Kelly Church: A Closer Look
Learn how Indigenous artist Kelly Church’s Sustaining Traditions-Digital Teachings (2018) engages her Ottawa/Potawatomi Anishinaabe heritage and knowledge of the ecology of the Great Lakes region. Drawing on her work as a black ash basket weaver, educator, and activist, you can reflect on your culture and the knowledge that you and your family hold.
“I create baskets to educate, to humor, to engage people in conversation, to get people to think, to learn, to share, to give a voice [to] the traditions of yesterday and combine these teachings with my role in a contemporary world today.”
—Kelly Church
Kelly Church (b. 1967) is an Indigenous artist of Ottawa/Potawatomi Anishinaabe descent from Hopkins, Michigan. She is a fifth-generation black ash basket weaver, educator, activist, and traditional knowledge keeper.
