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Carrie Reede Curley

I am 26 years old, residing on the San Carlos Apache Reservation. I have always done art ever since I can remember. As a little girl I used to make drawings for my mom and family. I would make birthday cards for Shi’maa (my mom) instead of buying them; even then I knew I loved creating art for others, it brought me joy. In high school I was the cartoonist for the school paper and from there I was asked to do my first mural at the Globe High School. After graduating, I knew I wanted to pursue art. I will be receiving my AA in art this spring from Eastern Arizona College.

I have been an active artist for the last six years. My first solo art show in Oct. 2012 was at a small coffee shop called the Vide E Café in Globe which featured another art piece of mine that was chosen as the poster for the annual Apache Jii festival in downtown in Globe. Then in Feb. 2013 I was one of the female artists at the Navajo Nation Museum & Ziindi all female artists showcase, ‘Ch ikeeh baa hozho’. This year I was asked to assist in the Honor the Treaties, Water is Life campaign by helping artists Thomas Greyeyes and Vansler Nosie in creating a mural on one of the water tanks on the San Carlos Apache reservation. I felt honored that I had been asked to be a part of this and to see it come alive was a blessing. It has so much to say about our culture here in San Carlos and the importance of water and our sacred ways.

Excerpt from Reede Curley, Carrie. 2014. “Artist’s Statement: Inspiration.”
Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social 14(1): 10-11.

"Spirit of the Dresses" by Carrie Reede Curley (Apache)
“Spirit of the Dresses” by Carrie Reede Curley (Apache)
"Apache Blue" by Carrie Reede Curley (Apache)
“Apache Blue” by Carrie Reede Curley (Apache)

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