Selected
Exhibitions
| 2009 |
Eiteljorg Nations Museum Indian Art Market, Indianapolis, IN |
| United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Art Show, United Nations, New York, NY |
| 4 Seasons: 4 Women, Arkansas Valley Art Center, Buena Vista CO. With Heidi Bigknife, America Meredith, and Linda Lomahaftewa |
| Heard
Indian Fair and Market, Heard Museum, Phoenix
AZ. Annual
participant since 2006 |
| Mementos & Milestones, IAIA Museum, Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, Santa Fe NM. With Tammy Rahr and America Meredith |
| 2008 |
National Museum of the American Indian Art Market, Washington, DC. Annual participant since 2006 |
| Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK. Annual participant since 2006 |
| Moon of the Falling Leaves, Mackinac Island, MI |
| SWAIA Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM. Annual participant since 2005 |
| Maine Indian Basketmakers' Alliance Gathering, Bar Harbor, ME |
| Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market, Indianapolis, IN. Annual participant since 2003 |
| Speaking from the Earth, Think Visual Gallery, Point Arena, CA |
| Earth Fair, St. Clair County, MI |
| 2007 |
Woven by Tradition: Black Ash Baskets of the Great Lakes |
| Ziibiwing
Indigenous Peoples Arts Market, Ziibiwing Center, Mount Pleasant,
MI, Annual
participant since 1999 |
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Carriers of Culture, Michigan State Univ. Museum, East Lansing, MI |
| 2006 |
Frybread and Roses, Counterpulse, San Francisco, CA; Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill, OK; Daily Brews Gallery, Wayland, MI |
| Trees of the Swamplands, Johnson Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI |
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Carriers of Culture, Michigan State Univ. Museum, East Lansing, MI |
| 2006 |
ARTrain
USA Artist Demonstration and Native Art Market, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2005-6 |
Impacted
Nations, ; Ancient Traders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; IAIA Museum, Santa
Fe, NM |
| 2005 |
Three
Fires Art Show, Hopkins, MI. Annual Participant
since 2002 |
| Native
Art Market, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Hopkins, MI |
| Juried Native American Art Exhibit, Crooked Tree Arts Center,
Petoskey, MI |
| Impacted
Nations, Nathan Cummings Foundation Gallery, New York, NY |
| Native
American Art Group Show, The Plaza Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI |
| Second
Annual Art in the Park, Kalamazoo, MI |
| Great
Lakes Folk Festival, East Lansing, MI |
| Cahokia
Contemporary Art Show, Cahokia Mounds Museum, Collinsville,
IL |
| Detroit
Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Detroit, MI |
| Group
Show, Lowell Area Arts Center on Hudson, Lowell, MI |
| Solo Exhibition, ARTReach Gallery on Broadway, Mount Pleasant,
MI |
| Haunted,
Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Native
Views, ARTrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2004 |
Grand Rapids Museum Native Art Market, Grand Rapids, MI |
| IAIA
Museum Alumni Show and Sale, Santa Fe, NM. Annual participant since 2002 |
| Red
Earth Festival, Red Earth Indian Center, Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2003 |
The
Artistry of Native America, Studio Gallery, Hays, KS |
| Traditions,
Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI |
| 2002 |
Four-person
show, Nokomis Cultural Center, Okemos, MI |
| 2001 |
Quintum
Show, three groups shows with collaboration of Native and German
artists, Bremen, Germany |
| 1999 |
Three
Sisters, Jacobson House Native Art Center, Norman, OK |
| Trail
of Tears Juried Art Show, Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK |
| 1998 |
MFA
Candidates Group Show, Student Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI |
| University
of Michigan Student Summer Show, Ann Arbor, MI |
| BFA
Solo Show, Rackham Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI |
| 1996 |
IAIA
Graduation Show, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM |
| We
Are All Related, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1995 |
Earth
Spirits, IAIA Museum, Santa Fe NM |
Honors and
Awards
| 2008-9 |
NMAI Visiting Artist Fellowship, Suitland, MD; Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA; New York City, NM; Boston, MA; Salem, MA; Newark, NJ
|
| 2008 |
SWAIA Fellowship, Santa Fe, NM |
| |
Eiteljorg Museum Indian Art Market, third place, traditional basketry |
| |
Eiteljorg Museum Indian Art Market, third place, contemporary basketry |
| |
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, honorable, traditional baskets |
| 2007 |
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, second place, nontraditional baskets |
| |
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, second place, nontraditional baskets |
| |
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, best of division, baskets |
| |
Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, first place, contemporary baskets |
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Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, first place, miscellaneous cultural items |
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Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK, best of division, contemporary baskets |
| |
Michigan Traditional Artist Apprenticeship, recipient with Cherish Parrish, studying birch bark bitings through the Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI |
| 2006 |
Cherokee Art Market, Catoosa, OK, best of division, contemporary baskets |
