As a hands-on cultural arts class, students practiced design techniques from several art traditions of Native peoples and generated a cultural arts portfolio that includes ledger art, loom beadwork, doll making, moccasin making, and apparel design. Students explored a variety of Native cultures and art forms, including the many different forms of expression that constitute ‘art’ and the complicated history of interpreting and defining Native ‘art.’ Through research and field trips to galleries and museums, they examined the historic and contemporary societal changes that impacted and influenced these cultural art forms.
For more information, please contact:
Esther Belin (belin_e@fortlewis.edu) or Dr. Majel Boxer (boxer_m@fortlewis.edu).
Poster design by Jeremy Alexander (‘25, Studio Art)