The annual Native arts festival has built bridges across communities and increased diversity among museum audiences.
Tahnee Ahtone
Tahnee Ahtone is a museum director, curator, and strategic advisor for relationship-building through racial, gender, and social justice. She is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe.
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Important Kiowa Murals Tell the Story of a People
As part of Hyperallergic’s Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators, Tahnee Ahtone presents an email exhibition to offer insight into her curatorial process.
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Kiowa Murals Embody Kiowa Language, Culture, and Community
Born out of a request back in 1978 to preserve tribal culture, the murals demonstrate the important role of art for members of the Kiowa tribe.
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What It Means to Curate for My Native American Community
Unlike other curators, my work involves collaborating with Native Sovereign nations, which brings up issues disregarded by US art institutions.
