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Books About Kevin Red Star
Kevin Red Star: Crow Indian Artist Wins USA Best Book Award
“Kevin Red Star: Crow Indian Artist,” the book, has won the Multi-Cultural: Non-Fiction category of the 2015 USA Best Book Awards.
The 192 page book is written by by Daniel Gibson with photography by Kitty Leaken. Gibson and Leaken showcase the talents of Red Star in this collection of artwork while also exploring his motivations. Red Star’s childhood on the reservation, his time at the Institute of American Indian Arts and San Francisco Art Institute, and his friends and family are all a part of his ever-evolving path of expression that makes his artwork so iconoclastic.
About the Authors
Daniel Gibson has worked as a freelance writer and editor for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Cowboys & Indians. He served as editor of Native Peoples magazine for 12 years and as a columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kitty Leaken, a seasoned photojournalist, creates documentaries that preserve art and culture of native peoples in Tibet and Sri Lanka. She graduated from Stanford University, has provided photography for several books, and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“Kevin Red Star” by Daniel Gibson & Kitty Leaken - June 2014
A new hardcover book about Kevin Red Star is now available from publisher Gibbs Smith. The 192 page book is written by by Daniel Gibson with photography by Kitty Leaken. Gibson and Leaken showcase the talents of Red Star in this collection of artwork while also exploring his motivations. Red Star’s childhood on the reservation, his time at the Institute of American Indian Arts and San Francisco Art Institute, and his friends and family are all a part of his ever-evolving path of expression that makes his artwork so iconoclastic.
The book is available as a hardcover book or as a Kindle download at Amazon.
About the Authors
Daniel Gibson has worked as a freelance writer and editor for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Cowboys & Indians. He served as editor of Native Peoples magazine for 12 years and as a columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kitty Leaken, a seasoned photojournalist, creates documentaries that preserve art and culture of native peoples in Tibet and Sri Lanka. She graduated from Stanford University, has provided photography for several books, and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Apsáalooke Crow and The Elk River
The Apsáalooke Crow and The Elk River is a pop up book about the history of the Elk (Yellowstone) River and its connection to the connection to the Apsáalooke Crow.
The book features paintings by Crow artist Kevin Red Star with text written by A.J. Otjen. It includes seven main pop up spreads with an additional ten mini pop ups.
- ISBN: 979-8-9854695-9-2
- Spreads open flat to 11″ x 17″
- Book is approx. 9″ x 12″ x 1.75″
- Concept and text by A.J. Otjen
- Published by Baakate Books
- Paper engineering by Simon Arizpe, PaperPaul, David A. Carter and Rosston Meyer
Book- Elk Morning at Battle of Arrow Creek
Chosen for the Library of Congress in 2023.
This is the second book for Elk Morning, set in the most important event in Crow history, the Battle of Arrow Creek. All illustrations by the artist Kevin Red Star.
