Session 3 of the Burke Museum’s ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art includes a panel discussion on contemporary Northwest Coast art and how artists challenge pre-conceptions. Participants include:
1) Joe Seymour, Squaxin Island/Acoma Pueblo Artist (starts at 3:40)
2) Greg Robinson, Chinook Artist (starts at 15:37)
3) Lou-ann Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw Artist and Promoter (starts at 27:13)
4) Da-ka-xeen Mehner, Tlingit Artist, Assistant Professor of Native Arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Director of the UAF Native Arts Center (starts at 38:33)
This symposium was made possible by support from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. Recorded March 28, 2015 at the University of Washington’s Kane Hall.