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Supporting Indigenous Sisters: An International Print Exchange

“Stolen” is a digital illustration printed on archival cold press paper with archival pigments. After printing, each image has been sewn into at the corners. These are varied editions as each length of thread is slightly different each time. This image was inspired by the Stolen podcast written and produced by Canadian Journalist Connie Walker. These prints are dedicated to Jermain Charlo, who has been missing since 2018 and is presumed deceased. The term stolen can certainly speak to all that has been stolen from Indigenous people throughout time.

This print portfolio exchange involves a group of 16 artists curated by Melanie Yazzie, Head of Printmaking at University of Colorado Boulder and Catherine Prose, Professor of Printmaking at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. Melanie Yazzie invited 8 artists of indigenous backgrounds and Catherine Prose invited 8 artists of varied and mixed backgrounds. This portfolio was created to help begin conversations on many levels about missing and murdered Indigenous women. The images from all the women artists act as an advocacy for change and for voicing this dark present history. What we believe connects us is our support of our sisterhood to be safe and healthy. We want to emphasize that the sisterhood is vast and from a wide variety of backgrounds. We want to help further conversations on many levels as women supporting each other. And as women, we all have had our individual and collective experiences in keeping our bodies and family’s safe. We asked that for this portfolio that the artists reach into their own experiences as a female walking this earth. We see the rise of hashtags becoming movements like #blacklivesmatter, #metoo, #nastywomen, #womenrising, #resist #nomorestolensisters and #MMIW and want to join and speak about what we have experienced or witnessed and are still witnessing and experiencing as women.

Most of the artists in this collection have written artists statements and some have written poems to accompany their artwork when it’s installed. We have digitized the artists statements in a uniformed manner to aid the gallery installing them along with the artwork. We believe It is important to meet each artist in the portfolio personally and hear their story.

Artists and artwork:
Maile Andrade- Kilauea, Hawaii, USA
Ascending, relief print, 15 x 19, 2020

Amy Cordova- Oaxaca, Mexico, USA
How Many Broken Hearts?, screenprint, 15 x 19, 2020

Krysten Farrier- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
The Stolen, screenprint, 15 x 19, 2020

Anna Hoover- Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Soul in Flight, screenprint, 15 x 19, 2021

Vicki Meek-Dallas, Texas, USA
America Cares More about Parks than MMIW, screenprint, 15 x 19, 2021

Sylvia Montero- Denver, Colorado, USA
One of Many, intaglio, 15 x 19, 2020

Dilara Miller-Boulder, Colorado, USA & Mersin, Turkey
Senin Acin Benim Acimdir (Your Pain is my Pain), lithography and screenprint, 15 x 19, 2020

Andi Newberry-Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Probable Fear, screenprint, 15 x 20, 2021

Morgan Page- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Stolen, digital archival print and thread, 15 x 19, 2021

Sue Pearson- Whakatane, New Zealand
Hear Our Names, collagraph on mulberry paper, 15 x 19, 2020

Catherine Prose- Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
Daisy Protecting Our Indigenous Sisters, screenprint and vinyl, 15 x 19, 2021

Rebecca Ramos- Aptos, California, USA
Pocket Full of Dreams, hand sewn muslin pillow case and intaglio, 15 x 19, 2020

Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith- Corrales, New Mexico, USA
Shadows Across the Land, woodblock, chine colle and template, 15 x 19, 2020

Jordan Vigil- Denver, Colorado, USA
Lost, monotype and screenprint, 15 x 19, 2020

Lorena Williams- El Paso, Texas, USA
Resurrection, relief and chine colle, 15 x 19, 2020

Melanie Yazzie-Boulder, Colorado, USA
Protect Them, screenprint and thread, 15 x 19, 2020