'Modern Pueblo Painting and the Art of Resistance'

“Modern Pueblo Painting and the Art of Resistance” is a lecture by Sascha Scott, Ph.D., a “Southwest Alive! Cultural Continuities” presentation. Sascha Scott is a specialist in 19th and 20th century American art. She is also a member of the Native American Studies faculty at Syracuse University. In addition to offering broad surveys of American visual culture, she teaches courses that expand out from her research, including seminars that explore representation of American Indians, art and politics, and art and the environment. Her recent publication, “A Strange Mixture: The Art and Politics of Painting Indians” (2015) received the Historical Society of New Mexico’s Emerson Twitchell Award, Significant Contribution to the Field of History in 2016. A graduate of Colorado College (1997), Scott earned an MA from George Washington University (2001) and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University (2008).

Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.