Judith Lowry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowry, Judith, 1948- artist.

Contributor:

Melero-Moose, Melissa, 1974- curator, essayist.

Wolfe, Ann M., curator.

Nevada Museum of Art, organizer, host museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lowry, Judith, 1948---Exhibitions.

Lowry, Judith.

Lowry, Judith, 1948---Art collections--Exhibitions.

Indian painting--California--Exhibitions.

Indian painting.

Indian painting--Nevada--Exhibitions.

Indian art--Private collections--California--Exhibitions.

Indian art.

Kitsch--Themes, motives--Private collections--California--Exhibitions.

Kitsch.

Indians in popular culture--North America.

Indians in popular culture.

Indians in advertising--North America.

Indians in advertising.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 33 cm.

Manufacture:

China

Other Title:

Title of exhibition: Art of Judith Lowry

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada : Nevada Museum of Art, 2024.

Summary:

"In her large-scale and colorful paintings, Judith Lowry (Mountain Maidu/Pit River/Washoe) chronicles the stories of her family and the legends, traditions, and complexities of her Indigenous ancestry. Born to a Euro-Australian mother, and a father who traced his roots to Native Northern California and Scots-Irish cultures, Lowry's works reflect the Indigenous creation stories her father shared. She considers her paintings a modern extension of storytelling and a way of recording the oral histories of her family and community. This retrospective exhibition features Lowry's paintings alongside a concurrent exhibition featuring highlights from Lowry's personal art collection that she recently donated to the Nevada Museum of Art. The conversations that unfold in Lowry's paintings and the work of her friends and colleagues represent a lifetime of dialogue about ideas and issues that have shaped her life. Lowry earned her B.A. in fine art from Humboldt State University, followed by an M.A. in painting and drawing from Chico State University. A resident of both Nevada City and Susanville, CA, and is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Pit River Tribe. Lowry's work has been exhibited widely and her paintings are included in the permanent collections of major museums including the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; the Peabody Essex Museum; the Crocker Art Museum; the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, the Denver Art Museum, and the Nevada Museum of Art. This exhibition is co-curated by Melissa Melero-Moose (Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe) and Ann M. Wolfe, the Museum's Andrea and John C. Deane Family Chief Curator and Associate Director."--Nevada Museum of Art description of exhibition.

Contents:

Preface / Ann M. Wolfe

The art of Judith Lowry / Melissa Melero-Moose

Judith Lowry: aiming for the heart / Lucy R. Lippard

Offerings of solace and strength / Anya Montiel

Going home and the power of Molly's story / Rebecca Dobkins

The obedient wives / Anastasia Kinigopoulo

Complicating matters / Lara M. Evans

Looking home: remembering a Native American family: works of painter Judith Lowry and photographer Dugan Aguilar / Theresa Harlan

Plates: all artworks are by Judith Lowry

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Suzan Shown Harjo

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Karen Kramer

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Stacey Montooth

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Jean LaMarr

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Scott A. Shields

Home to Medicine Mountain: a children's book illustrated by Judith Lowry and written by Chiori Santiago, originally published by Lee & Low Books, 1998

Lowry Croul collection of contemporary Native American art

The Lowry archive collection of cultural ephemera

About the artist

About the museum

Image credits

Nevada Museum of Art Board of Trustees as of November 2024.

Native American art in the Lowry Croul Collection (title of artwork is followed by the name of the artist): Sister Series for Judith Lowry / Frank Tuttle

