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Jordan Poorman Cocker appointed as curator of Indigenous art at Crystal Bridges
Crystal Bridges said Poorman Cocker “plays a key role in strengthening relationships with Indigenous artists.”
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Arts has selected Jordan Poorman Cocker as curator of Indigenous Art.
The museum said Poorman Cocker is “an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe” and she has over 10 years of study in Indigenous art.
Crystal Bridges said in the announcement that Poorman Cocker “plays a key role in strengthening relationships with Indigenous artists” and said, “Her extensive knowledge of the field will play a pivotal role as Crystal Bridges continues to grow its collection to encompass myriad histories, aesthetics, and cultural expressions.”
The chief curator at the museum Austen Bailly said Poorman Cocker is very knowledgeable in the category.
“She brings exceptional expertise and vision to our institution. Jordan’s leadership and contributions to developing the museum’s collection and presentation of Indigenous art will ensure it reflects the richness and diversity of Indigenous cultures and will be instrumental to helping Crystal Bridges advance its mission to welcome all to explore the unfolding story of America,” said Bailly.
Poorman Cocker said she’s excited to join Crystal Bridges.
“It’s inspiring to be part of a fine arts museum located here on Caddo, Quapaw, and Osage ancestral territories. I’m eager to bring my scholarship to the institution, provide more opportunities for the museum to connect with Indigenous artists, and critically engage in ongoing conversations surrounding Indigenous art throughout the country,” she said.
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Iowa City seeking artists for public art installation commemorating Indigenous history
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – The City of Iowa City is searching for an artist to design, create, and install a public art installation at Highland Park.
Officials say the goal of the project is to develop an installation that commemorates and artistically and accurately acknowledges Indigenous history of the Meskwaki/Sauk Nations in the Lucas Farms Neighborhood.
The installation will be subject to approval by the Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee. Submissions must be sent in by January 11th, 2024. Preference will be given to Indigenous artists.
Those interested can read the Request for Qualifications and submit an application form online.
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‘Art is a weapon, art is powerful, art changed my life’: Vincent Namatjira in his own words
Through his paintings, iconic artist Vincent Namatjira brings famous faces like Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth II and Slim Dusty to his remote community of Indulkana, in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in South Australia.
There, they become “equals” on Country and the canvas.
Known for his bold, vibrant portraits that blend dry wit with poignancy and power, the Western Aranda artist is one of Australia’s biggest names in contemporary art.
Namatjira has exhibited internationally and gained wide acclaim — including as the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize, with his 2020 portrait of former AFL player Adam Goodes.
He’s also the great-grandson of renowned Australian landscape painter Albert Namatjira: “I feel his influence when I paint, especially when I paint our Country.”
But it’s taken a fierce self-belief and strength for the artist to get to where he is today.
In honour of the first-ever survey exhibition of his work on display at the Art Gallery of South Australia, bringing together art from the first decade of his career, Namatjira shares stories of his art and life, in his own words.
Vincent Namatjira in his own words
“My practice, my career is getting bigger — here’s the biggest ever solo show. I wanted to bring my neck of the woods to the big smoke. Just share my work and bring my Country here and stand strong for who I am.
“I know I’m an artist, I feel it all the time, and I knew from the start when I was a little kid that painting is in my blood.
“So taking up this, and being an artist and being who I am today, it’s made me real proud. Not just for me, but for my people.
“The Country I paint on is Indulkana community, and also I paint sometimes at Alice Springs on Country, the Telegraph Station, Mount Sunder and Glen Helen. I like to take the canvas out some days and do it on Country, instead of in the studio. In the studio we’re packed with 30 artists, so it gets pretty noisy.
“I paint pretty much Australia — the life of Australia, the people in Australia, the colours, the scenery, the Outback and the people that are running this place.
“When I see the painting is not finished in the way I want it to look, then I get back to it. It’s like taking on a battlefield — the start it’s just a plain battlefield and there’s nothing on there, and then when I put paint on [the canvas], then it turns into something magic.
“I’m interested in painting strong figures and leaders. We see them on the news and wonder how and why they make their decisions.
“These powerful people are far away from us here on the APY Lands, but when I paint them it brings them right into the studio.
“The way I paint these world leaders and politicians and the Royal Family is making them level with the rest of the world and stripping them away from their comfort zone, placing them on my Country.
“It’s my message in these paintings with these world leaders, saying that, in Australia, these people are not recognised as global leaders of this country. We are here first. We’ll always be here first. And we’ll always be here forever, first.
“I want to say that Australia, we need to be equal, as the rest of the world needs to be equal. We have to be just getting along with each other.
