Events at the Ada Public Library

Book Signings

Tamara Liegerot Elder will have a book signing at the library on Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.  Copies of her book Lumgee Holot-tee: The Art of Life of Acee Blue Eagle will be available for $22.

The book details the life of Acee Blue Eagle who attended Indian boarding schools and later taught at Bacon College.  His years working as a muralist in President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration program are explained along with his friendship with German artist Winhold Reiss, and his work with friends Oscar Jacobson, Thomas Gilcrease, Angie Debo, TeAta Fisher, Woody Crumbo and Charles Banks Wilson.

"He was the first Indian artist to embark upon a solo career traveling worldwide, promoting himself and his art," said Elder.  "He believed it was his calling and predestined path in life to educate, document and preserve American Indian culture.

Blue Eagle was born the year Oklahoma became a state, and he died in 1959 "leaving a legacy as one of the founding fathers of modern American Indian art.  Blue Eagle was not only an artist, but an historian by means of documenting the culture and history of his people in works of art."

The book offers never before published information about one of Oklahoma's most famous American Indian artists and native son, as well as 27 color images and a multitude of black and white photos. 

The book  signing is open to the public and refreshments will be provided.  For more information, phone 436-8121