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Biography

Megan Driving Hawk is an Artist, Mother and Educator practicing habits of the heart to facilitate connection, healing, and learning. Creatively she researches collective healing, generational trauma, memory, and time. Academically she researches culturally responsive teaching in art and Indigenous education. She earned a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Arizona State University, an MEd in Secondary Education with a teacher certification in Art K-12 from ASU, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Hartford. She is SEI and CTE endorsed and serves as the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Rep for the Arizona Art Education Association. She is an artist of Eye Lounge in Phoenix, Arizona, Spilt Milk in Edinburg, Scotland, and a Running with Purpose Athlete Advocate. 
 
Her artwork has been reviewed, collected, and exhibited numerous times throughout the present-day U.S. and internationally. She has been invited as guest lecturer, workshop facilitator, and panelist for various events. In 2020 she received honorable mention in the Women Photographing Women category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards. 

Driving Hawk currently lives on O’odham, Yavapai, Akimel O’odham (Upper Pima) and Hohokam lands in present day Phoenix, Arizona where she teaches high school traditional photography including dual enrollment and AP-2D classes. This is her 9th year of creating and teaching a culturally responsive art education curriculum. This is her 5th year as the campus Indigenous Student Advisor and 4th year on the Equity team. In 2020 she was awarded the Chandler Education Association Member-to-Member grant.

Artist Statement Brief 

I work like a busy spider, 
revealing, sewing, healing, 
the unseen wounds and trauma, 
moving from maiden to mother, 
always in a state of postpartum.
 
I reveal connections to the Divine, ancestors, family, community, and the environment through the practices of photography, poetry, and various forms of traditional needlework. 
 
I sew together the delicate weavings of life, death, decay, hope, light, darkness, and what gets left behind. 
 
I heal generational, childhood, and collective traumas as I navigate my journey as a white wife and mother to Lakȟóta men. 

Statement of Artistic Philosophy 

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CV

Education
2016-2018          Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
2013-2014          Master of Secondary Education and Teaching Certification, Art, Arizona State      University, Tempe AZ
                                    Endorsements: SEI, CTE, & Art K-12 
2006-2010          Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
                                    Minor: Women and Gender Studies
 
Selected Continued Education
2021                           Wearing All The Hats: Artist Professional Development course
2021                           Gathering Light: a yearlong photography course 
2019-20                     Problem & Project Based Learning for STEAM 
2018-19                     Youth Equity Stewardship Training
2018                           Indian Education Stakeholders Summit 
2016                           ASU Recharge Conference: Empowering Native Youth 
2016                           safeTALK Certified: Suicide Prevention 
                                                Suicide prevention with an emphasis on the Native population 
2011                           Art Intersection: Italy 2011; Nine-day Creative Intensive Workshop 
 
Selected Professional Experience
2018-present             Fine Art Photography Teacher, Perry High School, AZ
2018-present             Indigenous Student Advisor, Perry High School, AZ
2020-present             Arizona State Seal of Arts Proficiency Mentor, Perry High School
2018-19                     Youth Equity Stewardship Advisor, Perry High School, AZ
2017-18                     Artist, Green Thumb Project, MO
2016-18                     Elementary Assistant Instructor, Faith Lutheran, MO
2016-18                     Art & Exploratory Teacher, Faith Lutheran, MO
2016-18                     Fine Arts Intern, Take Root Café, MO
2015-16                     Native American Counselor & Club Advisor, Perry High School, AZ
2014-16                     Art Teacher and CTE Instructor, Perry High School, AZ
2013-14                     Student Teacher, Hamilton High School, AZ
2012-13                     Assistant Teacher, Great Hearts Academy, AZ
2012-13                     Fine Arts Teacher Intern, Great Hearts Academy, AZ
2011-12                     Gallery Coordinator, Art Intersection, AZ
 
 
Selected Community & Installation Work 
2021-present            Running with Purpose, Athlete Advocate 
                                                Arizona
2018               Original Inhabitants, PRTK: Park River Tool Kit
                                    Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut 
2018               Connecting Currents: A Celebration Of Our Rivers 
                                    Hartford Art School, Hartford Connecticut 
2018               The Green Thumb Project
                                     
Kirksville R-III Community Learning Garden, Kirksville, Missouri  
2017-18         Kirksville Community Quilt
                                     Take Root Café, Kirksville, Missouri 
2017               Luna City Ecosystems, Luna City 2175 (Emerge)
                                      Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 
2016-17         Community Roots Mural
                                      Take Root Café, Kirksville, Missouri
 
