Great Plains Fellows: Art and Art History

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NameTitleInstitutionSpecialty
Mary Bordeaux (Sicangu Oglala Lakota)Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies and co-director of Racing MagpieBlack Hills State UniversityLakota Epistemology, Lakota arts, women's creativity, and community focused practices in Native arts and museums.
Nancy Engen-WedinLecturer, TLTE; Program Manager, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Coordinator, Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program, College of Education and Human SciencesUNLEducation, Indigenous issues and education, arts and curriculum
Dana FritzHixson-Lied Professor, Art (Photography)UNLIntersections of photography, landscape, and environment
Kirsten FurlongLecturer and Director of the Blue Galleries, Department of Art, Design, and Visual StudiesBoise State UniversityVisual art, intersections of art and ecology
Tarah Hogue (Métis)Adjunct Curator (Indigenous Art)Remai Modern, CanadaIndigenous contemporary art, curatorial methodologies, and self-determination in the context of public art museums
Annika JohnsonAssociate Curator of Native American ArtJoslyn Art MuseumNative American arts and culture, institutional futures
Sarah KaizarIllustrator, designer, and authorIndependent artistWildlife conservation
Wendy KatzProfessory, Art HistoryUNL19th-century American genre painting, landscapes, Great Plains
Steve RossiAssistant Professor, Sculpture Program HeadSaint Joseph's UniversityInterdisciplinary visual artist focusing on groundwater extraction
Sarah RoweVisual and performance artistEnrolled member of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Lakota NationMixed media visual arts, community programming, and healing arts collaboration
Janet SmithArt ConsultantOmaha, Neb.Art appraisal, art history, 19th to 20th Century women artists
Ashley WilkinsonDirector/Curator, Great Plains Art MuseumUNLTwentieth-century American art, New Deal-era printmaking
Kelly YarbroughArtistProgram Lead for the Tallgrass Artist ResidencyVisual art, art and ecology, arts administration, community events and programming