Jean LaMarr, American Indian Music Festival 1982
Jean LaMarr
1945-
Pit River / Paiute
Alternative Name
Pahime Gutne (Purple Flower Girl)
Date
1982
Medium Specific
Poster
Publisher
Intertribal Friendship House and American Friends Service Committee
Classification
Poster
Dimensions
23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm)
Accession Number
2017.10.12.88
Biography
Jean LaMarr was born in Susanville, California to a poor family. She created her first mural when she was in fourth grade called "Sir Frances Drake Christianizing the Indians" and the experience was meaningful to her. She experienced racism from her teachers at school and had to hide her art making when at home from her father, who wanted her to pursue a more practical occupation.
LaMarr studied at San Jose City College from 1970 to 1973; at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1973 to 1976; and at the Kala Institute from 1976 to 1986. LaMarr's instructors at UC Berkeley weren't supportive of her representational art. Lamarr was attending school in San Jose during the Occupation of Alcatraz and she supported that movement. She then joined a group of artists that protested discrimination.
Between 1973 and 1990 she taught at such institutions as the College of Marin, San Francisco State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, Lassen Community College, California Correctional Center, and the Institute of American Indian Arts. Although she has been active as a muralist, she is best known for her prints. LaMarr lives on Susanville Indian Rancheria and founder of the Native American Graphic Workshop, a creative teaching space and fine print studio.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_LaMarr, 2020)
Also see, 'Jean LaMarr' by Jean Merz-Edwards, First American Art Magazine, No. 28, Fall 2020: 50-55.
http://greatbasinnativeartists.com
LaMarr studied at San Jose City College from 1970 to 1973; at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1973 to 1976; and at the Kala Institute from 1976 to 1986. LaMarr's instructors at UC Berkeley weren't supportive of her representational art. Lamarr was attending school in San Jose during the Occupation of Alcatraz and she supported that movement. She then joined a group of artists that protested discrimination.
Between 1973 and 1990 she taught at such institutions as the College of Marin, San Francisco State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts, Lassen Community College, California Correctional Center, and the Institute of American Indian Arts. Although she has been active as a muralist, she is best known for her prints. LaMarr lives on Susanville Indian Rancheria and founder of the Native American Graphic Workshop, a creative teaching space and fine print studio.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_LaMarr, 2020)
Also see, 'Jean LaMarr' by Jean Merz-Edwards, First American Art Magazine, No. 28, Fall 2020: 50-55.
http://greatbasinnativeartists.com
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