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JOEL QUEEN'S
ARTIST STATEMENT
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Cherokee Artist Joel
Queen
(photo
by
Mickel Yantz)
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"As a member of
the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians I
feel I have a responsibility to keep
Cherokee art alive. I live to
teach others about my art and the
Cherokee culture. Prejudice
drives me to educate. It is my
passion to break the stereotype that
has been placed upon Native art.
The simplicity of line is what I look
for and line is what I
manipulate. Stone and wood speak
to me in a visual picture and then I
carve that image. Ceramics binds my
images to the functional world.
I strive to link all cultures together
through art. My goal is to
create art so that people can see
their past and future in my
creations."
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Joel
Queen sanding a limestone sculpture
Joel Queen working on a clay pot
at
(Photo
by Maggie Steber)
Jane
Osti Studio 2006 (photo by Mickel
Yantz)
Joel Queen standing beside
one of his mortuary figures at
Monticello
(Photo
by Lisa Summers Williford 2003)
(Thomas Jefferson's house) 2003 (photo
by Kelly Queen)
(Photo by Lisa
Summers Williford
2003)
(Photo by Lisa
Summers Williford 2003)
PO Box 2406 Cherokee, North
Carolina 28719
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