Native Reflections Exhibit

Glema Mahr Center for the Arts has been selected as one of several venues across Kentucky to host the Kentucky Arts Council’s traveling exhibit, Native Reflections: Visual Art by American Indians of Kentucky. The exhibit will run from May 3 to June 24, 2021.
 
The exhibit features 23 works by 12 Kentuckians who identify as American Indians of either enrolled tribal membership or unenrolled, but native inspired individuals. The submitted work was adjudicated by a panel of American Indian artists and members of the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission for inclusion in the traveling exhibit.
 
“The Glema staff is excited to host this exhibit as an opportunity for a soft re-opening for the facility that has been closed to the public for the last 14 months,” explains Center Director, Brad Downall.  Covid-19 protocols will be in place, and all guests will be asked to check-in at the front offices. Masks and social distancing will be required. The Glema Center is located at 2000 College Drive on the campus of Madisonville Community College. The Anne P. Baker Gallery is open M–Th, 9-4.
 
Artists whose work will appear in Native Reflections, listed by name, county, tribal affiliation, work title and medium, are:

• Darlene Campbell, Adair, Native Inspired (New River Band of Catawba), “White Top Woman” and “Fields of August,” oil on canvas
• Jacquelyn Carruthers, McCracken, Native Inspired (Choctaw and Cherokee), “Apache Warrior” and “Arapaho Indian Woman,” oil & acrylic
• Cher Devereaux, Scott, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Has Eyes That See” and “Wild Pony,” acrylic
• Lawson Glasergreen, Daviess, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Cherokee Circle of Life 1 & 2,” colored pencil & paper on canvas; & oil, acrylic & paper on canvas
• Eugene King, Powell, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Plains Chief” and “Indian Warrior,” wood
• Fred Nez-Keams, Anderson, Enrolled Member (Navajo), “Yellowknife Navajo Flute 1 & 2,” wood
• Jannette Parent, Caldwell, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Anidohi (Messenger)” and “Utsonati (It Rattles),” acrylic
• Linda Pierce, Christian, Native Inspired (Chilluckittequaw and Cherokee), “Beauty in the Overflow” and “Past & Present Thoughts on ‘The Trail’,” acrylic
• Tiffany Pyette, Letcher, Native Inspired (Cherokee), “Ama Alisdeligi (Water Protector)” and “Ulisi (Grandmother),” oil pastel; and oil pastel and acrylic
• Carrie Rogers, Woodford, Native Inspired (Shawnee), “Untitled” and “Ancestral,” acrylic on canvas; and acrylic on gourd
• Ryland Stalder, Jefferson, Native Inspired (Lakota), “Untitled,” washboard and cloth
• Brigit Truex, Fayette, Enrolled Member (Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi [Vermont]), “Dawnland” and “Circle Sisters,” acrylic

A slideshow of work in Native Reflections is available online at the arts council website, artscouncil.ky.gov.
 
For more information on Native Reflections, contact Brad Downall, 270-824-8651
 
The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, fosters environments for Kentuckians to value, participate in and benefit from the arts. Kentucky Arts Council funding is provided by the Kentucky General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.