Native artivists draw on a long tradition of speaking truth to power. For KNPR’s Native Nevada podcast, a few of them talked about the messages of their predecessors and their own workJean LaMarrCourtesy of Nevada Art MuseumJean LaMarr told the Nevada Appeal in 2003, “The concerns of my life manifest in my art, which is about racism, stereotypes, wars, and the destruction of Mother Earth.” Great Basin Native Artists founder and curator Melissa Melero-Moose told KNPR about seeing LaMarr’s work when she was a student at the Institute of American Indian Art in the early ’90s: “My mind exploded. … She has a great story to tell about activism and going to school at (UC) Berkeley in the ’70s. I mean, she’s telling the story of women being exploited so badly over the years and stereotypes and just the sexism that was involved in not just females in history, but specifically Indigenous females. So, it spoke directly to me.”Sana SanaReno-based artivist Sana Sana works in man
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2021 could be your last chance to see Seven Magic Mountains south of Las Vegas
The permit for the art installation is set to expire this year, but negotiations are in the works to keep the project on display through 2026
Victorville Daily Press
Anyone driving north on Interstate 15 toward Las Vegas has likely seen the bright columns in the distance.
Looking quickly enough just east of the freeway and about five miles north of the Nevada town of Jean there they are: colorful boulders stacked neatly atop one another in an otherwise remote landscape populated by creosote bushes.
The art installation, known as the “Seven Magic Mountains,” first opened to the public in May 2016 and has attracted an untold number of visitors as they make their final push to Sin City.