An interview with G. Peter Jemison conducted 2021 April 25 and May 3, by Nicole Scott, for the Archives of American Art, at Jemison's studio and home on Seneca land in Victor, N.Y.
Biographical / Historical:
G. Peter Jemison (1945-) (Seneca, Heron Clan) is a New York based artist whose paintings and mixed media works draw on orenda, the Haudenosaunee belief that spiritual force pervades all creation. He has advocated for Native autonomy as a curator and representative on federal advisory councils.
Nicole Scott (1988-) (Navajo) is director of the Native American Future Steward Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
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