Efforts to strengthen the Indian Arts and Crafts Act are drawing widespread attention as tribes seek a major — and controversial — change to a law designed to protect Native artists from frauds.
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Indigenous artist’s work featured in new USPS forever stamp collection
Crystal Worl’s artwork is featured on the new USPS forever stamp collection, Art of the Skateboard.
Indigenous Art Matters – The Bold, Contemporary Work of Artist Gregg Deal
A reflection on the need for engaged Buddhists to look deeply at the wounds of European colonialism through the lens of contemporary Native American artist Gregg Deal
You Can Go Now: Richard Bell on art as activism
How can one describe Richard Bell? An artist. An activist. An agitator. “Gangster as fuck,” says Eualayai Gamilaraay filmmaker Larissa Behrendt, the storyteller behind You Can Go Now – a scorching…
CMT & mtheory Reveal New Members of Equal Access Development Program
The program supports underrepresented voices in country music by championing artists and music industry executives.
Duality Show Connects Mind and Heart
I walked into the main gallery at the Longmont Museum after taking in the inspirational “Voices of the Future” display by Denver area Native American youth. My eyes were immediately drawn to the le…
Indio’s Free Local Chella Festival to be Held Wednesday
Sandwiched between the two weekends of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Indio’s free local Chella festival celebrating the community will be held Wednesday.
Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts closes permanently despite last-minute fundraising effort
The New Mexico institution, established in 1979, has shut its doors, seemingly forever
Wisconsin Center pauses removal of literary exhibit featuring Indigenous writers after receiving complaints
Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee has paused removal of a literary exhibit installed in 1998 and featuring 48 writers from four centuries.