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National Cowboy Museum
1700 NE 63rd Street
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
73111
Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nunez: Selected Works
A new exhibit "Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nunez: Selected Works" opens September 19th at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The artist's intriguing life will be explored using the Museum's extensive collection of her works.
Wa Wa Chaw, as she became known, was born in Southern California and soon thereafter was adopted by Mary Duggan from New York City. She had a story different from other Native Americans; growing up in elite circles, she was known as a prodigy and a fascinating visual artist. Her adoptive parents believed she could see things with her "mental eye" that others could not see. Her father, a physician, tapped into these outlets and used her to create elaborate sketches of microscopic specimens; she later used these talents as a medical illustrator.
Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nunez: Selected Works" explains Wa Wa Chaw's story through the uniqueness of her artistic style, Native American heritage and urban upbringing. The exhibit will remain on display in the Arthur S. and Shifra Silberman Gallery of Native American Art and will be on display through May 2010.