SEARCH FOR ARTISTS

Patricia Michaels

Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:22:15 -0600

Patricia Michaels lives and works in Taos, New Mexico where, in her studio, she produces: custom tailored avant-garde fashions, high-end limited edition apparel, and ready- to-wear lines for men and women—as well as surface designs, including fabric for interiors.

Visit Patricia’s website here at http://www.pmwaterlily.com

Penny Singer

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:06:24 -0600

Penny Singer (Dine') born in Farmington N.M , now resides in Albuquerque. “I love art, and designing Wearable Art Clothing is my passion. Being Real!” she says.

Visit Penny’s website at www.pennysinger.com

Joanne Shenandoah

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:17:52 -0600

A GRAMMY Award and 11 Time Native American Music award winning artist; and Wolf Clan member of the Iroquois Confederacy, Joanne Shenandoah has fulfilled the promise of her Native American name, Tekaliwah-kwa, (She Sings) . " She's become one of the most acclaimed Native American recording artists of her time." Associated Press.

Since emerging as an artist in 1990, she has performed at such high-profile gigs at Carnegie Hall, the White House, Kennedy Center, Earth Day on the Mall, Woodstock '94, and the Parliament of the Worlds Religions in South Africa and the famous Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona Spain, Instanbull, Hwa Eom Temple, S. Korea and thousands of venues in the US.

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Harlan McKosato

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:31:12 -0600

Harlan McKosato is the Host & Producer of the nationally syndicated radio talk show Native America Calling. The program broadcasts each weekday on the NPR Satellite System. He is also a newspaper columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican.

In 2005, he was recognized by his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, as a "Distinguished Alumnus of the Gaylord College of Journalism" where he received his degree in Journalism & Mass Communications.

He is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma.

Gary Farmer

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:49:52 -0600

Gary Farmer has been an actor for 33 years in such films as POWWOW HIGHWAY, DEAD MAN, THE SCORE, SMOKE SIGNALS and spent years on stage in the theatre primarily in Toronto, Ontario. Farmer has been a harp player since a teenager and matured into a jammer with bands in towns across Canada and the United States. His influences include John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Etta James, Jesse Ed Davis, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Dr. John, Willie Dixon and Taj Mahal.

But as a Native American--Cayuga of the Six Nations Confederacy—most influential were the many blues players of his own Native community such as Sid Hill, Faron John and Derek Miller. “The Iroquois Confederacy is composed of the Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca and the Tuscarora who were in the fields when the African slave trade arrived in America,” said Farmer. “The blues is Native-American influenced, too, and I'm digging deep to expose those roots. It's our music, our common history.”

Visit Gary’s website here at http://www.sonicbids.com/GaryFarmerandtheTroublemakers

Leah Shenandoah

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:42:03 -0600

Leah Shenandoah is an award winning Oneida-Iroquois Native Performing Artist/Jeweller. A recent honors graduate from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science in Textiles, Leah blends Iroquois designs and her own unique style in her artwork and music. Leah has performed professionally with her Grammy-award winning mother, Joanne Shenandoah, for twenty years.

Visit Leah’s website here: www.leahshenandoahdesigns.com

Rulan Tangen

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:17:12 -0600

RULAN TANGEN was recently noted in DANCE MAGAZINE as one of the "Top 25 to Watch" for 2007. Her lifetime passion for dance includes international experience in the US, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and South America as a choreographer, performer, and teacher.
Her credits include ballet and modern dance companies in New York (Michael Mao Dance and Peridance), Vancouver (Karen Jamieson Dance), Santa Fe (Moving People, Dancing One Soul) and California (Marin Ballet), and appearances with the One Railroad Circus, as well as extensive yoga training, and powwow trail experiences as a Northern Plains traditional womens dancer. In Fall 2009 her choreography will be recognized by the appointment as Visiting Distinguished Scholar at Washington University.
With a devotion towards the development of the innovative field of Indigenous contemporary dance, she has taught extensively in Native communities throughout the Hemisphere including projects under the auspices of the Native Wellness Institute, and the National Dance Institute.
As a performer, she has been featured in lead roles with most of the major Native productions including Raoul Trujillo's TRIBE, Daystar Dance/Dance, Minigoowezewin at the Banff Centre for the Arts Aboriginal Dance Program, CAMA Awards, Aboriginal Achievement Awards, Robert Mirabal's "Music from a Painted Cave" PBS television special and subsequent 80 city tour, and assistant to the Directors of BONES: Aboriginal Dance Opera.
She believes in this form of dance as continuing the link of culture from ancient to futuristic, and this culminates in her vision for DANCING EARTH –Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations, for which she is choreographer and director.
Her choreography has been commissioned by venues including the Heard Museum, Santa Fe Art Institute, Society for Dance Historians, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, Teatro Nunes in Brasil, Centro Cultural de Recoleto Argentino, Native Roots and Rhythms Festival, Santa Fe Dance Festival, Native Cinema Showcase at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Idyllwild Arts Program, Living Rituals World Indigenous Dance Festival, Toronto Harbourfront’s Roots Remix Festival, Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum, and the International Aboriginal Choreographers Workshop.
She is currently developing theater and film and cultural exchange projects that bring dance to serve as functional ritual for personal, social, and environmental health and harmony.

Visit Rulan’s website here at http://www.dancingearth.org

Sarena Elizabeth Ebelacker

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:16:06 -0600

INDIAN NAME: Cornblossom (Khun Povi)
TRIBE: Santa Clara Pueblo
HIGHSCHOOL: Chugiak High School, Eagle RIver, Alaska
BACHELORS DEGREE: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
MASTERS DEGREE: Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York

Jamelyn Dawn Ebelacker

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:31:42 -0600

INDIAN NAME: Blue Water (P’oe Tsawa)
TRIBE: Santa Clara Pueblo
HIGHSCHOOL: Steller Secondary School, Anchorage, Alaska
COLLEGE: Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico