“Voices of Indigenous Artists”: Rochelle Kulei--Shoshone Nation

In this interview, Nikolyn Garner talks with Rochelle Kulei--a renowned artist, educator and member of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation--about her artistic practice, sources of inspiration, background and work as an educator. Rochelle is on the Art faculty at Portland Community College.

Nikolyn Garner (Kansas/Oneida/Cherokee) is an artist, art historian, curator and educator. She is on the faculty at both the University of Montana and Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon. She conceptualized and is organizing and producing the “Voices of Indigenous Artists” project.

The “Voices of Indigenous Artists” project has the intention of bringing Indigenous voices into the art history classroom. It is a collaborative project made possible with the help of the:

School of Art at the University of Montana,

Art Departments at Portland Community College (PCC),

Native American Studies Department at PCC,

University of Montana Foundation,

Video Production Unit & Online Learning at PCC

Video produced by the Video Production Unit & Online Learning at Portland Community College

Michael Annus: Producer, director, camera & sound, editor

Lucia DeLisa: Editor