C.Maxx Stevens, Ruffled Memories
C.Maxx Stevens
1951-
Seminole/Mvscogee
Date
2007
Medium Specific
Photographs and paper
Edition / State
19/20
Classification
Mixed Media
Dimensions
20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Accession Number
2007.20.20.69
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
C. Maxx Stevens often uses found objects and ephemera in her work which is centered on the concept of memories and stories. Stevens’ work has been described as “gritty and “both haunting and familiar” and prior installations have focused on the contemporary Native American experience such as the harmful effects of diabetes in Native American communities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Maxx_Stevens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Maxx_Stevens
Biography
C.Maxx Stevens is an Installation artist and of the Seminole / Myscogee Nation from the Oklahoma Region. She is currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado serving as the Foundation Arts Director in the Art and Art History Department. C.Maxx served as the Academic Dean of the Center for Arts and Cultural Studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. C.Maxx received her Masters of Fine Arts in 1987 from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1979 from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas and in 1972 an Associate of Arts Degree from Haskell Indian Junior College, Lawrence, Kansas.
C.Maxx has been a recipient of many awards and honors such as 2014 Art Matters Grant in New York, New York, 2005 Eiteljorge Fellowship Award from the Eiteljorge Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000 Artist Grant from the Andrea Frank Foundation in New York, New York and in 1998 Sculptor award from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. in New York, New York. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian American Indian Museum Heye Center in New York City, New York; C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California at Davis, Davis, California; Eiteljorge Museum of Indian Art, Indianapolis, Indiana; Museum of Arts and Crafts, New York, New York; Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, Montana; Boise Art Museum, Boise, Montana; and White Mountain Academy Gallery, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada to name a few.
C.Maxx has been a recipient of many awards and honors such as 2014 Art Matters Grant in New York, New York, 2005 Eiteljorge Fellowship Award from the Eiteljorge Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2000 Artist Grant from the Andrea Frank Foundation in New York, New York and in 1998 Sculptor award from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. in New York, New York. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian American Indian Museum Heye Center in New York City, New York; C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California at Davis, Davis, California; Eiteljorge Museum of Indian Art, Indianapolis, Indiana; Museum of Arts and Crafts, New York, New York; Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, Montana; Boise Art Museum, Boise, Montana; and White Mountain Academy Gallery, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada to name a few.
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