Klamath Lakes Woman / Julian Lang

Modern Times / George Longfish

Owl / Rick Bartow

Puppets and Fools (Little Narratives XXVII) / Rick Bartow

Grasshopper Stitch Basket / Annie Gorbet

Cone Shape Gift Basket / Dr. Julia Parker

Feather Dance Bear / Lucky Preston

Maidu Doll-Sized Cradleboard Basket / Susan Campbell

Urban Indian Girls / Jean LaMarr

Lighting Up / Jean LaMarr

Indian Queen / Jean LaMarr

Bear Dance Poster, 1980 / Jean LaMarr

Bear Dance Poster, 1981 / Jean LaMarr

Lost Dream / Tom Lowry

Untitled / Dano-Koo

Untitled / Stan Padilla

[Angel] / Stan Padilla

Beaded Basket / Shiwaya Peck

Seed Beater / Shiwaya Peck

Burden Basket / / Shiwaya Peck

Large Cradle Basket / / Shiwaya Peck

Feather Basket / / Shiwaya Peck

Soulmates / Sharol Graves

Edge of the Earth People: Protecting Ourselves / Frank LaPena

Untitled / Frank LaPena

Songs of Spring / Fank LaPena

Shasta Night / Fank LaPena

The Sound of Insects and Heat / Fank LaPena

Sleepy Time / Fank LaPena

Gathering and Feast Time / Fank LaPena

Insects and Other Beings / Frank LaPena

Miracle Waters Healer / Fank LaPena

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Wanda Enos Batchelor

Rico Miranda, California Indian Museum Honored Elders Day / Dugan Aguilar

Adam Enos in Regalia during a Maidu Dance / Dugan Aguilar

Tuolumne Rancheria Roundhouse / Dugan Aguilar

Stormy Rojas, Brush Dance, Klamath River / Dugan Aguilar

Mamie Burrows Powell, California Indian Museum Honored Elders Day / Dugan Aguilar

Bear Dance, Rattlesnake Flag (maple and alderwood) / Dugan Aguilar

Frank LaPena, Maidu Traditionalist / Francisco J. Dominguez

Pomo Dance / Francisco J. Dominguez

Maidu Dancer / Gerald Farren

The War Dance (Winement Wintu War Dance performed at the American River in Sacramento, CA) / Francisco J. Dominguez

Bertha Norton's (Maidu and Wintun Tribes) 101 Birthday Party at California State Indian Museum, Sacramento, Calif. / Francisco J. Dominguez

Fred Alvarez / Dugan Aguilar

Harry Fonseca painting at Shingle Springs / Dugan Aguilar

No War in Iraq Protest in San Francisco, Calif. with Floyd Red Crow Westerman and Joan Baez / Francisco J. Dominguez

Rose Bowl Parade Native Protest, Pasadena, Calif. / Francisco J. Dominguez

Untitled / Brian Tripp

In America, Sometimes I Don't Exist / Brian Tripp

My Prayers Are With You / Brian Tripp

[Car Crash Necklace] / Brian Tripp

Standing Watch / Jack Alvarez

Today / Jack Alvarez

In Nature / Jack Alvarez

Testimonials / Jack Alvarez

Dal and Wife / Dalbert Castro

Maidu Deer Hunters / Dalbert Castro

Basketmaker / Dalbert Castro

Untitled / Dalbert Castro

Goshawk / Dalbert Castro

Nisenan "Jommy Se" (Doctor) / Dalbert Castro

Keddie Peak, Sierra Nevada, view from Greenville, California / Lorena Gorbet

Beaded bottles and jugs / Lorena Gorbet

Stone Poem / Harry Fonseca

The Discovery of Gold and Souls in California / Harry Fonseca

St. Francis of Assisi / Harry Fonseca

Untitled from the series Gift of California / Harry Fonseca

Untitled / Harry Fonseca

Untitled (Coyote Dancer) / Harry Fonseca

When Coyote Leaves the Reservation / Harry Fonseca

Rose / Harry Fonseca

Coyote (For Harry) / Tiffany Adams

Coyote Steps Out / Lyn Risling

Necklaces / Tiffany Adams

[Commentary about Judith Lowry] / Peggy Berryhill

Pukunee [Mountain Lion with Hunter] / Frank Day

Untitled / Frank Day

[Insect People] / Sheldon Harvey

The Stare that Kills / Bill Soza "War Soldier".

Notes:

Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Art of Judith Lowry," presented in the Jeffrey Morby Family Gallery at the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, March 22, 2025-November 16, 2025.

Exhibition curators: Melissa Melero-Moose, Ann M. Wolfe.

Contributors: Wanda Enos Batchelor, Peggy Berryhill, Suzan Shown Harjo, Karen Kramer, Jean LaMarr, Stacey Montooth, and Scott A. Shields.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cited in:

Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (June 30, 2025) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx

ISBN:

9798218556877

OCLC:

1523802613

Publisher Number:

9798218556877 54000

Online:

Nevada Museum of Art website (viewed June 16, 2025)