Arts
Retelling History Through an Indigenous Lens: David Bradley
David Bradley is a Native American artist who creates beautifully chaotic works of art that challenge our stereotypes, knowledge of history, and make us go what is an Indian? Join me in looking and understanding this art.
Alexandra Noelle Hesting
319 total reviews for this teacher
6 reviews for this class
Completed by 21 learners
10-15
year old learners
3-6
learners per class
$12
Charged upfront
Meets once
45 minute class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
Native Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Indians. These terms we've applied to those who connect ancestrally to the Americas since before 1492. These people have been attacked, beaten, killed, forced on to specifically inhospitable land, we stripped of their culture, and yet they persevere. During the 1950s-and 1960s civil rights movements, they fought alongside African, Asian, and Latino American's for recognition as a group of people. David Bradley is a Minnesota Chippewa artist who creates...
Students will learn about David Bradley an Indigenous artists from the United States who is changing how the world recognizes Indigenous Artists today. He concur topics like identity, history, trauma, and futurism through mixed media and painting. Students will see these inspirations and will be allowed to ask questions about meaning. They will be encouraged to look at the surface of these very deep ideas recognizing them but not going into depth. I am an art historian with a concentrated focus in Indigenous artists, cultures, and societies. I am a fluent Arapaho speaker and have many friends in the Native American community.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
45 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
Teacher
Alexandra Noelle HestingInspiring Future Art Historians
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Lives in the
United States319 total reviews
642 completed classes
About Me
Hello, I'm an art historian based out of Kansas. I've always loved art and I want to help you develop a passion for art and history. I've taught for five years everything from preschool to college, and I love to share knowledge. I believe...
