Phoebe Farris
Phoebe Farris (also published as Pheobe Farris-Dufrene) is an art therapist, author, editor, artist, academic, photographer, free lance arts critic, and curator. Farris received Fulbright and National Endowment of the Humanities grants and was named a Rockefeller Scholar in Residence. She was a resident at Harvard University’s Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue and at the Women’s Leadership Institute at Mills College, she earned an international reputation in the field of women’s studies.[1] She identifies as a Powhatan-Renape/Pamunkey Native American.[2] She taught at Purdue University for 22 years, and is now a professor emerita. The Phoebe Farris papers are held in the Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections.[3] She has regularly authored articles in Cultural Survival Quarterly.[4]
Farris received a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the City University of New York, a master's degree in art therapy from Pratt Institute and a doctorate in art education from the University of Maryland.[5]
Farris has exhibited her documentary photography all over the world and curated traveling exhibits, including Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals for the US Department of State.[6] Since the 1980's, the subjects of her work have focused on documentation of contemporary Native American culture east of the Mississippi River and in the Caribbean.[7]
Published work
[edit]- Art Therapy And Psychotherapy: Blending Two Therapeutic Approaches[8]
- Voices of Color: Art and Society in the Americas[9]
- Women Artists of Color: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas [10]
- Mentors of Diversity[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Author to discuss contemporary Native American women artists | News | Bates College". www.bates.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ "In Her Words: Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Renape/Pamunkey) - Mongoos Magazine". Mongoos Magazine. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ "Phoebe Farris papers, 1989-2011 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections". www4.lib.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ "Search". www.culturalsurvival.org. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ "Author to discuss contemporary Native American women artists". bates.edu. 2002-11-05. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ Farris, Phoebe (2006). "Visual Power: 21 st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals" (PDF). KU Scholar Works.
- ^ "Phoebe Farris". pasleyplace.com. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
- ^ D., Coleman, Victoria (1996). Art therapy and psychotherapy : blending two therapeutic approaches. Farris-Dufrene, Phoebe M. Washington, DC: Accelerated Development. ISBN 978-1560324898. OCLC 33820452.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Voices of color : art and society in the Americas. Farris-Dufrene, Phoebe M. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press. 1997. ISBN 978-0391039919. OCLC 34598143.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Women artists of color : a bio-critical sourcebook to 20th century artists in the Americas. Farris, Phoebe, 1952-. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0313303746. OCLC 40193578.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Farris, Phoebe (January 2006). "Mentors of Diversity: A Tribute". Art Therapy. 23 (2): 86–88. doi:10.1080/07421656.2006.10129645. ISSN 0742-1656.
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Phoebe Farris is the Contributing Arts Editor for Cultural Survival Quarterly. A recent article,"Selene Phillips' Flambeau Seasons" is in Vol.42 Issue 3, September 2018.
Farris is also a free lance writer for the National Museum of the American magazine. Their Vol.20 No.1, Spring 2019 issue features her article," Virginia's Pivotal Year: Four Centuries of American Evolution".
Phoebe Farris's photography and her 2015 essay, "Arts and Activism: Defining Homeland" can be found in the catalog for the international exhibition, "The Map is Not the Territory:Parallel Paths-Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish".