A watercolor painting of a Native American family in a corn field. A man is depicted at left leaning over into a basket; his face is not visible, only the top of his hat. The woman at center right stands sideways; she wears a white apron over a yellow dress, and a turquoise-colored neck scarf. At about the center of the painting is a small boy in overalls; before him is a small black and white dog, which the viewer sees from behind. Barely visible behind the woman is another small child, facing into the corn with her back to the viewer.

Gathering Corn, 1998, by #NormaHoward (American, 1958-2024). Held by Gilcrease Museum, collections.gilcrease.org/object/021949 #NationalMaizeDay #MaizeDay #womenartists #artherstory

A watercolor and pencil depiction of a barn door to the viewer’s right, with a human figure in the doorway hoisting an armload of cut corn to move it into the barn. A white horse stands in the bottom middle of the work, in front of three trailers full of (apparently) harvested ears of corn. In the near distance are two fields with stalk stumps where the corn used to be; in the farther distance is a field of what appears to be uncut corn to the viewer’s left, and some trees to the right.

#Corn, 1940, by #AntoinetteGThwaites (American, 1908-1991). Held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, americanart.si.edu/artist/antoi... #NationalMaizeDay #MaizeDay #womenartists #artherstory

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#KernelsOfCulture #MaizeAroundTheWorld #NationalMaizeDay These photos are by artist Martin Akwiranoron Loft born in Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory (Kanata). Martin has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. Brooke Rice's Kahnawake harvest of Tuscarora White Corn, October 2023.

Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn, 1742, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held by / on view at the National Gallery of Ireland, www.codart.nl/art-works/th... #MaizeDay #NationalMaizeDay #womenartists #artherstory