Contemporary Native American Art Seminar at PSU, taught by Wendy Red Star

Contemporary Native American Art Seminar at PSU

Art 407/507

Winter 2012

CRN: 40202

Tuesdays: 1pm - 4:50pm

Instructor: Wendy Red Star

This four unit class can be taken as upper division elective credit or graduate credit. Learn about contemporary Indigenous artists, filmmakers, curators, and performance artists first hand. Students will develop skills to conduct interviews and oral histories with Native artists from around the US and Canada. Each student will be connected with a Contemporary Native artist or curator for the term. Each pairing will produce an interview about the artist or curator's work. The results will be published on the Contemporary North American Indigenous Artists Blog: http://contemporarynativeartists.tumblr.com/

Students will learn about Native artists and Indigenous history through guest lectures, field trips to local museums and galleries, documentaries, and firsthand experience.

Instructor Bio: Wendy Red Star’s work explores the intersection between life on the Crow Indian reservation and the world outside of that environment. Red Star thinks of herself as a Crow Indian cultural archivist learning and presenting information and art work about the experience of being a Native American in contemporary society. Red Star is a 2009 recipient of the prestigious Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. www.wredstar.com

For more information about the class contact: wendyredstar@mac.com

For information on how to enroll in a PSU class go to: http://pdx.edu/registration/how-to-register-for-courses