2.5: April Holder on Art, Creative Drive, and The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma (People of the Red and Yellow Earth), April also has heritage to the Tonkawa and Wichita people. April is a mixed media installation artist, community organizer, and advocate for Indigenous Women. She is a founding member of The Humble art collective of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which worked to create accessible and diverse art environments to the community and empower emerging artists.

She is a creative contributor as well as member of The Three Sister Collective of Santa Fe, New Mexico. April utilizes her art to create visibility for Native Women, and bring awareness to the issues Native Women face, such as domestic violence, and missing and murdered indigenous Women, girls, trans people, and two spirits.

She is creating a body of work that illustrates the spectrum of Female Indigenous Identity. She incorporates recycled materials as a way of being environmentally considerate to the creative process, as a metaphor for how Indigenous Women are healing in learning different roles in life. Her work is a tribute to the leadership, perseverance, and power that Indigenous Women create in the world through Sisterhood, Motherhood, and community.

Show Notes:

April Holder's Work on TiK Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ad_holder44/video/6889435675154713861?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6950367740046607877&is_from_webapp=v1&is_copy_url=0

T.C Canon https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/art-revolution-tc-cannon Institute of American Indian Arts https://iaia.edu

Stephen Wall Retired and Indigenous Liberal Studies: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/through-native-eyes-indigenous-liberal-studies-at-iaia/article_08778c4f-731e-5cf3-9abf-1a5e234aa1e4.html

Layli Long soldier : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layli_Long_Soldier

Three Sisters Collective: https://threesisterscollective.org

Jeff Kham Obituary News Article: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/painter-taught-at-institute-of-american-indian-arts-in-santa-fe/article_8da76cb8-8f3d-11eb-9004-2fa53e067a6d.html

Some of The Humble Collective Today Cougar Vigil (HUMBLE Art Collective comes to NYC) : http://www.cougarvigil.com/blog/2018/8/1/humble-art-collective-comes-to-nyc
Micah Wesley: https://www.micahwesleymodern.com
Channupa: http://www.cannupahanska.com
Rose B. Simpson: https://www.rosebsimpson.com/works
Razelle Benally https://www.instagram.com/razellebenally/?hl=en