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C.M. Russell MuseuM stoRe tRunk show featuRingJaCkie laRson BReadThursday, March 17–Saturday, March 19, 2016Jackie Larson Bread is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation. She was born and raised in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains on the Blackfeet Reservation. Jackie’s Grandmother left a legacy of exquisite Blackfeet beadwork for her family, which Jackie loved so much, she began a lifelong journey of creating beaded works of art. Jackie attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she developed illusionary pictorial beadwork, where pictorial depth is created by using di erent graduated shades of beads. Currently illusionary pictorial beadwork is the focus of Jackie’s work. Traditional plains ledger art and its vibrant color and stylized depictions, as well as delicate Blackfeet orals and bold Blackfeet geometric designscomprise the remainder of her beaded art. Images are hand-drawn and composed into intricately beaded bags, boxes, and other traditional utilitarian items.Jackie lives in Great Falls, Montana and works full time as a beadwork artist. Her art is included in many permanent and private collections including the Smithsonian Institution Museum of the American Indian. Jackie’s beadwork has been acknowledged with over 100 awards including 2013 Best of Show at the prestigious Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2015 Jackie’s beadwork was acknowledged with Best of Classi cation at Indian Market Santa Fe and Best of Show at Cherokee Art Market in Tulsa Oklahoma.Images by Scott Photography of Montana courtesy of Kendra Owen.