Margaret Roach Wheeler Videos
As an award-winning weaver, Margaret Wheeler balances fashion with art and her weavings have been features in museums across the United States.
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Margaret Roach Wheeler
S4 • E2Margaret Roach Wheeler has known she wanted to be an artist since the first grade.
Margaret Roach Wheeler
S2 • E2Margaret Roach Wheeler honors the legacy of the strong Chickasaw women in her family by creating beautiful handwoven textiles.
Margaret Roach Wheeler: Hall of Fame
2010 InducteeMargaret Roach Wheeler is an award-winning weaver, fiber expert and textile artist.
Pottery: Evidence of Ancient Fabric
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler says that evidence of ancient Chickasaw fibers and fabric have been found in pottery excavated from mound sites.
Designer's Imagination Nurtured by Nature and Freedom
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler describes how her early connection with nature influences her artistic designs.
My Artwork: Diverse Tribal Influences
Margaret Roach WheelerChickasaw weaver and clothing designer Margaret Roach Wheeler became interested in Native American art at a young age.
Breakthrough: Interpreting My Own Culture
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler describes how she transitioned from being a teacher to starting her own business.
After Teaching: Starting My Own Business
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler describes how she transitioned from being a teacher to starting her own business.
First Museum Work: Creating A Living Painting
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler reflects on how her early museum projects fostered creativity and influenced her artistic style.
The Birth of Mahota Handwovens
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler looks back on her early museum shows and the birth of Mahota handwovens.
The Chickasaw Arts Academy: Teaching Future Weavers and Designers
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler explains how her time as a high school teacher prepared her to teach at the Chickasaw Arts Academy.
My Teaching Draws on Our Heritage
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler explains why teaching art and incorporating Chickasaw heritage is so rewarding.
My Grandmother Mahota Left Our Homeland
Margaret Roach WheelerChickasaw weaver Margaret Roach Wheeler describes how her ancestor Mahota has influenced her artistic designs.
Margaret Wheeler on Her Creative Process
Margaret Roach WheelerSometimes a full night's sleep is the best way to overcome the intimidation of starting a new project.
Lowak Shoppala': Costumes for Scenes Before and After European Contact
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Roach Wheeler describes the costumes for the scenes before and after European contact in Lowak Shoppala'.
The Military Jacket Designs
Margaret Roach WheelerChickasaw weaver Margaret Roach Wheeler describes the military jackets that she designed for Lowak Shoppala'.
The Storyteller: Lowak Shoppala' Costume
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler introduces this costume she designed for the Lowak Shoppala’ Storyteller, who tells a turtle tale.
The Squirrel: Lowak Shoppala' Costume
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler introduces the Squirrel Clan leader costume she designed for the Lowak Shoppala’ theatrical production.
The Bird: Lowak Shoppala' Costume
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler introduces the Bird Clan leader costume she designed for Lowak Shoppala', with feathers embedded in hand-woven silk wool.
The Raccoon: Lowak Shoppala' Costume
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler introduces the Raccoon Clan leader costume she designed for Lowak Shoppala’.
The Removal: Lowak Shoppala' Costume
Margaret Roach WheelerMargaret Wheeler reflects on meeting Jerod Tate during which she equated Removal with stripping color from the lives of the Chickasaw people.
Margaret Roach Wheeler Fashion Show
Margaret Roach WheelerAcclaimed Chickasaw fiber artist & fashion designer Margaret Roach Wheeler showed her new line of clothing at a multimedia fashion show.
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