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First American art : the Charles and Valerie Diker collection of American Indian art / edited by Bruce Bernstein, Gerald McMaster ; essays by Bruce Bernstein ... [et al.] ; captions compiled by Kathleen Ash-Milby

Author:
Bernstein, Bruce  Search this
McMaster, Gerald 1953-  Search this
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E  Search this
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this
Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Diker, Charles Ethnological collections  Search this
Diker, Valerie Ethnological collections  Search this
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this
Physical description:
263 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
North America
Date:
2004
C2004
Topic:
Indian art  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Antiquities--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_731387

Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination

Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2007
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., editor. 2007. Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination [Exhibition catalog] Washington & New York: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
109415
ISBN:
9781933565088
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_109415

American Indian Community House Gallery records

Creator:
American Indian Community House (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Former owner:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Jemison, G. Peter  Search this
Artist:
Heap of Birds, Edgar  Search this
Michelson, Alan  Search this
Niro, Shelley, 1954-  Search this
Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940-  Search this
WalkingStick, Kay  Search this
Extent:
1.5 Linear feet
24 Videodiscs (DVD)
2 Videocassettes (VHS)
685 Slides (photographs)
85 Photographic prints
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Videodiscs (dvd)
Videocassettes (vhs)
Slides (photographs)
Photographic prints
Place:
New York City
Date:
bulk 1978-2007
2019
Summary:
The American Indian Community House (AICH) Gallery records include papers, postcards, photographs and video recordings that document the activities of the Gallery from 1978-2007. Over the course of 30 years, approximately 100 exhibitions were shown including the work of hundreds of Native artists.
Scope and Contents:
Series 1: Gallery Exhibits and Other Events is divided into two Subseries. Subseries 1.1: AICH Gallery Exhibits and Subseries 1.2: Other Gallery Events. Subseries 1.1 includes documents, postcards, photographs and video recordings related to exhibits organized by the AICH Gallery from 1978-2007. There are gaps of exhibit materials between 1985, the end of G. Peter Jemison's tenure as curator, and 2000 when Kathleen Ash-Milby became curator of the Gallery. Subseries 1.2 includes materials related to other events hosted by the AICH Gallery outside of it's exhibition program. This includes-- Indian Art market, poetry readings, film festivals, lectures, and benefits.

Series 2: Subject Files includes materials related to the everyday work of the gallery and general information about AICH. This includes--AICH Bulletins and board of directors meetings, job guidelines and operations manuals, calendars and day planners used by G. Peter Jemison, as well as press lists and information about other art Galleries supporting Native American artists work.

Series 3: Photographs of Native Artwork, includes slides collected by AICH curators of Native American artists work. These slides were used as reference and encompass a range of Native artists, both geographically and stylistically. NMAI does not hold the rights to these images.
Arrangement:
Arranged into three series. Series 1: Gallery Exhibits and Other Events, arranged chronologically, Series 2: Subject Files, arranged alphabetically, and Series 3: Photographs of Native Artwork, arranged alphabetically by artist and topic.
Biographical / Historical:
In 1978, The American Indian Community House created an art gallery with the purpose of consistently and exclusively exhibiting contemporary Native American art. Over the course of 30 years, from 1978 to around 2007, approximately 100 exhibitions were shown in the Gallery which included the work of hundreds of Native artists. Some of the field's most well-known artists exhibited their work in the Gallery, many early in their careers, including Edgar Heap of Birds, Kay WalkingStick, Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith, Alan Michelson, Shelley Niro and Jeffrey Gibson. The majority of the exhibitions organized by founding Gallery Curator, G. Peter Jemison, focused heavily on group exhibitions and artists from the Northeast. Succeeding curators, Lloyd Oxendine (1985-1993) and Joanna Bigfeather (1993-1999) expanded the roster, including artists from throughout the United States and Canada. Kathleen Ash-Milby (2000-2005) and Sarah Sense (2006-2007), focused more on solo exhibitions and exhibitions with more work from fewer artists. Although AICH struggled to fund the Gallery, it became a dynamic nexus for contemporary Native art, offering opportunities for artists and guest curators.

