Home Artists Richard Aitson Richard Aitson Artist Richard Aitson (born 1953) is a Kiowa-Kiowa Apache bead artist, curator, and poet from Oklahoma. Personal facts Alias (AKA)Rich Aitson Birth dateDecember 26, 1953 Birth placeOklahoma facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Artist AwardRed Earth Festival Field of workBeadworkPoetry Influenced byPablo NerudaKiowa beadwork training atOberlin CollegeKimball Union AcademyInstitute of American Indian Arts Topical connections Chris WondolowskiFootball player Cal McLishBaseball player Butch HuskeyBaseball player Allan HouserArtist Adrian FentyPolitician Marcus AmermanArtist Juanita Growing Thunder FogartyArtist Alexandre HogueArtist America MeredithArtist Richard Aitson on Wikipedia Richard Aitson External resources http://books.google.com/books?id=ODQjTcd2P9IC&lpg=PP1&dq=Velie&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=Rhu28OIKM5UC&lpg=PP1&dq=Barbara%20Harjo&lr=&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=dCWjHf71PFgC&lpg=PP1&dq=Goins&lr=&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false