Eiteljorg Native American Contemporary Art Fellowship 2005
Into The Fray
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Into The Fray
Two of our Eiteljorg Fellows who have since passed on, John Hoover (Aleut, 1919-2011) and Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu/Portuguese/Hawaiian, 1946-2006), were in this Fellowship round. Hoover, the 2005 Distinguished Artist, is well known and still revered in Alaska. One year after Fonseca received the Fellowship, the contemporary Native art community mourned his death.
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Informative Process
I think of art as an informative process, it informs me. Every time I look into a painting I see something new and I start to understand the mechanics of it and those mechanics lead me to other things. When I understand the basic principal of one thing it opens up a whole new thing, so art is a universal informative process.”
James Lavadour (Walla Walla) 2005 Fellowship Artist
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Help us secure a future in which Native American voices are heard through contemporary artwork. You can help by giving to the Eiteljorg, or by helping us in our search for artists for the next fellowship.
