Artist Talk with Jean LaMarr

April 19, 2023

Artist Talk with Jean LaMarr

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 5:30 p.m.
(Doors open @ 5:20 p.m.)
Boise Art Museum

 

For decades, artist and activist Jean LaMarr has been creating paintings, prints, and sculptures that reject the myth of the “vanished American Indian.” Her artwork has inspired important dialogue about cultural stereotypes, representations of Native women, legacies of colonization, and environmental justice. Join us in welcoming Jean LaMarr to BAM as she discusses her artworks, influences, and inspirations.

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Artist Jean LaMarr stands behind a glass-topped counter, wearing glasses, a purple jacket, and a purple apron. Tools and art supplies are visible on the counter as well hanging along the wall in the background.
A cowboy dressed in a yellow western shirt and purple hat and chaps stands with his hands on his hips, looking at the viewer. He is standing on a curved surface covered in a purple lace pattern. Behind him on the left, two aircraft fly in an arc across the purple sky, with trailing yellow and red streaks. In the foreground, three strands of barbed wire run horizontally across the lower half of the image.

Image: Jean LaMarr, Some Kind of Buckaroo, 1990, screenprint, 22 x 30 inches, Collection of the Nevada Museum of Art, The Robert S. and Dorothy J. Keyser Foundation Art of the Greater West Collection Fund

In conjunction with BAM’s current exhibition

The Art of Jean LaMarr »

This exhibition was organized by the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada.

Sponsors: Carole K. Anderson, Nevada Arts Council, Kristi Overgaard, Sandy Raffealli | Bill Pearce Motors,
The Phil and Jennifer Satre Family Fund at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada

Supporting Sponsors: Kathie Bartlett

Additional Support: In memory of Bernadette Kaye, sharing her culture. Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities

The exhibition at the Boise Art Museum has been made possible in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the Idaho Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Idaho Humanities Council logo in green and blue font

About the Artist | Jean LaMarr (born 1945) is descended from Wada Tukadu Numu (Northern Paiute) and Illmowi, Aporige, and Atsugewi (Pit River) ancestry. She is an internationally recognized artist, educator, and Native American advocate with ancestral ties to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, and Susanville, California. LaMarr completed her undergraduate work at San Jose City College, her graduate work in art at the University of California, Berkeley, and also studied at the Kala Art Institute. LaMarr taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, College of Marin, San Francisco State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, Lassen Community College, and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is the founder of the Native American Graphic Workshop. In 2022, the California Society of Printmakers recognized her contributions to the field of fine art printmaking with a lifetime honorary membership.

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