Anita Fields (born 1951) is an Osage/Muscogee Native American ceramic and textile artist based in Oklahoma.
Fields is recognized internationally for her work in ceramics, often rendering functional items such as purses, moccasins, and dresses in clay.
Fields enjoyed making clothes for her favorite doll and relished in these artistic outlets from an early age.
[4] After graduating from Wheat Ridge High School, Fields attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1972 to 1974.
She originally went there to paint, but was exposed to many different media such as video and multi-media, clay, and sculpture, which expanded her focus.
Fields later enrolled at Oklahoma State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts.
Anita's work is usually fired in an electric kiln and finished by a postsmoking process with sawdust, straw, or leaves.
Fields explains, "I want to show the spirituality of us as women, how we fit into family, how we remain strong yet filled with love, and how we overcome all difficulties.
She was especially interested in the metaphor these parfleches provided of the culture of the times and was fascinated by what we make to take care of ourselves.
[12] For example, in her work "Finding Our Way to the Earth" she includes her grandmother's handwriting as background images.