 
 
Solo Exhibitions
2021/2022    Land Reciprocity: moving with healing intentions
                                                River of Time, Fountain Hills, Arizona       
2021               The First Year: accepting the healing space mothering takes up
                                                Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona 
2018               Cultural Confluence: Weaving memory of the past, mindfulness of the present, and meditations on the future (Part III)
                                         Take Root Café, Kirksville, Missouri
2017               Cultural Confluence: Weaving memory of the past, mindfulness of the present, and meditations on the future (Part I): 1 egg, warm: zúŋtA wičhóuŋ
                                          Take Root Café, Kirksville, Missouri 
2009               Desert Exploration 1
                                           The Art Café, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022               Bonds Laid Bare
                                    Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona 
2021               Memento Mori: Memento Vivere
                                    Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona 
2021               Convergence
                                    Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona
2021               The Inside of Outside
                                    Eye Lounge, Phoenix, Arizona 
2021               Catharsis
                                    Play Inspire Gallery, Online 
2021               Connection
                                    Color Tag Magazine, Westchester, New York 
2020               Seeing Voices: Community (Un)Heard
                                    The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina 
2020                Hear Us Roar, An Exhibition exploring the experience of being a woman
                                       Roaring Artist Gallery, Online 
2020               Home-Works, Spilt Milk Member’s Show 2020
                                      Spilt Milk Gallery, Online 
2020               Everything is Different Now
                                     Stay Home Gallery & Residency, Pairs, Tennessee 
2020              Togethering
                                      Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas 
2020              The Sky We See, part III
                                      Color Tag Magazine, Online 
2020             The Quarant-Times, vol IV
                                      The Quarant-Times, Online  
2020              Colors of Quarantine, part I
                                      Color Tag Magazine, Online 
2020               The 2020 Self-Quarentining Exhibition 
                                     Lenscratch, Online 
2018               Cultural Confluence: Weaving memory of the past, mindfulness of the present, and meditations 
                                                on the future (Part IV): Thesis Exhibition 
                                    Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Connecticut 
2018               Our Beautifully Diverse World
                                    Kirksville Arts Association, Kirksville, Missouri
2018               Who Will You Be In Luna City?ASU Emerge, Luna City 2175
                                    ASU Galvin Playhouse, Tempe, Arizona
2018               Cultural Confluence: Weaving memory of the past, mindfulness of the present, and meditations 
                                              on the future (Part II)
                                    Koubek Center, Miami, Florida
2017               The Mildred Archeology, Contributor, Researcher, Curator 
                                    The Mildred Complex(ity), Narrowsburg, New York 
2017               Sharp Art
                                    Working Library, Portland Oregon 
2016               Animalia, Juried by Traer Scott
                                    PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont 
2012               No Strangers: The Art Intersection Creative Community
                                               Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
2012                ASU Photographers’ Association Silent Auction 
                                               First Studio Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2012               Confluence of theUncanny and Mundane, Juried by Andrea Modica
                                               Northlight Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
2011               First Annual Silent Auction
                                               Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
2011               New Eyes on Ancient Ways: Contemporary Navajo Story Telling
                                               The Olney Gallery at Trinity Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona
2011               ASU Photographers’ Association Silent Auction 
                                               First Studio Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2011                www.visualcorrespondence.com
                                               Step Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010                Dine Bikeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes
                                               Office of Student Success, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               Smudge Match 2010: a book and printmaking show
                                               Harry Wood Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               Dine Bikeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes
                                               Deans Office, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               Dine Bikeyah: Familiar Views, Foreign Eyes
                                               Step Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               The After Show
                                               First Studio Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2010               ASU Photographers’ Association Silent Auction 
                                               First Studio Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2010               Homage to James Hajicek 
                                                Northlight Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               Twofold
                                               Step Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2010               Salad Days: a bfa photographic exhibition
                                                Gallery 100, ASU, Tempe Arizona
2010               An Equation of the Fanciful and Bizarre,Juried by Joel Meyerowitz
                                               Northlight Gallery, ASU, Tempe Arizona
2009               ASU Photographers’ Association Silent Auction
                                                First Studio Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2008               You Are My Only Hope, Juried by Darius Himes
                                                Northlight Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2007               A Photographic Exhibition
                                                Studio Tad, Phoenix, Arizona
2007               Intro to….
                                                Step Gallery, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2007               The Best of Photography I, Juried by James Hajicek 
                                                Art Building, ASU, Tempe, Arizona
2007               The Positive Space Show, Juried Exhibition
                                                Cantellops Art Gallery, LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
Online Features & Publications
Running With Purpose Instagram Live 
Twirl: A Decade of Artist Interviews 2020-2030
Carve Out Time for Art Instagram TakeOver 
Artist Parent Academic Instagram Takeover 
The Sky We See, Color Tag Magazine 
Stay Home Gallery, Week 10 Holding On​
Milked Magazine #MilkingTheQuarantine
Spilt Milk Gallery #HomeWorkResidency 
Vol. 4 The Quarant-Times
Colors of Quarantine, Color Tag Magazine
 
