Anatomical Heart In a Box

Artist, native rights activist and HSU student Brittany Britton calls her art her “body of work.” Most of it is abstract disembodied, human organs.

This is just one of the many styles of art you can see at the opening of the Native Women’s Contemporary Art Show this Thursday. This show will be the first native women’s show ever on HSU’s campus.

The exhibition is in the new gallery in the Behavioral and Social Science (BSS) building and will show the work of students and artists from the indigenous community. The Native Women’s Contemporary Art Show features 2-D and 3-D works by event founder Brittany Britton, Marlette Grant-Jackson, Melitta Jackson, Mona Mazzotti and Rosemary Pimental.

Britton’s cousin, HSU student and contributor to the event, Tess Cervantes, said it’s not the typical show with old photos and woven baskets. “It’s art with a contemporary twist on traditional native designs,” she said.

Event founder Britton said, “I like to work in mixed mediums, using ceramics and sculpting to create something interesting.” Britton  described one of her works called an “Anatomical Heart in a Box.”

Britton said, “It’s a heart that is cut in half and sewn up the middle with little compartments inside containing various objects.”

Britton said that this art exhibition will be the first time these native women have come together to create an event at HSU on this scale. She said it was the joint effort of the artists and the two prominent HSU native outreach groups, the Indian Teacher and Educational Personnel Program  and Center for Indian Community Development.

If you have never experienced local native culture, the Native Women’s Contemporary Art Show is a great place to start. The exhibition opens at 4 p.m. on March 11 with refreshments on the first floor in the lobby of the B.S.S. building.

Pam Grant, an HSU senior and local tribe member, said it should be a great time. “I’m really excited to see the influence of indigenous women’s art on the HSU campus.”

 


  

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