Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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For one Sulphur resident, the downside of being a "starving artist" is just that – the potential for starvation. It is for this reason that Chickasaw artist Steve Adamietz has no plans to give up his day job despite the fact he produces and sells award winning pieces. Adamietz and over 100 other Native American artists will be presenting their works at the Artesian Arts Festival May 26 in Sulphur. When Adamietz is not fulfilling his duties as a quality manager at DDB Unlimited in Pauls V...
Bailey Walker, coordinator of the Chickasaw Nation's Preferred Vendor Program, has been chosen as the 2017 Minority Enterprise Development Advocate of the Year. Each year an award recipient is designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency. Walker's expertise is in seeking out and building relationships with qualified minority-owned businesses as a way of providing them the opportunity to perform work for the Chickasaw Nation. He said his department's...
For Chickasaw citizen Mishontaumbby (Mish, for short) Rochelle, enlisting in the U. S. Army provided many firsts for a young, small town Oklahoman trying to find his place in the world. "I grew up in Sulphur," Rochelle said. "It was my first time on an airplane and my first time away from home." He would soon add visiting foreign countries and even staying in a palace to his growing list of military firsts. Before becoming a world traveler, though, stood boot camp. "They put you on a plane and...
After 40 years of honing his talent, celebrated Cherokee ceramic artist Bill Glass Jr., has distilled the secret to his success down to its finest components. “Follow your heart; follow your medium and really explore it,” he says. Glass said creating art is not always a top-down enterprise. Often the medium can dictate its own creativity if the artist is paying close enough attention. “Listen to your medium. Get deep into your medium and try to let your medium push you into being creative too,” he said. His numerous awards and honors testify...
