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30 cherokee one feather THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 A&E Tribal Members win at Cherokee Homecoming Art Show in Okla.
A&E Building One Fire connects Cherokee Life and Art REVIEWED By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF There aren’t that many books out there these days that catch my eye. But, one book came across my desk last week entitled Building One Fire: Art + World View in Cherokee Life that definitely drew me in. The book, co-written by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chadwick Corntassel Smith and Rennard Strickland, examines the many varieties of traditional and modern Cherokee art and how each relates to and reflects the life of its producer. In the opening message, Chief Smith relates, “It is believed that the designed purpose for the Cherokee Nation is to be a people who are happy and healthy, who are in touch with the essence of their culture and its values and attributes. Art is an effective way to pass on and enjoy culture, but this book is not primarily an art book. Each artwork tells a story about what it is to be Cherokee.” Featuring wonderful artwork captured in exquisite photography, the book is chocolate cake for the eyes. Even if you have no interest in Cherokee life or art, you’ll enjoy the pretty pictures in this book. And, the art featured in the book runs the gamut of Cherokee works including baskets, pottery, beadwork, metalwork, photography, paintings and more. Many of the pieces of art come with quotes and explanations from the artists themselves including Joel Queen, an EBCI tribal member, who has several pieces of incised pottery in the book. “Art influences every aspect of my life,” Queen says in the work, “from what I’m thinking about when I go to bed to what I’m planning on doing when I get up; it determines when I stop to eat…I basically live for it.” Building One Fire features Cherokee artists from all over, Eastern Band and Cherokee Nation, north and south, east and west, who all share their own experiences and unique perspectives on what being Cherokee means to them. Martha Berry, a master bead artist from the Cherokee Nation, sums up the spirit of the book with her quote, “An elder of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee relates that after contact, beadwork enabled cultural survival: It was a visual language that kept beliefs alive.” And, that is what art does. It keeps beliefs alive. It keeps spirits alive. It keeps culture alive. And, Building One Fire captures that spirit. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 cherokee one feather 31
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