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Gina Adams

 Gina Adams explores the harrowing, and often blurry, history of broken treaties in the United States. Through her art, Adams embodies the voices of her ancestors; She becomes a specialist exposing the language that erased and destroyed a large portion of Indigenous history. In essence, Gina Adams has rearranged the meaning of this complicated language. By purposely altering colors and using certain schemes, Adams is directly tinkering with a weapon of mass destruction, and she vehemently understands the power of this instrument. 


By placing these treaties on the quilt, Adams creates a juxtaposition of hostility and peace. On one hand, you have the US and their genocidal tactics against the indigenous people of North America, and on the other, you have the indigenous people who have been ignored and oppressed for the sole fact that they exist. Gina Adams becomes a pivotal peace to the liberation of the indigenous peoples. 

In connection to McLuhan, “The living room has become a voting booth.” Gina Adams embodies this message as she quite literally creates these outstanding quilts right from her living room. She is able to reach more people than ever, and she is connecting with her own identity in the process. In a way, she is completely at war with the atrocities of the US. 



I really connected with Gina’s talk. She was navigating through the background stories of her pieces, and she gave me a lot of insight into the reality of being an artist. I really felt like I was learning new ways to look at the process of art making, and it also gave me a lot of inspiration to work with letters and overall just implementing more cutting into my pieces.


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