POST: March 2, 2016 – 1 Deer/MANIK
Deer Family by Woody Crumbo
Minisa shares a painting by her father, renowned artist Woody Crumbo –
her first and most influencial art teacher. Woodrow Wilson “Woody”
Crumbo (January 21,1912-April 4, 1989) was a Citizens Band Potawatomi
artist, flute maker and dancer. His paintings are held by The Gilcrease
Museum, the Philbrook Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Smithsonian Institution, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Koshare
Indian Museum, the Wichita Indian Center and many others.
A 1978 inductee into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Crumbo became an
‘ambassador of good will’ for Oklahoma in 1982 under appointment by
Governor George Nigh.
Minisa produced a video, “
Spirit Talk – The Life and Work of Woody Crumbo” commemorating his 100th Anniversary, available with more
information on her website. A book of Woody Crumbo art, produced by the
Gilcrease Museum, is also available at:
minisacrumbo.com
FEATURED AUTHOR:
Minisa Crumbo Halsey, is a member of the Citizen Band Potawatomi of the Shawnee, OK agency and Muscogee Creek of the Okmulgee, OK agency.
“In
the way I was taught, or, ‘helped out’ by my teacher, Marcellus “Bear
Heart” Williams, Muscogee Creek, in Indian talk… everything of life, is
ceremony. Therefore, it is always about remembering… for the old ones
say, “It is not whether you will do ‘it’ but whether you will remember
it”, and, at the core of our remembering lives our sacred nature and the
sacredness of all creation.” ~Minisa
Minisa is an artist, teacher, photo-journalist, video producer and author of “
Spirit Talk – a Book of Days” that shares traditional teaching on the Medicine Wheel page.
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