Using art to fight Native American stereotypes

January 01, 2020 00:32:10
Using art to fight Native American stereotypes
What's Up! NWA and River Valley
Using art to fight Native American stereotypes

Jan 01 2020 | 00:32:10

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Hosted By

Becca Martin-Brown Monica Hooper April Wallace

Show Notes

The narrative that exists for Northwest Arkansas’ Native American population is the focus of this diversity in the visual arts podcast. Bobby C. Martin, a Muscogee (Creek) artist; Bonnie Barnes, the assistant manager of the Museum of Native American History; and Macey Henley, MONAH’S cultural outreach coordinator, joined us in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette podcast studio to talk about how art has the ability to break down barriers and remove stereotypes for the region’s Native American population.

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