute of American Indian Art, he has worked to bring Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) pottery back to life in his home communities.
Linda Lomahaftewa (Hopi/Choctaw) experiments with Color Field painting and atmospheric depth. Her abstract paintings and prints reference experiences with place, from her traditional homelands to her travels around the world.
Action/Abstraction Redefined is organized by IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM
