Born in Wewoka, Oklahoma; grew up in Wichita, Kansas She is an Assistant Professor of Art and teaches in the Foundation Program in the Art and Art History department at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. From 2002-2005 C.Maxx served as the Academic Dean in the Center for Arts and Cultural Studies at the Institute Continue reading
Category Archives: Muskogee
Anita Fields (b.1951)
Potter, installation artist Continue reading
Richard Ray Whitman (b.1949)
Artist, poet, actor, activist Born in Oklahoma Biography: His maternal grandmother raised Richard and his brothers, helped to instruct them in the ways of the Yuchi people and speak the language. That cultural foundation remains at the heart of his work. It is a particular way of observing the world. The dream of becoming an artist had Continue reading
Acee Blue Eagle (c.1907-1959)
Artist, educator, dancer, flute player Born near Anadarko, Oklahoma. Biography: Blue Eagle attended Haskell Indian Industrial Training Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, and the government boarding school at Chilocco, Oklahoma, where he earned a high school diploma in 1928. After graduating from Chilocco, he entered Bacone Indian College at Muskogee and later Continue reading