Noelle Garcia, Little Fat Jackrabbit Girl (detail), 2024, mixed-media.
Join Center for Native Futures for a talk with their 2023 Artist-in-Residence, Noelle Garcia (Klamath, Paiute). A reception with light refreshments follows the presentation.
Based in the Chicago area, Noelle Garcia is an artist and educator who focuses on themes of identity, family history and recovered narratives in her work. She is an indigenous artist from the Klamath and Paiute tribes. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her paintings, drawings, and soft sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and institutions across the United States. Garcia has earned awards and fellowships at various institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Nevada Arts Council, the Illinois Arts Council, and the American Indian Graduate Center.