Bill Anthes

Bill Anthes is a Professor of Art at Pitzer College since 2006, specializing in Indigenous North American modern and contemporary artists, socially-engaged art, animals in art, and photography. He advises Art (Critical Studies and Studio Art) and American Studies majors.

• PhD in American Studies from University of Minnesota
• MA and BFA in Art History from University of Colorado, Boulder

His research integrates Indigenous epistemologies with activist art practices, focusing on intersections between art, ecological politics, and decolonial methodologies. Publications span 2006-2022 including critical essays and co-edited volumes.

Recent publications analyze:

• Indigenous futurism in '2017: Indigenous Futures'
• Animal personhood in 'Our Cats, Ourselves'
• Photographic theory in 'Reframing Photography'

Scientific awards:

• Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (2009)
• Arnold S. Graves Award (2008)
• Rockefeller Fellowship (2007)
• Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Visiting Scholar (2003-04)

He co-organized the Pitzer College Art Galleries and produced Native Hosts, a public art installation by Edgar Heap of Birds on campus.