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Chip Thomas, aka “jetsonorama” is a photographer, public artist, activist and physician who has been working between Monument Valley and The Grand Canyon on the Navajo nation since 1987. There, he coordinates the Painted Desert Project – a community-building project which manifests as a constellation of murals across the Navajo Nation painted by artists from all over the rez + the world. These murals aim to reflect love and appreciation of the rich history shared by the Navajo people back to Navajo people. As a member of the Justseeds Artists Co-operative, he appreciates the opportunity to be part of a community of like-minded, socially engaged artists. You can find his large-scale photographs pasted on the roadside, on the sides of houses in the northern Arizona desert, on the graphics of the Peoples Climate March, Justseeds and 350.org carbon emissions campaign material. Thomas was a 2018 recipient of a Kindle Project gift and in 2020 was one of a handful of artists chosen by the UN to recognize the 75th anniversary of the UN's founding. Artists were chosen to generate work that "contributes to the envisioning and shaping of a more resilient and sustainable future. It is hoped that this work will amplify and accelerate implementation of the UN Global Sustainability Goals with a focus on communities and climate action."
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
pandemic chronicles – volume 1Baylor University
pandemic chronicles – volume 1Bucknell University
Native Enslavement in the Americas TimelineCollege of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Native Enslavement in the Americas TimelineMaryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
pandemic chronicles – volume 1School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Native Enslavement in the Americas Timelinepandemic chronicles – volume 1University of California, Davis (UC Davis)
pandemic chronicles – volume 1University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
Native Enslavement in the Americas Timeline