Sandy Fife Wilson: Biography, Facts and Career

Sandy Fife Wilson (born 1950) is a Muscogee (Creek) art educator, fashion designer and artist. After graduating from the Institute of American Indian Arts and Northeastern Oklahoma State University, she became an art teacher, first working in the public schools of Dewey, Oklahoma. When Josephine Wapp retired as the textile instructor at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Wilson was hired to teach the design courses. After three years, in 1979, she returned to Oklahoma and taught at Chilocco Indian School until it closed and then worked in the Morris Public School system until her retirement in 2009. In 1976, Wilson and her sisters formed the Fife Collection focusing on designing contemporary fashion, but incorporating traditional Southeastern Woodlands techniques and motifs. Their works were shown at many museum venues and festivals, like the Coconino Center for the Arts, Southern Plains Indian Museum, and Red Earth Festival. Her later career has included works of traditional Creek split-cane baskets, shell carvings, and fingerweavings. Wilson has participated in numerous art and fashion shows throughout her career, winning first place honors in 1972 at the Scottsdale National Indian Arts Exhibition, the Grand Heritage Award of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in 1995 and placing 2nd in the traditional objects category of the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2016.

Quick facts about Sandy Fife Wilson

• Full name: Sandy Fife Wilson
• Born: 1950-09-06
• Nationality: United States
• Known as: Fashion figure
• Wikidata ID: Q66109851

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