Biographical note provided in 2019 by Kathleen Ash-Milby, member of the Navajo Nation, and former associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.
The American Indian Community House is a not-for-profit organization serving the needs of Native Americans residing in New York City. Founded in 1969, the mission of the AICH is to improve and promote the well-being of the American Indian Community and to increase the visibility of American Indian cultures in an urban setting in order to cultivate awareness, understanding and respect.

AICH Website: https://aich.org/
Provenance:
Gift of Kathleen Ash-Milby and G. Peter Jemison, 2022.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

The NMAI does not own the copyright to any of the images of artwork in Series 3: Photographs of Native Artwork. Permission will need to be aquired from the artist/artist's estate.
Topic:
Native American artists  Search this
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); American Indian Community House Gallery records, NMAI.AC.423; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NMAI.AC.423
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American Indian Community House Gallery records
Archival Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv49c0eb673-59e5-4a50-a68c-e08e88a398a8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-423

Art of Oscar Howe

Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.,  Search this
Anthes, Bill  Search this
Publisher:
National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Host institution:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center  Search this
Portland Art Museum (Or.),.)  Search this
South Dakota Art Museum  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 200 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) 29 x 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Biography
Expositions
Biographies
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2022
20th century
Topic:
Modernism (Art)  Search this
Dakota painting  Search this
Indian painters  Search this
Painters  Search this
Dakota artists  Search this
Modernisme (Art)  Search this
Peintres  Search this
ART / General  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158947

HIDE: Skin as Material and Metaphor

Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2010
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., editor. 2010. HIDE: Skin as Material and Metaphor. Washington and New York: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
81899
ISBN:
9781933565156
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_81899

Speaking to relatives Dyani White Hawk

Artist:
White Hawk, Dyani  Search this
Writer of introduction:
O'Harrow, Sean  Search this
Curator:
Powers, Jade  Search this
Author:
Hermo, Carmen  Search this
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E  Search this
Host institution:
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art  Search this
Subject:
White Hawk, Dyani  Search this
Physical description:
78 pages color illustrations 21 x 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
North America
Date:
2021
21st century
Topic:
Lakota art  Search this
Lakota beadwork  Search this
Handicraft  Search this
Indian art  Search this
Call number:
N6537.W4545 A4 2021
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157057

Indigenous Motivations: Recent Acquisitions from the National Museum of the American Indian

Author:
Bernstein, Bruce  Search this
McMullen, Ann  Search this
Chavez, Cynthia L.  Search this
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Smith, Paul Chaat  Search this
Matos, Ramiro  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2006
Citation:
Bernstein, Bruce, McMullen, Ann, Chavez, Cynthia L., Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., Smith, Paul Chaat, and Matos, Ramiro. 2006. Indigenous Motivations: Recent Acquisitions from the National Museum of the American Indian [Exhibition catalog] Washington & New York: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
109417
ISBN:
9781933565033
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_109417

Tote bag

Culture/People:
Cochiti Pueblo  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Virgil Ortiz (Dow-Sah), Cochiti Pueblo, b. 1969  Search this
Previous owner:
Virgil Ortiz (Dow-Sah), Cochiti Pueblo, b. 1969  Search this
Kathleen E. Ash-Milby, Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Donor:
Kathleen E. Ash-Milby, Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Object Name:
Tote bag
Media/Materials:
Canvas, cotton twine/string
Techniques:
Screenprinted/serigraph printed, sewn
Object Type:
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Place:
Cochiti Pueblo, Cochiti Reservation; Sandoval County; New Mexico; USA
Date created:
2005-2006
Catalog Number:
26/5832
Barcode:
265832.000
See related items:
Cochiti Pueblo
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e8aa33d3-4a73-4947-b500-eff308b0bea9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_282059
Online Media:

