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Our 2022 Virtual Author Series: Save the Dates!
Annotations from the Archive: Webster County Collections
Annotations From the Archive: John Mallory Bates
Safeguarding the Windows at Grace Episcopal Church
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49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Nathaniel Ruleaux
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Sarah Rowe
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Roy Boney
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profiles
Read more about the twelve artists who participated in 49 Minutes of Fame—An Exhibition of Native Pop Art in 2021 at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery.
In 2021, we celebrated Native American Heritage month with an exhibition showcasing twelve Native American pop artists. 49 Minutes of Fame plays on a name for powwow after-parties and takes a capacious view of pop art.
49 Minutes of Fame Artist Profile: Hoka Skenandore
About Hoka Skenandore
Tribal Affiliation: Oneida, Oglala Lakota, Luiseno
Hoka Skenandore was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1982. Skenandore grew up in a home where he learned to appreciate traditional Native American art alongside fine art. On his own, he embraced the D.I.Y. ethos of punk rock and hip- hop culture and painted graffiti art. Skenandore currently lives in Norman, Oklahoma and is building off his bachelor of fine arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM, to pursue a master of fine arts from the University of Oklahoma.