Announcement: Conner Byestewa Jr. Award Artist Janet Travis
The Tribal EPA Region 9 Conference announces the 2021 Tribal EPA Region 9 Conference Conner Byestewa, Jr. Award Artist Janet Travis.
JANET TRAVIS
The 2021 Tribal EPA Region 9 Conference is proud to introduce Janet Travis, our featured artist. Janet reached out to us and generously offered to create the beautiful art pieces that will be gifted to the winners of the Connor Byestewa, Jr. Award.
Janet is a glass artist and sculptor who currently resides in the Arts District in Phoenix, Arizona. She is Maricopa and is enrolled at the Gila River Indian Community. Fourteen years ago Janet left a career working for her tribe in the environmental field to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She returned to the Phoenix area in 2012 to be near her family and picked up where she left off in the Tribal environmental field. Janet works with glass, clay, and natural materials for cultural pieces. In her own words, “IAIA opened a new world for me, an exciting balance of traditional and contemporary. It made me anxious to explore my potential and gave me the courage and skills to try.”
Janet’s work has been displayed at the Huhugam Heritage Center, the Heard Museum, local businesses and galleries, and multiple juried art markets as well as individual commissions for larger ceramic pieces and cultural items. Her most rewarding work is done primarily for free – she creates glass beads with cremation ashes encased inside.
We are honored to have Janet Travis create these unique art pieces for our Connor Byestewa Jr. Award winners.
It is not too late to submit a nomination. We have extended the nomination deadline to September 24, 2021.
JANET TRAVIS ARTWORK
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