Sheila Kanieson Ransom Explained

Sheila Kanieson Ransom
Birth Date: 1954
Birth Place:Five Nations (Iroquois Confederacy), New York
Field:basketry

Sheila Kanieson Ransom (born 1954, Five Nations Haudenosaunee, New York)[1] is an artist known for her sweetgrass and black ash basket making.[2] Her weaving represents her efforts in preserving Akwesasne culture.[3] Her work is in the New York State Museum[4] [5] and the Hood Museum of Art.[6] Her work, Pope Basket, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign in 2022.[7] [8] In 2012, Ransom gifted a version of Pope Basket to Pope Benedict XVI after the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sheila Kanieson Ransom . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 25 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Craft Speaks: Sheila Ransom . Honoring The Future . 25 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Smithsonian American Art Museum acquires basket of local sweetgrass . Southeastern Quilt Museum . 25 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Mohawk Basket Acquired by NYS Museum . Indian Time . 25 December 2022 . en.
  5. Web site: Native American Heritage Month - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation . 2023-01-02 . www.dec.ny.gov.
  6. Web site: Sweet 16 . Hood Museum . 25 December 2022 . en.
  7. Book: Savig . Mary . Atkinson . Nora . Montiel . Anya . This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World . 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Washington, DC . 9781913875268 . 228–238.
  8. Web site: Pope Basket . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 25 December 2022.
  9. Web site: Craft Speaks: Sheila Ransom . 2023-01-02 . Honoring The Future . en-US.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sheila Kanieson Ransom".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.