Is anybody going to Santa Fe? Olive Rush moved to Santa Fe 15 years before Georgia O’Keefe did. Her home became a popular spot with artists. Her interest in Native American and Mexican art and artifacts may have earned her the precarious moniker of Cultural Appropriator today, but as her love led her to become a long-time promoter Native art and artists, perhaps she’d escape the Callout Culture trap that we are so familiar with today. Then again, no good deed goes unpunished…
Ms. Rush painted two post office murals: Antelope (Florence, Colorado) and Osage Treaties (Pawhuska, Oklahoma).
If you are looking for something to read (for free, courtesy of the Evil Empire Google), you can see some of Ms. Rush’s illustration work in the book Rolinda.