Pat Pruitt is wrapping up the Fall 2022 edition of In the Round, a series highlighting Native American creators in fields of fine art, graphic design, creative writing, music, film and theatre.
The series is an extension of BGSU’s Land Acknowledgement. This six-part speaker circuit focuses on bringing diversity and inclusion to our campus, along with exposure to different cultures.
Pat Pruitt, an award-winning contemporary artist of Laguna, Chiricahua Apache and Anglo descent, first began to learn jewelry-making by studying with Laguna jewelers. They taught him traditional jewelry techniques with typical materials such as copper and silver.
After learning the techniques and studying mechanical engineering at college, he combined his passion for jewelry-making with the precision of mechanical engineering resulting in Pruitt’s unique and distinctive art style.
As he developed his modern art style, Pruitt began to challenge traditional Native American norms involved in the jewelry-making practice. He set out to make his jewelry the way he wanted to, using materials such as stainless steel, titanium and zirconium.
Pruitt will be coming to present his lecture entitled I’m way funnier online – a reality check of technology and Native Art on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose room of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
