Healing through Native Creativity: Artist Conversation with Matagi Sorensen

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Video Title: Healing through Native Creativity: Artist Conversation with Matagi Sorensen
Description: Matagi Sorensen (Yavapai Apache Nation) Jewelry Matagi Sorensen is a contemporary artist who creates hand-fabricated and lost wax-cast jewelry. His designs are sleek, modern, and draw from traditional motifs rooted in his heritage. Since graduating from Northern Arizona University with a BFA in 2011, Sorensen has exhibited throughout the country at various shows, including the Southwest Indian Arts Fair, SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market, Eiteljorg Indian Market and Festival, Autry American Indian Art Market, and the Native Art Market at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He is currently pursuing an MFA at Arizona State University where he is furthering his knowledge and skills in metalsmithing and design, as well as experimenting with natural and culturally traditional materials. December 4–6, 2020, the museum was pleased to present selected artists from past Native Art Markets to share stories about their art and latest creations. Through the beauty and solemnity of their creative pieces, these artists encourage us all to look forward to a future of good health and social justice.
Video Duration: 18 min 59 sec
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