Fawn Douglas (she/her/hers)
Artivist, Nuwu Art; Secretary, IndigenousAF Inc. BOD
Fawn Douglas is an Indigenous American artivist and enrolled member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. She comes from a proud mixed heritage of Las Vegas Paiute, Moapa Paiute, Southern Cheyenne, Creek, Pawnee, and Scottish. Fawn is the head matriarch of Nuwu Art + Activism Studios, located in the heart of the Historic Huntridge Neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is dedicated to the intersections of art, activism, community, education, culture, identity, place, and sovereignty. Within her art-making, she tells stories in order to remember the past and to ensure the stories of Indigenous peoples are heard in the present. Her studio practice includes painting, weaving, sculpture, dance and other types of performance. Fawn currently does art and cultural consulting through Nuwu Art, organizes with the nonprofit IndigenousAF, and works part-time as a cultural engagement specialist with Meow Wolf. She is completing her master of fine arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where she teaches art fundamentals as a graduate instructor in the Department of Art.
