Heather Ahtone

Heather Ahtone is an American academic and the director of Curatorial Affairs at the First Americans Museum.

Background and education Ahtone is enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation and a descendant of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She received an associate degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in 1993 and her master's degree (2006) and doctoral degree from the University of Oklahoma (OU).

Career Ahtone previously worked at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA).

Writing Ahtone has published in journals such as American Indian Horizons, International Journal of Arts in Society, and Wíčazo Ša Review.

Awards and honors In 2007, Oklahoma Magazine named Ahtone a "40 Under 40." 2017: Photo/Synthesis with Will Wilson, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 2015: Enter the Matrix: Indigenous Printmakers, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 2013: Hopituy: Hopi Art from the Permanent Collection, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 2012: James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Selected Works, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art