erika nelson

Inappropriation on the American Road

A publication to accompany the “Inappropriation at TeePee Junction” popup exhibition, Travel and Tourism Week 2023


 Responding to problematic roadside attractions, “Inappropriation on the American Road” solicited artist responses to tourist attractions that play up the myth of nostalgia, while commercializing culture in cartoonish, often insensitive ways.

This 12-page publication features essays by three artists invited to participate in the pop-up (Armando Minjarez, Mona Cliff, and Erika Nelson), an analysis by Connie Fiorella-Fitzpatrick, a special guest cartoon contrubution from Randy Regier, and images from the 2023 Tourism Week popup exhibition at TeePee Junction in Lawrence Kansas.

Erika conceived, coordinated, and curated the show, and published the catalogue with support from the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, Mid-America Arts Alliance, and the National Endowment for the Arts.