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Robin K. Wright

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Professor Emerita, Art History

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robin.wright3@icloud.com
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Fields of Interest

  • 18th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 20th Century
  • American Indian/Native American
  • Art History
  • First Nations
  • Painting
  • Printmaking
  • Sculpture

Education

PhD, Art History, University of Washington, 1985
MA, Art History, University of Washington, 1977
  • Selected Research

    • Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and Robin K. Wright, co-editors. In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art at the Burke Museum. Seattle: Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art and University of Washington Press, 2013.

    Research Advised

    • Bridget Johnson. "The Cuthlasco of the Long Narrows: An Historical, Stylistic, and Functional Analysis of Mountain Sheep Horn Bowls and Ladles." MA Thesis, University of Washington, 2014.
    • Maria Cristina Larsen. "Christian Motifs in Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art." MA Thesis, University of Washington, 2013.
    • Yve Chavez. "Indigenizing Southern California Indian Basket Studies: Unpacking Issues of "Mission" and "Tradition"." MA Thesis, University of Washington, 2012.
    • Jeanette C. Mills. "Land Claim Art: Joe David and His Support of Meares Island Tribal Park." MA Thesis, University of Washington, 1990.
  • Related News

      • In Memoriam – Bill Holm (January 3, 2021)
      • Transitions 2015 (October 1, 2015)
      • Mayor’s Arts Awards (July 21, 2015)
      • Wright Co-Curates / Edits Major Exhibition + Catalog (October 12, 2013)
      • Six Art History MAs (July 31, 2013)
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