Considering Indigenous Arts: The Connections of Ledger Art and Comics

The history of ledger art, a particular form of visual art popularized by Native artists, has a close relationship with Florida. One of the largest collections of ledger art grew out of the imprisonment in the 1870s of Plain Indians prisoners of war at Fort Marion (the Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine. In this talk, Dr. Jeremy Carnes considers the connections between this artwork and the much more contemporary Indigenous comics that have become popular the world over. Much of the current trajectory in contemporary Indigenous visual art has ties to Florida, for better or worse. With support from Florida Humanities, admission is free to this Native American Heritage Month program.