J. Kae Good Bear

Conservation Cultural Liaison

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      J. Kae Good Bear is a Conservation Technician working on the Native North American Hall renovation project. J. Kae organized the first Native American Heritage Month Initiative at Field Museum in 2018 and continues to serve as co-chair of the committee. J. Kae was elected to serve on the Field Museum’s Diversity, Equity, Access and Inclusion staff council. She is an award winning multimedia artist. J. Kae has toured nationally with Native American dance troupes performing song, dance, flute playing and storytelling. J. Kae has provided cultural workshops and consulting for various groups such as the Arizona public school districts, the Arizona Commission of the Arts and Cirque  Du Soleil and served as Artist-in-Residence for the National Park Service. She earned her B.F.A. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2016.

      Education and Work

      B.F.A. - School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2016)

      Accomplishments

      J. K Good Bear, ‘Moccasin Making Workshop’, American Indian Center of Chicago. 2018

       

      J. K Good Bear, E Murphy, N Passerotti, & E Jordan, ‘Caring for Feathers’ Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM) workshop presentation, Los Angeles, CA. October, 2019.

       

      J. K Good Bear, N Passerotti, E Jordan, & E Murphy, ‘Caring for Collections with Mold Growth’  Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums (ATALM) workshop presentation, Los Angeles, CA. October, 2019.

       

       J. K Good Bear & M. Brownlee, 'Indigenous Language Representations at the Field Museum', Meet a Museum Insider, Chicago, IL. 2019.

       

      J. K Good Bear, et al., ‘Tangible Change at the Field Museum: Transforming Outdated Museum Practices and the 70-Year-Old Hall of Native North American’, Founder’s Council Presentation. Chicago, IL. 2020

       

      J. K Good Bear, et al., ‘Hall 8: Reflections on Renovation and Change’, Founder’s Council Presentation. Chicago, IL. 2020

       

      J. K Good Bear & E Murphy, ‘Collaborative Conservation: Chaco Canyon’, In The Field: Field Museum Member Magazine, Vol 93, No. 2 Summer 2022.