{"id":3495,"date":"2021-05-05T14:18:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbscp.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/wp\/Morgan200\/?page_id=3495"},"modified":"2021-06-09T16:14:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:14:49","slug":"melissa-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rbscp.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/wp\/Morgan200\/melissa-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/p>\n\n\nNation\/Clan: Tonawanda Seneca\/Snipe Clan
WPA Indian Arts Project Ancestor: Melinda Skye (grandmother)<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nArtist Statement<\/strong>
I have been a beader most of my life. My art is most important to me because it gives me a connection to my grandmother, my mother, and my creator. My grandmother wasn\u2019t with me very long, but she was a very great bead worker.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nMy art gives me a connection to our time-honored ways. I love creating things because when I\u2019m making it I have a \u2018good mind.\u2019 If I have any negative thoughts about people, or events that have happened, that has to be laid aside in order for my beadwork to come out correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\nMy art gives me enjoyment in many ways. \u001fThe \u001efirst is in the creation of it. It also gives me satisfaction when someone whom I have never met before, likes something of mine. It makes me happy to know my work will live on, out in the world somewhere.<\/p>\r\n

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