Betty LaDuke (née Bernstein; born 1933) is an American artist and writer from

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. She is the mother of activist

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Early life

LaDuke was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1933. Her family spoke

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. She attended the High School of Music and Art in New York starting at age sixteen, and later studied at

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, the

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. In the fifties she received a scholarship which allowed her to study art at Mexico's

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from 1953 through 1956. During her time in Mexico she lived with the Indigenous

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, whose concern with the preservation of their heritage profoundly influenced LaDuke's work.

Works

* ''Play Free'' (1968) *India: The Hindu Marriage, (1972) *Tuk Tuk, Samosir Island, Sumatra (1974) *Ubud, Bali, (1974) *Coming of Age Dance, Sumatra, (1974) *Mexico, (1978) *Mexico, Easter, (1978) *Mexico, Easter Celebration, (1978) *Borneo: Rite of Passage, (1980) *Nicaragua, (1982) *Haitian Art: Five Women Painters, (1984) ''Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art and Literature'' *Behind the Walls Birds Sing, (1986) *LaDuke, B. (1991). Africa Through the eyes of women artists. New Jersey: Africa World Press. 148 pages. ISBN 0-86543-198-1 *''Eritrea/Ethiopia: Where Have All the Fathers Gone'' (1998) *Africa: women's art, women's lives (1998)

Collections and exhibits

LaDuke's work is held by the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:LaDuke, Betty 1933 births Living people American Ashkenazi Jews American women artists Artists from Oregon Cleveland Institute of Art alumni Jewish American artists Writers from the Bronx Writers from Oregon Artists from the Bronx 21st-century American women writers