Email Leslie at [email protected] with any questions!
Dawn Spears, (Narragansett) Director of Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance (NIAA) has worked regionally to support Indigenous arts, most recently focus has been to promote markets in New England, initiating IFAM East in 2016 and in 2017 was contracted to produce the inaugural 2018 Abbe Museum Indian Market.
Dawn served as the Narragansett Tribe’s Tribal Secretary for two terms, she is a past board member for Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, and Native Americans in Philanthropy. Dawn currently serves on the Narragansett Tribes’ Election Committee and Economic Development Commission.
In 2021, she was nominated as the first New Bedford Art Museum, Artist in Residence. She is a 2020 Assets for Artists grantee, a 2015 RI State Council for the Arts (RISCA) Master Apprenticeship grantee, and in 2014, along with her husband they formed the Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Dawn and her husband Cassius have been married for thirty-six years, with three children: Cassius Jr., Kiowa and Coty and seven grandchildren, their work together truly supports the belief in the preservation and education of our culture and traditions, Dawn has been teaching and demonstrating for over 25 years in many forms of art and still works creatively when time allows, exhibiting and selling at local galleries and markets. Dawn continues to work consulting regionally and nationally supporting arts programming and business training for artists.
@dspears85 – dmspears.artspan.com
Dawn Spears Portfolio
Check out her interview on Rise and Thrive with Tailinh Agoyo
Dawn served as the Narragansett Tribe’s Tribal Secretary for two terms, she is a past board member for Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, and Native Americans in Philanthropy. Dawn currently serves on the Narragansett Tribes’ Election Committee and Economic Development Commission.
In 2021, she was nominated as the first New Bedford Art Museum, Artist in Residence. She is a 2020 Assets for Artists grantee, a 2015 RI State Council for the Arts (RISCA) Master Apprenticeship grantee, and in 2014, along with her husband they formed the Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Dawn and her husband Cassius have been married for thirty-six years, with three children: Cassius Jr., Kiowa and Coty and seven grandchildren, their work together truly supports the belief in the preservation and education of our culture and traditions, Dawn has been teaching and demonstrating for over 25 years in many forms of art and still works creatively when time allows, exhibiting and selling at local galleries and markets. Dawn continues to work consulting regionally and nationally supporting arts programming and business training for artists.
@dspears85 – dmspears.artspan.com
Dawn Spears Portfolio
Check out her interview on Rise and Thrive with Tailinh Agoyo
Gathering Seeds 2.1
We Are the Seeds in partnership with the Tomaquag Museum is producing Gathering Seeds 2.1, a year-long series of free monthly virtual workshops facilitated by Indigenous artists. The series aims to bring light, joy, and connection to this challenging time. Gathering Seeds 2.1 is funded in part by Squam and is free and open to the public. An art background is not required.
Check back here for updates as we add artists and workshops throughout 2021.
We Are the Seeds in partnership with the Tomaquag Museum is producing Gathering Seeds 2.1, a year-long series of free monthly virtual workshops facilitated by Indigenous artists. The series aims to bring light, joy, and connection to this challenging time. Gathering Seeds 2.1 is funded in part by Squam and is free and open to the public. An art background is not required.
Check back here for updates as we add artists and workshops throughout 2021.