What I saw

Artist:
Yoakum, Joseph 1886-1972  Search this
Editor:
Pascale, Mark 1954-  Search this
Contributor:
Adler, Esther (Curator)  Search this
Kopp, Édouard 1974-  Search this
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E  Search this
Broadway, Mary  Search this
Granzotto, Clara  Search this
Halstead, Whitney  Search this
Majeed, Faheem 1976-  Search this
Minton, Laura K  Search this
Sutherland, Ken  Search this
Publisher:
Art Institute of Chicago  Search this
Host institution:
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.),.)  Search this
Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.),.)  Search this
Physical description:
251 pages illustrations (chiefly color), map 32 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
African American artists  Search this
African American painters  Search this
Outsider artists  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Outsider art  Search this
Artistes noirs américains  Search this
Peintres noirs américains  Search this
Artistes bruts  Search this
Art américain  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157156

Contemporary Native American Art in the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Legacy

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2005
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2005. "Contemporary Native American Art in the Twenty-First Century: Overcoming the Legacy." European Review of Native American Studies, 19, (1) 49–54.
Identifier:
77875
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77875

The Plain Truth: Jason Baerg

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2008
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2008. The Plain Truth: Jason Baerg.
Identifier:
77878
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77878

Most Serene Republics: Remembering and Reconsidering Histories

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Lowe, Truman  Search this
Lippard, Lucy  Search this
Fisher, Jean  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2009
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2009. "Most Serene Republics: Remembering and Reconsidering Histories." In Most Serene Republics: Edgar Heap of Birds. Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., Lowe, Truman, Lippard, Lucy, and Fisher, Jean, editors. 57–83. Washington: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
77879
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77879

The Imaginary Landscape

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Morris, Kate  Search this
Smith, Paul Chaat  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2007
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2007. "The Imaginary Landscape." In Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination. Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., Morris, Kate, and Smith, Paul Chaat, editors. 17–45. Washington: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
77880
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77880

Lorenzo Clayton

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Editor:
Penney, David W.  Search this
Walsh, Andrea  Search this
McMaster, Gerald  Search this
Ortel, Jo  Search this
Trevelyan, Amelia  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
1999
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 1999. "Lorenzo Clayton." In Contemporary Masters, The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art. Penney, David W., Walsh, Andrea, McMaster, Gerald, Ortel, Jo, and Trevelyan, Amelia, editors. 44–49. Indianapolis: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
Identifier:
77881
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77881

Exhibition Review: Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
1996
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 1996. "Exhibition Review: Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology." Museum Anthropology, 20, (1) 69–72.
Identifier:
77882
ISSN:
0892-8339
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_77882

Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist

Author:
WalkingStick, Kay  Search this
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Penney, David W.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2015
Citation:
WalkingStick, Kay, Ash-Milby, Kathleen E., and Penney, David W. 2015. Kay WalkingStick: An American Artist. Washington, DC: National Museum of the American Indian.
Identifier:
140185
ISBN:
9781588345103
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_140185

Native Makers / New Media

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Editor:
Ming-Yuen S. Ma  Search this
Suderburg, Erika  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2012
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2012. "Native Makers / New Media." In Resolutions 3: Global Networks of Video. Ming-Yuen S. Ma and Suderburg, Erika, editors. 217–224. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Identifier:
113947
ISBN:
9780816670833
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_113947

Alan Michelson: Landscapes of Loss and Presence

Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Editor:
McNutt, Jennifer Complo  Search this
Holland, Ashley  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2011
Citation:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E. 2011. "Alan Michelson: Landscapes of Loss and Presence." In We Are Here: The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2011. McNutt, Jennifer Complo and Holland, Ashley, editors. 21–31. Indianapolis;Seattle: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art;University of Washington Press.
Identifier:
113948
ISBN:
9780295991795
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_113948

Kay WalkingStick : an American artist / general editors, Kathleen Ash-Milby and David W. Penney

Editor:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E.  Search this
Penney, David W.  Search this
Author:
WalkingStick, Kay Paintings Selections  Search this
Host institution:
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
WalkingStick, Kay  Search this
Physical description:
207 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2015
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1055010

Most serene republics : Edgar Heap of Birds / edited by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Truman T. Lowe

Title:
Edgar Heap of Birds
Author:
Ash-Milby, Kathleen E  Search this
Lowe, Truman 1944-  Search this
Heap of Birds, Edgar  Search this
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
Heap of Birds, Edgar Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
95 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Italy
Venice
Date:
2008
Topic:
Conceptual art  Search this
Site-specific installations (Art)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_919287

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