“The pieces feel like they used all of us to create themselves,” she told Hyperallergic.
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Erin Joyce
Erin Joyce is a writer and curator of contemporary art and has organized over 35 exhibitions across the US. She was a winner of the 2023 Rabkin Prize for arts journalism from The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation and has received attention for her work in Vogue Magazine, the New York Times, the Art Newspaper, Forbes Magazine, the Economist, the Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, and Widewalls. Joyce lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.
Remembering Indigenous Artist and Organizer Klee Benally
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Caroline Monnet’s Indigenous Worldbuilding
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Alan Michelson’s Place-Keeping Art
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Shining a Light on First California Artists
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Deborah Roberts’s Elegy for Lost Innocence
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Two Native Artists Want to Reclaim Their Landscapes and Textiles
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How Gary Simmons Embraces the In-Between
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Highlights From a Busy Weekend at the Santa Fe Indian Market
The 101st edition of the Native arts festival featured 800 artists and extensive programming.
Marie Watt Invites You to Hug a Jingle Cloud
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Artists Decry “Censorship” of Shepard Fairey Anti-Police Artwork
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