PHOTO SHOOT: urbannativegirl w/ Anne McKay storyboots by Manitobah Mukluks now at Free People - bit.ly/1nn6swD
Louie Gong (pictured 3rd from the left in the last photo) is an educator, activist, and artist who was raised by his grandparents in the Nooksack tribal community. He is the past President of MAVIN, co-developer of the Mixed Heritage Center, and a former child and family therapist. Louie is also the founder of Eighth Generation, through which he merges traditional Coast Salish art and icons from popular culture to make strong statements about identity, such as his highly sought-after, hand-drawn custom shoes. Louie’s latest creation is called “Mockups”, a DIY art toy based on his work with youth and his desire to a make the experience of personalizing a pair of shoes more accessible.
Louie is proud to have represented his family and community through keynote level presentations and custom shoe workshops around the world, as well as in media such as NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, and Indian Country Today. His unique merger of art and activism is the subject of UNRESERVED: the Work of Louie Gong, a Longhouse Media film that was selected to screen at prestigious film festivals around the world, including Festival De Cannes and National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival.
In 2012, Louie began an artistic partnership with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian called Design Yourself: I AM NMAI, and a collaboration with Manitobah Mukluks that led to the “LG Gatherer”, a limited edition boot that has already sold out of it’s first 3 runs.
Louie was recently honored by being named to Native Max Magazine’s list of the “Top 10 Inspirational Native’s: Past and Present” and received the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Adeline Garcia’s Community Service Award, through which the nation’s largest Urban Indian Health Clinic recognizes community leaders for volunteer service.
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Navajo modeling for Irene Begay dresses.
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Ryan Young Fuses Culture, Pride and Fashion together with INDIGENEITY.
View and read about Ryan Young’s photo project, INDIGENEITY, featuring native students attending UW-Madison.
http://nativemax.com/ryan-young-fuses-culture-pride-and-fashion-together-with-indigeneity/
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New tank top by Jared Yazzie (Navajo) for OxDx. Click here to shop now.
bag & scarf by Diné designer Penny Singer (model: Lisa Two-Charge)
Jenny Holzer - Abuse of power comes as no surprise
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