Native Life in the City Live Artist Spotlight w/ Cyn Masterson

Join United Indians’ Arts Program Manager and Sacred Circle Gallery Curator, Hank Cooper, and artist Cynthia Masterson of Blue Dot Beadwork in a live discussion about one of her latest creations, “Recipe for a Quarantine”. “Recipe for a Quarantine” tells a quarantine story through beadwork and illustrates how Cynthia moves out of her Comanche traditional designs and color palettes to incorporate the collective forced adaptation of understanding how connection is essential among our Urban Native community. Cynthia will also discuss how this piece contributes to a culinary theme in her body of work and how technology has played an important role during this time.
Throughout the conversation we will be holding a raffle for one of Cynthia’s handmade pieces of jewelry. Those who tune in via Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center and make a donation during the live stream will automatically be entered into the raffle to win the prize. *Donations must be a minimum of $20.00 and must be submitted through our official online giving campaign webpage linked just below.
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Where Cynthia got her name:
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Cynthia Masterson now lives and beads in Seattle, Washington. She carries the name of her great-great-great grandmother Cynthia Ann Parker, mother of Quannah Parker, one of the last Comanche chiefs. She is an enrolled member of the Comanche tribe and a Titchywy decendant.
When she’s not traveling to Oklahoma to see family and friends you’ll find her walking Sweeps, the whippet, with her husband Bret of twenty plus years. She beads anywhere, showing the 3-drop gourd stitch to everyone she meets.