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This mask was made for an online exhibition, Masked Heroes: Facial Coverings by Native Artists, curated by First American Art Magazine.  It was purchased by the New York Public Library as part of a larger collection of 75 culturally significant masks from the COVID-era that the Library has selected.

On display through 2nd July, 2023

This piece represents a blending of cultures that makes sense to me as an artist and as a Mvskoke woman. Using historical photographs reclaims them from being ‘images of a vanishing/vanished people’ and gives them a powerful new presence, actively carrying a bloodline that links Indigenous Women over generations. The red colour also points to the ‘hidden’ issue of murdered and missing Native women. In recognition of the commonality of this experience, the dress fuses Plains styling, with imagery from the Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, and from my own Mvskoke heritage.