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Carriers of Culture, Washington, DC, Great Lakes Representative |
| Eiteljorg Museum, third place, cultural items |
| Eiteljorg Museum, third place, contemporary baskets |
| Michigan Traditional Artist Apprenticeship, recipient with Cherish Parrish, studying birch bark bitings through the Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI |
| Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, judge's award, contemporary baskets |
| Smithsonian NMAI Community Arts Symposium recipient, "The Threat of the Emerald Ash Borer on Native Resources" |
| 2005 |
10th
Annual Celebration of Basketry, Heard Museum, second place,
miniatures; honorable mention, baby basket |
| |
Ziibiwing
Indigenous Peoples Art Market; first place, contemporary baskets;
second place, traditional baskets |
| |
Juried
Native American Art Exhibition, Crooked Tree Art Center, honorable
mention |
| |
SWAIA
Indian Market, third place, basketry |
| |
Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum of the American Indian,
proposal selected for Community Arts Symposium. Focus: Emerald
Ash Borer |
| |
Eiteljorg
Museum Indian Art Market, first place, traditional basketry |
| |
Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, chosen print artist |
| 2003 |
Judge at the Cherokee Homecoming competitive art show,
Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, OK |
| 2002 |
Ziibiwing
Indigenous Peoples Art Market, first place, painting |
| 1998 |
Martin
Luther King Spirit Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI |
Selected Publications
| 2008 |
Gambino, Megan. Art Market at the National Museum of the American Indian. American Indian Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 5 Dec 2008 | link |
| "Native Arts and NEFA Grantee and Artist Kelly Church." New England Foundation for the Arts. Fall 2008 | link |
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Weick, Charlotte. "Native artits depend on ash trees." Penasee Globe. Michigan, 24 March 2008 | link |
| 2007 |
Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Seattle, WA, spring issue, chosen cover artist: "Three Sisters" |
| |
Encore Magazine, Kalamazoo, MI, May issue |
| |
"Carriers of Culture,"Indian Magazine, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC, spring issue. |
| |
"Living Basket Traditions," Carriers of Culture, Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2006 book |
| 2006 |
Pohl, Scott. "Michigan Basket Market Talks About Her Art." Morning Edition from NPR News. 30 June 2006 | link |
| 2005 |
Swanhuyser, Hiya. "Look Carefully: Art that goes bump in the night." SF Weekly, 27.August.2005 |
| 2003 |
Gun
Laker, 2003 Spring Issue, published by Wayland Printing,
Wayland, MI |
| 2001 |
Femspec,
Volume 2, Issue 2, “Native American Women Challenging
Gender through Speculative Means in Art and Literature,”
Caddo Gap Press, San Francisco, CA |
Selected Recent Demonstrations, Public Lectures,
and Community Involvement
2008 |
Great Lakes Folk Festival, East Lansing, MI. Birchbark biting demonstration |
| 2007 |
Huron Pottawatomi Woman's Retreat, Battle Creek, MI, basketmaking class and demonstration |
| |
Wayland 4-H Club, Wayland, MI, basketmaking class |
| |
ARTrain USA, Kokomo, IN, black ash demonstration |
| |
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival, Mackinac Island, MI, black ash demonstration |
| |
CrossRoads Village, Flint, MI, black ash demonstrations |
| |
Spencer Township Library, Kent County, MI, black ash and birch bark biting demonstrations |
| |
Detroit Montessori Schools, Detroit, MI, black ash demonstrations to two elementary schools |
| |
Great Lakes Folk Fest, East Lansing, MI, black ash demonstration |
| |
Presque Isle County Schools, black ash demonstrations at three elementary schools |
| |
Rogers City Library, Rogers City, MI, black ash demonstration and class |
| |
Gobles Elementary School, black ash demonstration |
| |
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI, black ash demonstrations, two weekends during grand reopening of school |
| 2006 |
ARTrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI, black ash demonstration |
| Wayland Public Library, Wayland, MI, black ash demonstration |
| Symposium Basket Gathering, Monterey, MI, black ash demonstration and class |
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival, National Mall, Washington, DC, black ash demonstrations for two weeks, representative of Great Lakes Region |
| Allegan County Children's Museum,Fennville, MI, basketmaking class |
2005 |
Dreamweavers
Basket Guild, Grand Rapids, MI, black ash basket class |
| |
US
Department of Agriculture, Mason,
MI, black ash demonstration |
| |
Nokomis
Cultural Center,
Williamsburg, MI, black ash demonstration, basketweaving class |
| |
Owasso
Area Arts Council, Owasso, MI, black ash demonstration, basketweaving
class |
| |
Lansing
Historical Museum, Lansing, MI, black ash demonstration |
| |
Ziibiwing
Cultural Center, Mt. Pleasant, MI, black ash conference |
| |
ARTrain
USA, Mt. Pleasant, MI, black ash demonstration |
| |
Mt.
Pleasant Public Schools, Mt. Pleasant, MI, “Day with Artists,” basketry
demonstration and lecture |
2003-4 |
Allegan
County Children’s Museum, Fennville, MI, monthly black ash demonstrations,
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Education
| 1999 |
Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI. MFA studies, painting/sculpture |
| 1996-8 |
BFA. University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI. Painting/sculpture |
1995-6 |
AFA. Institute
of American Indians Arts, Santa Fe NM. Painting/photography |
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