{"id":14693,"date":"2023-03-21T08:58:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/wilkinson\/2023\/03\/21\/ellingson-family-gift-supports-escalette-acquisition-of-contemporary-native-american-art\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:53:31","slug":"ellingson-family-gift-supports-escalette-acquisition-of-contemporary-native-american-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/2023\/03\/21\/ellingson-family-gift-supports-escalette-acquisition-of-contemporary-native-american-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellingson Family Gift Supports Escalette Acquisition of Contemporary Native American Art\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkinson College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/arts\/escalette-collection.aspx\">Escalette Collection<\/a> is delighted to announce a gift from the Ellingson Family to support its goal of building an inclusive permanent collection. For the past three years, annual donations from the Ellingsons have allowed the Escalette to expand targeted areas of the Collection. This year\u2019s gift was used to acquire work by Native American and indigenous artists from the Southern California region. The new acquisitions include photography, painting, prints, and sculpture by Gerald Clarke, Katie Dorame, Mercedes Dorame, River Garza, Cara Romero, and Laurie Steelink.<\/p>\n<p>An exhibition of this work is on view in Roosevelt Hall as part of Wilkinson College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/about\/events\/etw-ethnicstudies.aspx\">Engaging the World: Leading the Conversation on the Significance of Ethnic Studies<\/a> initiative. This exhibition, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/scalar.chapman.edu\/scalar\/we-were-then-we-are-now-\/index\">WE WERE THEN, WE ARE NOW<\/a>, was curated by students in Dr. Fiona Shen\u2019s First-Year Foundations class last semester..<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/12\/15\/we-wre-then-we-are-now\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14694\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14694\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14694\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-6.jpg 446w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerald Clarke, One Tract Mind: Baskets, digital photograph printed on canvas, 2009. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Gerald Clarke\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gerald Clarke is an interdisciplinary artist and Professor of Ethnic Studies at UC Riverside. Using various found and created materials, Gerald challenges stereotypical ideas of contemporary Native American art. The two works in the Escalette Collection capture Gerald\u2019s use of humor and satire to confront social and political issues in the United States from a decolonial perspective. Gerald Clarke came to campus during the Fall 2022 semester as part of Wilkinson College\u2019s Engaging the World: Ethnic Studies series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read more about Gerald\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/09\/27\/gerald-clarke-and-creative-sovereignty\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nWatch Gerald\u2019s lecture <a href=\"https:\/\/video.chapman.edu\/V\/Video?v=6011227&amp;node=26807821&amp;a=594059155&amp;autoplay=1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14695\" style=\"width: 362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14695\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14695\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-5.jpg 506w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Dorame, L.A. Overseer, inkjet print of digitized collage and watercolor painting, 2020. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Katie Dorame<\/h3>\n<p>Katie Dorame is an interdisciplinary artist of Tongva heritage. The Escalette Collection acquired several works from her CA Collages series, which<\/p>\n<p>incorporates images taken from textbooks, art auction catalogs, magazines, and found photographs to investigate how representation contributes to the myth-making surrounding Native American culture and the Southern California landscape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read more about Katie\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/12\/16\/katie-dorame\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14696\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14696\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14696\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-4.jpg 489w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mercedes Dorame, Our House Made of Spiderwebs &#8211; \u2018Eyookin Wereechey, archival pigment print, 2018. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Mercedes Dorame<\/h3>\n<p>Mercedes Dorame is a Tongva artist who uses mainly photography and installations to create interventions in the Southern California landscape. Recreating aspects of traditional Tongva ceremonies, Mercedes seeks to reclaim and recontextualize Indigenous land. The two works acquired by the Escalette Collection of Art feature a red string &#8211; a detail used in nearly all of Mercedes\u2019 works that encompasses and extends beyond the visible space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read more about Mercedes\u2019 work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/06\/27\/mercedes-dorame-gabrielino-tongva\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14697\" style=\"width: 314px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14697\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14697\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-3.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-3-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">River Garza, Pow wow round 2, acrylic, marker, spray paint, color pencil, and enamel on paper, 2019. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>River Garza<\/h3>\n<p>River Garza is a Tongva artist based in Los Angeles. Inspired by Southern Californian indigenous maritime culture, skateboarding, graffiti, and Low Rider culture, River disrupts stereotypical representations of Native American and indigenous culture. Complicating these representations with layers of paint and traditional mark-making, River asserts visual sovereignty and raises awareness of the Tongva in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read more about River\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/09\/14\/river-garza\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14698\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14698\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14698\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2.jpg 1104w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2-880x1024.jpg 880w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-2-768x893.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cara Romero, Naomi, photograph printed on Legacy Platine paper, 2017. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Cara Romero<\/h3>\n<p>Cara Romero is a photographer and member of the Chemehuevi Indian tribe. Through her work, Cara combats static representations of Native American culture and replaces them with photographs that share the rich and diverse experiences of Native American people living today. One of the works in the Escalette Collection by Cara Romero is part of her First American Girl series, which celebrates the traditional knowledge that Native American women have sustained through generations into today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Read more about Cara\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/03\/14\/challenging-the-male-gaze\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14699\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14699\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14699\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-1.jpg 549w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/03\/native-america-1-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie Steelink, The Mothership II, archival digital print with acrylic paint, ink, and sewn sea beads, 2021. Purchased with funds from the Ellingson Family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Laurie Steelink<\/h3>\n<p>Laurie Steelink is an interdisciplinary artist and founder of Cornelius Projects, a contemporary art gallery in San Pedro, CA. Using sculpture, printmaking, photography, and installation work, Laurie captures the experience of reconnecting with her Akimel O\u2019otham heritage. The two works acquired by the Escalette Collection are a print and sculpture made from deconstructed paintings made early in her career that have been transformed (or have shape-shifted) into new works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Learn more about Laurie\u2019s work <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/collections\/2022\/07\/26\/laurie-steelink\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilkinson College\u2019s Escalette Collection is delighted to announce a gift from the Ellingson Family to support its goal of building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":14697,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"Jessica Bocinski","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2630,5,2631],"tags":[3448,2791,2792],"class_list":["post-14693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-art-collections","category-news","category-wilkinson-college","tag-contemporary-native-american-art","tag-ellingson-family","tag-escalette-collection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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