Gina Adams
Gina Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1965 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Maine College of Art(BFA, 2002) |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas(MFA, 2013) |
| Movement | textile art, installation |
| Website | ginaadamsartist |
Gina Adams(born 1965) is an American interdisciplinary artist and activist.
Family
[edit]Gina Adams' parents were Philip F. Adams (1937–2002), born inPortsmouth, New Hampshire,and Elaine Rose Theriault Adams who lived inKittery, Maine.[1]Her family members operated the Kittery Trading Post in the town.[2]
Adams has controversially claimed to be ofWhite Earth OjibweandLakotadescent,[3]despite providing no proof of these claims.[3][4]She claimed that her paternal grandfather lived on theWhite Earth Indian Reservationand was removed at age eight to attendCarlisle Indian Industrial School,[3]which closed in 1918. Genealogists reported that Adams' maternal grandfather "was a white man named Albert Theriault, who was born in Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents."[3]
Adams has also claimed that her great-great-grandfather was Ojibwe chiefWabanquot(1830–1898).[3]The enrollment director of the White Earth Band of theMinnesota Chippewa Tribe,Shahoon Heisler (White Earth Ojibwe) stated: "We don't have her, or her parent or grandparent, with any links to this tribe.... People are upset because she's been claiming she's a descendant. I can't find any documentation that would link her or her family to White Earth."[5]
Education
[edit]Gina Adams earned a BFA from theMaine College of Artand an MFA from theUniversity of Kansas.[6]According to her website, she studied visual art, curatorial practice, and critical theory.[7]
Career
[edit]Adams was a professor atNaropa Universityin Boulder, Colorado, in the visual arts faculty.
She joinedEmily Carr Universityin August of 2019 as assistant professor, Foundation.[8][9][10]Emily Carr hired Adams as part of a cluster hire of Indigenous professors.[3]She resigned from Emily Carr on August 25, 2022.[11]
Adams is known for her antique quilt artwork; however, her work spans a wide range of styles, including mediums such as sculpture, ceramics, painting, printmaking, and drawing.[12]
Adams's work revolved around broken treaties between the U.S. andNative American tribes.[7]Her artwork has been published inThe New Yorker,Hyperallergic,andThe Huffington Post.[13]
Additional work
[edit]Gina's work was also featured in the "March Madness" exhibit in the Meatpacking district of New York. Her work displayed vintage photographs of a girls' basketball team at Osage Boarding School; a school which attempted to assimilate Indigenous children by erasing their Native culture. This school denied children the right to speak their native language, and even denied the right to say their own name.[14]
References
[edit]- ^"Obituaries for May 8, 2002: Philip F. Adams".Sea Coast Online.16 Dec 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 23 April 2021.Retrieved23 April2021.
- ^"Terri Adams-Wheeler".Las Vegas Review-Journal.27 January 2004.Archivedfrom the original on 1 February 2023.Retrieved7 September2022.
- ^abcdefCyca, Michelle (6 September 2022)."The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A" Pretendian "investigation".Macleans.ca.Macleans.Retrieved13 September2022.
- ^Liu, Jasmine (2022-09-07)."Artist Accused of Faking Indigenous Identity Quits University Post".Hyperallergic.Retrieved2023-05-23.
- ^Aoraha, Claudia (7 September 2022)."White daughter of Maine pageant queen quits role as indigenous college dean after being accused of LYING that she's Native American to land job while peddling $35,000 tribal quilts".MSN.Retrieved7 September2022.
- ^"Gina Adams, MFA".The University of Kansas.Retrieved20 September2022.
- ^ab"Bio".Gina Adams.Retrieved2019-04-16.[dead link]
- ^Griffin, Kevin (2019-08-27)."Emily Carr University hires four Indigenous faculty".Retrieved2020-03-09.
- ^"The Broken Promises of American Indian Treaties, Sewn onto Quilts".Hyperallergic.2017-02-28.Retrieved2019-04-16.
- ^"Gina Adams".Native American and African American Education in Kansas, 1830-1960.2016-12-12.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^"Statement on the Maclean's Article about Indigenous Identity".Emily Carr University.6 September 2022.Retrieved7 September2022.
- ^"Keeping Heritage Alive with Gina Adams".Southern Utah University.Retrieved2019-05-02.
- ^"Accola Griefen Gallery | Gina Adams".accolagriefen.Retrieved2019-04-18.
- ^Scott, Andrea K. (31 March 2017).""March Madness" in the Meatpacking District ".The New Yorker.Retrieved2019-04-22.
External links
[edit]- Gina AdamsArchived2019-01-08 at theWayback Machine,official website