Bales taught crafts at a school in Fort Sill run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, also taking up a history course when its teacher resigned. This led her to a renewed interest in her heritage, and after a year she resigned to become a full-time artist. Bales signed her work "J. Bales" early in her career so as to hide her gender. She also served as the official historian of the Iowa Tribe, and won more than one hundred awards for her work.[1] Many of her paintings depict historical and cultural scenes in the lives of Iowa women; examples can be found in numerous public and private collections.
^ abcPatricia, Janis Broder (10 December 2013). Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. St. Martin's Press. pp. 240–241. ISBN978-1-4668-5972-2.
^ ab"Jean Elaine Bales Lacy". The Chickasha Express-Star. 10 December 2003 – via USGenWeb Archives.
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jean, bales, 1946, 2003, iowa, native, american, painter, printmaker, historian, from, oklahoma, contents, early, life, education, career, death, referencesearly, life, education, edita, member, iowa, tribe, oklahoma, jean, elaine, myers, bales, born, december. Jean Bales 1946 2003 was an Iowa Native American painter printmaker and historian from Oklahoma Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Death 4 ReferencesEarly life and education editA member of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Jean Elaine Myers Bales was born on December 25 1946 in Pawnee Oklahoma 1 to Lydia May nee Lincoln and Tildow J Myers She has a brother Billy Jack Myers She was educated at Chickasha High School 2 In 1967 she received her bachelor s degree in fine arts from the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts She also traveled to Mexico to attend the Institute of San Miguel Allende 1 Career editBales taught crafts at a school in Fort Sill run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs also taking up a history course when its teacher resigned This led her to a renewed interest in her heritage and after a year she resigned to become a full time artist Bales signed her work J Bales early in her career so as to hide her gender She also served as the official historian of the Iowa Tribe and won more than one hundred awards for her work 1 Many of her paintings depict historical and cultural scenes in the lives of Iowa women examples can be found in numerous public and private collections Death editBales died on December 8 2003 in Carney Oklahoma 2 References edit a b c Patricia Janis Broder 10 December 2013 Earth Songs Moon Dreams Paintings by American Indian Women St Martin s Press pp 240 241 ISBN 978 1 4668 5972 2 a b Jean Elaine Bales Lacy The Chickasha Express Star 10 December 2003 via USGenWeb Archives nbsp This article about a painter from the United States born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jean Bales amp oldid 1177419050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
