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Join us for a Zoom Talk on Masked Heroes: Native American Historical Resilience in the Face of the Pandemic with America Meredith.
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Join us for a Zoom Talk on Masked Heroes: Native American Historical Resilience in the Face of the Pandemic with America Meredith.

August 4, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) is an educator, author, artist, and independent curator, whose curatorial practice spans two decades. She is the publishing editor of First American Art Magazine and associate publisher at Noksi Press, a small, Cherokee-language publishing house. 

Register in advance:  https://nmculture-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudOyupj0pH9X4CGTCL9vOdhxzcK3cn74d

America Meredith serves on the board of the Cherokee Arts and Humanities Council. Meredith taught early Native American art history at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Cherokee art history at the Cherokee Humanities class, and art history at Santa Fe Community College. She earned her MFA degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA from the University of Oklahoma. She ran Ahalenia Studios, an alternative art space in Santa Fe from 2009 to 2016.

Photo credits: Anita Fields (Osage/Muscogee), All My Heroes Wear Ribbon Work, 2020. Taffeta ribbons, thread, yarn, beads, brass bells, metal sequins, plastic pill pouch, photos printed on silk, embroidery thread. Photo courtesy of First American Art Magazine