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TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Ohkay Owingeh

MEDIUM: Beadwork, Clothing

ARTIST STATEMENT
Sage Mountainflower is Ohkay Owingeh, Taos Pueblo and Navajo. Sage Mountainflower is also the english translation of her traditional Tewa name, which is represented in her work and her brand. The mountainflower logo represents the mountains that surrounds her homes and flowers that grow in the higher elevations near the hidden mountain springs, represented by the 3 circles. The Sage Mountainflower native styles and accessories are driven by keeping her artwork alive through her designs and incorporating her beadwork, pueblo embroidery and leather work into her clothing and accessories. She merges traditional looks with a contemporary flare to be worn outside traditional boundaries. Sage Mountainflower designs are the intersection of health, beauty, and nature.

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TRIBAL AFFILIATION: Narragansett/Choctaw

MEDIUM: Clothing, Diverse Arts, Painting/Illustration

ARTIST STATEMENT
My work reflects all facets of life. My mother Diosa Summers, Choctaw was an artist and educator who inspired and encouraged creativity in me and my siblings at an early age. I grew up being exposed to many forms of artmaking, assisting her was my introduction to art. It was inevitable that I would end up with similar interests. I am a mother of three, a wife of thirty-six years to Cassius and a grandmother of seven, I find as an artist, that being able to create original art that has elements of my culture and tradition, is my best form of expression, I use symbolism and the rich colors of our natural world as inspiration for my abstract paintings and designs.