Choctaw Tribal member appointed by President Biden to Arts Board of Trustees

• Jane Semple Umsted one of five appointed to national board

DURANT –– President Joe Biden has appointed Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma tribal member, Jane Semple Umsted to the Institute of American Indian Arts Board of Trustees.

Semple Umsted, a Durant resident, has spent a lifetime working in a variety of media including oils, acrylics, watercolor, sculpture, and the unique media of batik. She is a de…