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Hokah! Ten Years of Art at Ancient Traders Gallery December 11, 2009 – January 30, 2010. Exhibit hours: Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. and by appointment. Artists Panel Q & A on January 23, 6-9 p.m. Hokah! features more than 30 artists including: Carolyn Anderson, Jim Denomie, Gordon Coons, Tiffany Eggenberg, Carl Gawboy, Kevin Pourier, Mona Smith, Catherine Whipple, Jonathan Thunder, and more.

In The Circle News Carolyn Anderson commented that she sees this show as a good opportunity to combat American Indian stereotypes. Her invitation to artists states that, “American Indian people have become accustomed to outsiders portraying us in ways that are not truthful and that often create or add to romanticized and often condescending stereotypes. Self-portraiture gives us the power to reflect back what we see in ourselves, and to put ourselves within a context that the general public is not used to seeing thereby overcoming these stereotypes.” Read this feature article at The Circle.