Artist's Biography

Write a biography of an American Indian artist.  If you are in AIS 135 make sure you choose a California artist.  You may use the biography provided by following this link as a model for your biography.  Just substitute the information for your artist.  It will be graded on the basis of factual content. 

A.  Biographical data.  Give full name, dates, location of birth and death.  Tribal affiliation.  Names and occupations of parents.  Number and names of siblings.                           

B.  Education and early years.  Subjects, schools, teacher's and other influential persons' names and roles.  Education and early years.  

C.  Tribal Role.  What is the tribal status of the artist and what is their position in their community.  Is their Indian heritage important to them?  What status have they held in the past, what place do you anticipate they will have in the future.

D.  Exhibitions and collections.  List the exhibitions which your artist participated in and any collectors of work by your artist.  Discover any collections which house works and any galleries which sell the work.

E.  Style and influences.  Describe your artist's medium and style.  Indicate any important artistic influences, connections, friendships.

F.  Bibliography and Footnotes.  Produce a bibliographic entry for each volume (book, journal, periodical) you find which contains information about your selected artist.  The reference librarian is paid to help you find these, too.

note:  Students want to know how long this assignment should be.  2,000 words should do it.

Note on grammar, spelling, and syntax: When grading student papers, I will stop grading and return the paper to the student if and when I have encountered five (5) errors in grammar, spelling, and or syntax.  I encourage every student who is uncertain about the level of their writing to come to my office or send me an email copy of your paper and I will read it until I get to five (5) errors, so you can see how that will work for you.