Tom Farris, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and Otoe-Missouria tribe, draws inspiration from his culture and life-long immersion in the breadth of American Indian artistic traditions. His work – often humorous, always smart – invites viewers to question the boundaries of what is “American Indian” art and appreciate the impact of Indigenous influences on pop art. Farris has served as the Assistant Director of the Oscar Jacobson Foundation and Native Art Center, the creator and manager of the Cherokee Art Market,  owner and operator of the Standing Buffalo Indian Art Gallery & Gifts, manager of Exhibit C Gallery & Gifts and, most recently, the museum store manager at First Americans Museum. As a professional artist Farris has been honored to participate in and has received awards from a number of nationally acclaimed art shows including The South Eastern Art Show and Market, The Cherokee Art Market, The Artesian Art Market, The Trail of Tears Art Show, The Indigenous Fine Art Market, The Eiteljorg Indian Art Market, Red Earth, The Artesian Art Market, and The Southwestern Association of Indian Artists Santa Fe Market, where his pioneering was recognized with the Creativity Award in 2015 and the Innovation Award in 2019.  He has exhibited at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and in venues in New York City. His work in held in many private and public collections including the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ; The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, Tulsa, OK; Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN; American Indian Museum, The University of South Carolina at Lancaster, SC; Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM, and the Sam Noble Natural History Museum, Norman, OK.

This event is organized by Dútα Bαhiisere Kus Ráˀhere/We Know Corn Together, the collaboration between Davidson College and the Catawba Nation.

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