Betty LaDuke explained

Betty LaDuke (née Bernstein; born 1933) is an American artist and writer from Oregon.^[1] She is the mother of activist Winona LaDuke.

Early life

LaDuke was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1933. Her family spoke Yiddish.^[2] She attended the High School of Music and Art in New York starting at age sixteen, and later studied at Denver University, the Cleveland Institute of Art.^[1] In the fifties she received a scholarship which allowed her to study art at Mexico's Instituto Allende from 1953 through 1956.^{[1] [3]} During her time in Mexico she lived with the Indigenous Otomi, whose concern with the preservation of their heritage profoundly influenced LaDuke's work.

Works

• Play Free (1968)^[1]
• India: The Hindu Marriage, (1972)
• Tuk Tuk, Samosir Island, Sumatra (1974)
• Ubud, Bali, (1974)
• Coming of Age Dance, Sumatra, (1974)
• Mexico, (1978)
• Mexico, Easter, (1978)
• Mexico, Easter Celebration, (1978)
• Borneo: Rite of Passage, (1980)
• Nicaragua, (1982)
• Haitian Art: Five Women Painters, (1984) Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art and Literature^[4]
• Behind the Walls Birds Sing, (1986)
• LaDuke, B. (1991). Africa Through the eyes of women artists. New Jersey: Africa World Press. 148 pages. ISBN 0-86543-198-1
• Eritrea/Ethiopia: Where Have All the Fathers Gone (1998)
• Africa: women's art, women's lives (1998)

Collections and exhibits

LaDuke's work is held by the Portland Art Museum.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russell . Kristi L. . 24 June 2022 . Betty LaDuke (1933-) . 18 March 2017 . .
2. Web site: Winona LaDuke’s Last Battle . Belt Magazine . 2024-08-05.
3. Web site: 19 March 2017. dead. 2023-03-25. THE ARTIST AS VISIONARY: BETTY LADUKE'S AFRICAN SAFARIS OF PEACE. https://web.archive.org/web/20230325161717/http://tetworld.tripod.com/bd.html. Orenstein. Gloria F.. Tetworld.
4. La Duke . Betty . 1984 . Haitian Art: Five Women Painters . Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art and Literature . 6 . 2 . 6–21.
5. Web site: Online Collections: Betty LaDuke. . 19 March 2017.