Anita Fields

Anita Fields
Born Anita Lutrell
1951
Hominy, OK
Nationality Osage Nation-Muscogee (Creek) Nation (American)
Alma mater Institute of American Indian Arts, Oklahoma State University
Known for earthenware sculpture, ceramics, Osage ribbonwork
Spouse(s) Tom Fields
Website nativefieldsart.com

Anita Fields (born 1951) is a Osage/Muscogee Creek Native American artist from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Fields is nationally recognized for her unique rendering of ceramic sculptures and mixed-media installations. As a Native American ceramic artist, she has created conceptual installations.[1] Fields specializes in ceramics, non-functional earthenware, and ribbonwork.[2]

Museums that have collected Fields' work include the Heard Museum, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and the Museum of Art and Design. Her work has also been included in exhibitions such as Atlatl's "Who Stole the Tepee" at the National Museum of the American Indian and the "Legacy of the Generations: American Indian Women Potters" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[3]

Early life

Anita Luttrell was born in Hominy, Oklahoma, on the Osage Nation. She is dually enrolled as Osage and Muscogee Creek. She grew up on her grandfather's allotment until she was around eight years old, when her family moved to Colorado. Fields lived in Colorado until she was 18 years old. Her father was a guide and outfitter, as well as a welder, and her mother was a housewife. Fields' grandmother on her mother's side was a seamstress and taught Fields how to sew when she was a young girl. Fields enjoyed making clothes for her favorite doll and relished in these artistic outlets from an early age.[3]

While at school in Colorado, Fields was taught how to make a fresco and a collage in the third grade. Her teacher at the time was passionate about the arts and influenced Fields' own love for art that would develop through time.[3]

Education

After graduating from high school, Fields went to the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a time. She originally went there to paint but was exposed to many different media such as video and multi-media, clay, and sculpture, which expanded her focus. Fields met her husband, Tom Fields (Muscogee Creek/Cherokee), in Colorado over a holiday. Fields left the institute to raise a family with Tom. While she raised her children, Fields never stopped taking classes at community centers and museums. During this time Fields learned Osage finger weaving and ribbonwork. The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education hired Tom, so the couple moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma. Fields enrolled at Oklahoma State University and graduated with a bachelor degree in fine arts.[4]

Artwork

Starting out, Fields began making non-functional sculptures, such as little figurines.[3] Fields made an entire series of little clay boxes with smaller clay figures inside of them. During this period, Fields developed a lot of her work through the process of terra sigillata. Fields made a series of clay parfleches. She was especially interested in the metaphor these parfleches provided of the culture of the times and was fascinated by what we make to take care of ourselves. Other examples of her work include masks, platters, buckskin dresses, and abstracted figurative work. Her depiction of domestic motifs is intended to honor all women.[5] After witnessing the graffiti work of her son, Fields was inspired to start incorporating distorted messages on her work.[6]

Exhibitions

Fields' work has been displayed in many museums.[3] A sample of these include:

Criticism and press

Additionally, Fields' art has been published in several works,[8] including:

References

  1. ↑ Women artists of the American West. Ressler, Susan R. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. 2003. ISBN 078641054X. OCLC 50840919.
  2. ↑ Haden, Rebecca. "Osage Ribbon Work". myfreshplans.com. WordPress. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Pearson-Little Thunder, Julie (February 14, 2011). "Oral history interview with Anita Fields". Spotlighting Oklahoma Oral History Project. Oklahoma Native Artists. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Oklahoma Teaching Artists: Anita Fields". arts.ok.gov. Oklahoma Arts Council. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Susan. "Pottery by American Indian Women The Legacy of Generations:The Avant-Garde". cla.purdue.edu. Abbeville Press and The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "OK Contemporary Native Artists Series: Anita Fields". ou.edu. The University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Polacca, Benny (2 Feb 2018). "'Fluent Generations' exhibit celebrates artistic works of the Fields family". Osage News. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Anita Fields Earthen Thoughts". arts.ok.gov. Oklahoma Arts Council. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Neil-Binion, Denise (Spring 2013). "Anita Fields: Ny.o.ka^.ska Wa.k'o Y.na Wa.ka.xe Vky". First American Art Magazine. 0 (0): 18–23. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  • Native Fields Art, official website of Tom and Anita Fields
  • "Contemporary Art Forms to Convey a Traditional Story". eiteljorg.com. Eiteljorg Museum. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  • "Native Fields Art". Anita and Tom Fields. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  • Oklahoma Native Artists Oral History Project, Oklahoma State University Library
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