Podcast: Play in new window | Download (27.0MB) | Embed
Métis artist Jaime Black calls her REDress Project an aesthetic response to a critical national issue. Her installations of donated red dresses symbolize missing women, with numbers reaching into the thousands. Quilter Susan Hudson (Navajo) also depicts women’s clothes and moccasins as a reminder of the women who disappeared or were murdered. The upcoming Santa Fe Indian Market organized by the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts is focusing on female strength and resilience and has a number of events dedicated to raising awareness of MMIW. As politicians and women’s advocates work to change local and national policy, so too are artists reminding people of a troubling legacy. We’ll talk with some of them who are exploring the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Guests:
Elizabeth Kirk (Isleta Pueblo/Navajo) – chairwoman of the board of directors for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts
Sheridan McKnight (White Earth Chippewa/ Hunkpapa Lakota) – contemporary plains artist
Susan Hudson (Diné) – contemporary ledger art quilter and activist
Angela Two Stars (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) – director of All My Relations Arts
Break 1 Music: Red Dress (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk) (song) Amanda Rheaume (artist) Red Dress (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk) (single)
Break 2 Music: Butterfly Clouds (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)