“This one [featuring Trump and Putin], with me and my Toyota, with my footprints on the ground, saying that we have footprints on the ground and forever will.
“I like to paint with a little bit of humour. Humour takes away some of their power and keeps us all equal.
“It’s a hard one to pick, but [in the future] I might do a painting of the Prime Minister, what’s his name … Albanese. I just want to paint him, sort him out, just paint him, make him happy.
“There is a fun side and a serious side of my painting, yeah. It’s just a way of enjoying painting — you gotta have fun with work, you know, you can’t just have total boredom.
“You gotta have some fun, and be proud of what you do. And also, we have to have fun with life, and sometimes serious life, but pretty much just have fun because we only have one life.
“My favourite painting is the one of me patting the dingo, with my rock T-shirt, with Captain Cook in the background, the Queen on the horse and me holding an Aboriginal flag. It’s like, ‘You need to slow down, and wait, and we need to be the leaders here’.
“I like music. I’ve always loved music, any kind of music, especially rock and country.
“I like Slim Dusty’s music, he’s a legend, king. I’ll never stop painting Slim Dusty, never. We have Archie Roach, we have Slim Dusty, Charlie Pride.
“But I’m a hard-headed painter, I love my rock. I listen to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Nirvana and Metallica while I paint. It puts me in my own world, and it blocks out everything,.
“[The Adam Goodes] painting, that’s a big achievement for me, and I’ve completed my life ambition. When I was growing up and going through school and even Year 12, my ambition [was] to take out the Archibald Prize and, 15 years later, I did it.
“The feeling was amazing, and it made me really proud to become the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Prize in 99 years.
“I painted Adam Goodes because of my childhood experience in the city, growing up in Australia.
“I was taken to foster care and placed into the city, stripped away from language, culture, family and all my tradition. I was taken to Perth because of the losing of my mother, age six. During that time, there was a lot of criticism, a lot of racism and a lot of hardship, with being who I am as a Black man — a Black boy going to school, just to do Year 12 in Perth city.
“I spent years in Perth, and turned 18, and I went back and reconnected with family. I went back to Hermannsburg, Alice Springs. Forty people came out in tears…
“That painting is me and Adam Goodes with a handshake. We are standing on this land, as two strong people for this country, Aboriginal men and role models. I’ve looked at him and acknowledged him as a leader, also as a footballer.
“The reason why I painted the Royal Family is because of a connection with my great grandfather, Albert Namatjira; he received the Coronation Medal from the Queen. Also it’s one of my ambitions, to receive Sir Vincent Namatjira.
“Albert Namatjira — I feel his presence with me, even as I speak now. He is in me, he is around me. And never leaves — the inspiration of the old man. He is a good teacher!
“The connection runs deep and it has shaped who I am as an artist. I’m proud to be continuing the Namatjira legacy.
“I respect the old people — their strong culture, their knowledge and their art — but a young fella like me doesn’t want to make traditional paintings.
“Just like Albert Namatjira, I wanted to find my own way, to find my own voice and to be heard.
“[Art] gives me a way of bringing my way of seeing everything — in my personal life and in the world today — [and] bringing it all together.
“Aboriginal people in Australia, we’re not just artists, we are also just people of this Country and leaders and role models of this Country — traditional owners. We are custodians of this Country, and I just pay respect and acknowledgement to the past.
“I believe in the power of art, the power of the paintbrush.
“I know that art can change lives; it changed mine, it also changes anybody who picks up the paintbrush. I hope that art can change the world, too. That’s why I say art is a weapon.”
The Vincent Namatjira: Australia in Colour exhibition is at the Art Gallery of South Australia until 21 January 2024, before opening at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in March 2024.
Quotes lightly edited for clarity and brevity.
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
In honor and celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Notre Dame Initiative on Race and Resilience, in collaboration with its artist-in-residence, David Martin, hosted a Native American dance and drum performance in DeBartolo Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 8. The program featured songs and dance styles of Potawatomi and other Great Lakes region tribes to share culture, celebrate heritage and strengthen connections between the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and Notre Dame. It was the first time in nearly 30 years that Notre Dame hosted a large Indigenous dance and drum event on campus.
Martin is a citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and used his upbringing in a traditional Native family to influence his art. Proudly self-trained, he works in artistic mediums including oil painting, beadwork and tattoo art. During his residency, Martin plans to focus his artistic energy into depicting Pokagon scenes and people from the past with a unique eye toward the present and future of his people.
Martin is open to visit classes during the fall 2023 and spring 2024 semesters. He will also have open studio hours each week showcasing his beadworking (from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays in Room 301, O’Shaughnessy Hall) and oil painting (from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays in Room 204A, Riley Hall). Feel free to drop in and to check out his work and chat. Please reach out to Anna Haskins (ahaskins@nd.edu) with questions.
Additionally, Martin will be showing a variety of his oil paintings at the Corvilla Community Art Gallery now through Thursday, Dec. 28.
If you are interested in having Martin come speak to or work with your class, please fill out this request form.
Jay Bentley Media meeting real estate photography and marketing needs
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Jay Bentley has lived in Milledgeville since 1979. At age 17, he was starting businesses, and that forced him to learn marketing during a time when most teens were focused on graduating from high school and starting college.
Over the years since, he has built several successful businesses, including his marketing photography business, Jay Bentley Media, which has been in operation for 10 years.
Jay Bentley Media, more than anything else, is a real estate photography and media company. Open to all business clients, Bentley said the business recently expanded.
“We just introduced a marketing arm of the business and we opened it up to a small amount of clients to start with to make sure that we service them to the best of our ability and get the most success for them,” Bentley said.
This business started in 2013, but Bentley said that he has been in consulting for about 20 years. He also works full-time at Georgia Military College and has a dedicated staff that helps him run the day-to-day operations at Jay Bentley Media.
Opening in Milledgeville was an easy call because not only does he live here, but Bentley also saw a need.
“I think there is a need for intense marketing and media for specific businesses. We cater to every type of business but we are more of a niche marketing agency,” he said “One of the things we require is a specific commitment from our clients so they have skin in the game, so to speak.”
When he started Jay Bentley Media, he said that he only worked nights and weekends when he was away from his full-time job. Since hiring staff, the market has, according to Bentley, “exploded,” requiring him to hire people to assist with the day-to-day operations. He called the move “the greatest and scariest thing that I have ever done at the same time.”
Staffers “work from the road” and do not have a physical location, at least not yet, Bentley said. As the marketing arm of the business grows, Jay Bentley Media will have to have an actual office, he said.
Pricing for services depends on the need.
“I would say our prices start about $200 for just a general photography session for a home, and then other things can be added, like video or graphics or marketing, and of course, the price increases from there. So I would say generally anywhere between 200 and $1,500,” he said.
He said that Jay Bentley Media stands out from others in the photography business because of its level of service provided to customers.
“I think our customer service is the best in the business. I would think that the majority of our clients would agree,” Bentley said. “We go above and beyond to make sure our customers are happy and successful in whatever product we deliver for them.”
For more information on Jay Bentley Media visit https://jaybentleymedia.com/.
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‘Morels 2’ Combines Mushroom Hunting and Wildlife Photography into One Game
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Morels: The Hunt 2 is an upcoming game from developer Abrams Studios that combines the joys of mushroom hunting and photography into one chill-as-hell experience.
Mycologists and photographers unite! Described as a simulation game about mushroom hunting and wildlife photography, Morels: The Hunt 2 lets gamers explore a huge range of locations that span across the globe.
“Find as many morel mushrooms as you can while capturing photos of wildlife that you encounter, all while enjoying the sounds and experiences of nature surrounding you. Explore locations all around the world,” Abrams Studios says. “You will get 100 days per season as you unlock locations along your journey and discover hunting secrets, along with a few surprises!”
The combination of mushroom hunting and photography isn’t necessarily one that is common, but the two hobbies happen to have a lot in common. The gameplay loop asks players to collect and learn about as many new mushrooms as possible while upping their Mushroom Hunter level. At the same time, forest environments where mushrooms grow also happen to be great places to see wildlife, and Abrams Studios fully embraces this by letting players capture them all through the digital lens.
Morels 2 builds on the first mushroom hunting and photo-taking game, Morels: The Hunt which came out in 2019, by adding more locations, mushrooms, and animals. The developer also added several new items to the shop like bird feeders, sunglasses, and a compass. It also, somewhat hilariously, integrates mythological creatures that players may stumble across.
The game not only provides what it promises are realistic environments, it fills them with realistic weather. Mushroom hunting and photography don’t ever sleep, and Morels 2 does allow players to venture out into the night, if they are so inclined.
In total, there are seven unique maps that take players across the globe and feature the promise of different terrain and “surprises.” All photos are stored in an in-game book to be reviewed at any time and, as a bonus, they are also stored locally on a player’s PC.
“Customize the game to your interests by choosing from a broad list of different music or just enjoy the calming sounds of nature,” Abrams Studios adds.
Morels: The Hunt 2 is available to wishlist on Steam today and is expected to release sometime in 2024 for $20, although a specific date had been set at the time of publication.