Permanent Collections
Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona   
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 

Selected Reviews/Publications/Etc
Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona   
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 
 
Reviews/Publications/Etc
Episode 2: Megan Driving Hawk. Who’s You, Chandler Gilbert Community College, 2021
 
Connection, Color Tag Magazine. 2021
 
Envisioning Our Future, Artist Mother Podcast, 2021

Creating Ceremony, 
Teaching Artist Podcast, 2020.
 
Home-Works. Artist-Mothers in Quarantine. Spilt Milk Gallery. 2020.
 
Spring 2020. Color Tag. 2020.
 
ASU Group Creates Moon Colony Experience for Audience. KTAR News. March 13, 2018.
            http://ktar.com/story/1987286/asu-emerge-creates-moon-colony-expereience-audience/
 
Quilt to sew together Heartland History. KTVO. July 29, 2017. 
http://ktvo.com/news/local/quilt-to-sew-together-heartland-history
 
Photography exhibit looks at digital communication. ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs]. February 15, 2011. 
http://asunews.asu.edu/20110215_photography_exhibit
 
ASU student’s photo exhibit features Navajos’ traditions. Tempe Republic. The Arizona Republic. September 17, 2010. pg 4. http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2010/09/16/20100916asu-students-photo-exhibit-reservation-life.html.
 
Native Art: Student photo exhibit documents Navajo life. The State Press. September 15, 2010. front page.
 
With Reservation: Navajo Nation hosts student photographers. Phoenix New Times. Volume 41, number 36. September 9-15, 2010. pg 34.
 
ASU students document life on the Navajo Reservation. Navajo-Hopi Observer. September 14, 2010.http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=12865&SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&S=1.
 
Photography majors experience life on Navajo reservation. ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs]. September 9, 2010.
 http://asunews.asu.edu/20100908_Navajophotos.
 
Photography exhibit points lens at Navajo Nation. ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs]. August 24, 2010. 
http://asunews.asu.edu/20100824_photographyexhibit.
 
Dine Bikeyah: Familiar views, Foreign Eyes, photo gallery, ASU News [Business, Culture and Affairs]. August 24, 2010. 
http://asunews.asu.edu/20100908_gallery_dinebikeyah#2.
 
Residencies & Fellowships 
2020-present            Artist Residency in Motherhood, Worldwide
2021                           Stay Home Gallery & Residency 
2016-2018                Independently driven Artist Residency, Kirksville Missouri 
 
Selected Lectures/Workshops/Panels
2020                 Artist/Mother Crit Group Artist Lecture
2018                 Listen Up! Youth Equity Stewardship Culminating Event 
2016                 Phoenix Indian Center, Youth Leadership Day
 
 
Selected Grants/Fellowships, Honors/Awards & Residencies
2021               National Art Education Association, ED&I Scholarship 
2020                  Chandler Education Association, Member-to-Member Grant 
2020                  Seeing Voices Project Completion Grant 
2020                  Honorable Mention, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Women Photographing Women
2019                  Problem & Project Based Learning STEAM Grant 
2017                  Emerge Grant Recipient
2016-18           Academic Scholarship, School of Art, University of Hartford 
2014                  Outstanding Teacher Candidate Achievement Award Nomination 
2010                  Herberger Institute, Photography Department, SPE Scholarship
2009                  Herberger Institute Undergraduate Award- BA
2006-10           Deans list
2006-10           National Society for Collegiate Scholars
 
 
Memberships & Professional Affiliations
Eye Lounge, Outside Opportunities Coordinator 
Spilt Milk Gallery
Society for Photographic Education
Chandler Education Association 
Arizona Education Association, Secondary Chair / Equity Diversity & Inclusion Rep. 
National Education Association 
Arizona Indian Education Association 
Arizona Art Education Association 
National Art Education Association 
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