Jeri Redcorn

Jeri Redcorn is recognized nationally and internationally for reviving Caddo pottery. President and First Lady Michelle Obama selected one of her pots, featuring a traditional Caddo design from over 300 years ago, for display in the White House’s Oval Office. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Oklahoma Museum of History, Spiro Mounds, and the Texas State Natural History Museum. Jeri has served as an Artist in Residence at the Art Institute of Chicago and was featured in the video “Hero, Hawk and Open Hand.” She has lectured at the Smithsonian, the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University, the University of Illinois, and the White House IMLS conference. Her story was also shared in the AETN feature, “Arkansas’s FIRST PEOPLE.” Jeri is Caddo and Potawatomi and resides in Norman, Oklahoma. She holds an M.Ed. in Administration from Penn State University.