Stacy Elaine Pratt will write about art and artists from southeastern Indigenous tribal nations, raising awareness of art practices in both Indigenous art communities and in mainstream art worlds. Oklahoma is currently home to 39 tribal nations, the result of many instances of displacement from other areas of what is now known as the United States. Pratt aims to Indigenize contemporary art criticism, following the theoretical writings of heather ahtone (Choctaw/Chickasaw), Nancy Marie Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache), and Craig S. Womack (Mvskoke), including lived experience, oral tradition, and other aspects of Native scholarship and philosophy in her practice as a writer.
Stacy Elaine Pratt is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She writes about contemporary Indigenous art of the Americas and is a contributing editor at First American Art Magazine. Her writing includes exhibition and catalog reviews, feature articles, artist profiles, blog articles, and art journalism. In addition she writes interpretive texts and catalog essays for contemporary Native art exhibitions. Pratt is a member of the Southeastern Indian Artists Association (SEIAA) and is completing a Certificate of Mvskoke Language at the College of the Muscogee Nation in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. She holds a PhD in English (Creative Writing) from the University of Southern Mississippi.