Art of the Week: Gone, But Glowing — Isabella Kirkland’s Love Letters to the Species of Our Time and Those Passed
Gone by Isabella Kirkland. The sixty-three species painted in GONE have all become extinct since the mid 1800’s and the colonization of the New World. Click on this link and …
Art of the Week: Joy Harjo’s Once the World Was Perfect – Lessons on Living with Each Other
“Harjo draws on First Nation storytelling and histories, as well as feminist and social justice poetic traditions, and frequently incorporates indigenous myths, symbols, and values into her writing. Her poetry…centers …
Food for Thought: From Idyllic Thanksgivings to Troubled Ones and a Transformed Holiday
A meatless Thanksgiving feast. Credit: Terry Gips By Alliance President Terry Gips Thanksgiving always had positive memories for me growing up, including the warmth of food and family around a …
Food for Thought: Thanksgiving is for the Birds – Rethinking Everything You’ve Ever Thought
Like all other birds, turkeys are amazing and beautiful. Credit: Kira Stackhouse By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr Thanksgiving, that most innocuous of holidays. Family, food, football. No gifts required. …
State Names Obscured in Native American Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s Collage
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, State Names, 2000, oil, collage and mixed media on canvas representing political treatment of Native people. By Alexandra Isham, Alliance Intern from the Ohio State University ‘25 …
Art of the Week: The Cloaking Series Reframes History — Uncovering Truth with Joiri Minaya
Statue of Christopher Columbus behind the Bayfront Park Amphitheatre in Miami, cloaked in Joiri Minaya’s anticolonial fabrics. Credit: Zachary Balber, courtesy of the artist. By Noelia Almanzar, Alliance Intern from …