Everything Amerindian
Photographer Matika Wilbur is a member of the Tulalip Tribe raised on the Swinomish Reservation. Her work explores themes of Native American identity and cultural duality, and has appeared in the Royal British Columbia Museum of Fine Arts, The Nantes Museum of Fine Arts in France, the Seattle Art Museum and the Burke Museum. She joins us to talk about her new
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In 2013 Matika Wilbur took on a project of massive scope: to photograph members of each Federally recognized tribe in the United States. “My dream,” Wilbur says, “is that our children are given images that are more useful, truthful, and beautiful.” – Click through for more
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Matika Wilbur, one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading photographers, has exhibited extensively in regional, national, and international venues such as the Seattle Art Museum, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, The Tacoma Art Museum, the Royal British Columbia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Nantes Museum of Fine Arts in France.
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See on Scoop.it – Project 562 Road Stories allow the viewer unique access, and insight into the daily doing’s of Project 562 road life. Project 562 is a multi-year national photography project documenting Native America directed by acclaimed Swinomish/Tulalip photographer Matika Wilbur. The goal of the project is to unveil the true essence of contemporary Native issues, the beauty of Native
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See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations She sleeps on couches, dines with strangers and lives out of her car. Still, Matika Wilbur does it for the art and for the people. Wilbur is Native American. See on usnews.nbcnews.com
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