Overview
Nolan Arkansas (he/him) (Eastern Band Cherokee) is a PhD student in Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke. He received his B.A. in American Studies from Yale College in 2023. Nolan's dissertation research focuses on modern and contemporary Native American oil portraits, with emphasis on oil paintings, photography, Native curatorial practices, the Smithsonian Institution, and its archives. Nolan is also a student of global art history, theory, and music.