Artwork copyright Susan Stewart. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Dream Journey, 1987

Susan Stewart
(American | Crow Tribe of Montana, born 1953)

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School, Vancouver

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Dream Journey is a drawing by Native American artist Susan Stewart. She used black paper to symbolize night, and spiral, arrow and triangle forms as “universal symbols” for our dreams. She notes, “There is an energy that I am tapping into and expressing in this piece, a spontaneity that I like to include in my work. I see this piece as whimsical, but energetic too.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Vancouver School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Susan Stewart is an artist and active member of the Crow Nation, based in Montana. She is a painter, printmaker, installation artist, performance artist, video artist, arts administrator, curator, and community activist. Her focus in all of these areas is life as a contemporary Native North American.

Susan Stewart was born in Livermore, Central California, where her family was placed as part of the American Indian Relocation Act for the purpose of assimilation. She grew up in California; Spokane, Eastern Washington; and Reno, Nevada. She studied at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Montana State University in Bozeman.