If you need a break from terrible news, check out this interview I did with Nizhonniya Austin, aka Cara from 'The Curse,' one of the most interesting characters in one of TV's most interesting shows, a contemporary Native artist who's morally complicated, and according to Austin, not particularly likeable.
Austin is a real life contemporary Native artist, and she told me about how some artists use identity to advance their careers.
“There’s a lot that goes into being an artist as well — putting that mask on for wealthy people and mingling with them and pretending that you like them, just so that they could buy something and you can pay your bills.” ---Nizhonniya Austin (Dine & Tlingit)
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"Native people don’t need to play just Native people."
“There’s a lot that goes into being an artist as well — putting that mask on for wealthy people and mingling with them and pretending that you like them, just so that they could buy something and you can pay your bills.”
Good interview, interesting topic. Full interview anywhere?
@ArrowbearMoore Thank you! This is actually the extended version. (The print version is slightly shorter bc of space constraints. 😓) Editing it down was not easy because she had so many thoughtful, interesting things to say.
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