Truman Lowe receives Native American art fellowship

Truman Lowe, professor of art, is among the first five artists nationwide to receive an Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.

Each artist will receive a $20,000 grant, funded in part by the Lilly Endowment Inc., designed to reward and showcase Native American fine artists.

Lowe, who grew up in a Ho Chunk community near Black River Falls, uses natural materials to shape objects that represent the relationship between nature and culture. He hopes his emphasis on nature will encourage his audience to pay attention to environmental destruction.

The work of Lowe and the other fellows will be exhibited at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis starting in November.