C.Maxx Stevens, Tall Grass, 17/20
C.Maxx Stevens
1951-
Seminole/Mvscogee
Date
2013
Medium Specific
print
Classification
Print
Dimensions
7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)Sheet: 8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 27.9 cm)
Accession Number
2013.20.20.17
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Memo / Artist Statement
From my travels I have always looked forward to the landscape of Kansas going into Oklahoma. I am always in awe seeing the tall grass blowing in the wind, especially right before sunset. I wanted to emphasize the movement of the grass through the use of agitated cuts on the linoleum block. The markings are abstract, yet thoughtful.
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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