Arigon Starr, Super Indian, Volume Two
Arigon Starr
Kickapoo/Creek/Cherokee/Seneca
Date
2016
Medium Specific
Digital print
Classification
Print
Dimensions
17 x 11 in. (43.2 x 27.9 cm)Framed: 21 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (54 x 38.7 cm)
Accession Number
2019.25.20.45
Memo / Artist Statement
“Super Indian” started as a Native Radio Theater Project in 2006 with ten episode airing nationally in 2007. The printed work. Super Indian Volume One was released in 2012, followed by Super Indian Volume Two in 2014. Starr followed up this series with contributions to Moonshot: The Indigenous Comic Anthology and editor/contributor to Native Realities Press publication, Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers, Volume One.
Also see, Boney Jr., R.; Graphic Natives, First American Art Magazine, Summer 2014, No. 3: p.42-47.
Also see, Boney Jr., R.; Graphic Natives, First American Art Magazine, Summer 2014, No. 3: p.42-47.
Biography
Arigon Starr is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. She grew up on the road as part of a military family. Her parents, Ken Wahpecome (Kickapoo) and mother Ruth (Creek-Cherokee-Seneca) supported her artistic expressions, encouraging her to learn as much as possible about music, composition, art, and drama. Starr relocated to Los Angeles, where she worked behind the scenes at entertainment companies like Viacom Productions and Showtime Networks. In 1996, she left her corporate job behind and became a full-time musician.
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