Shan Goshorn (July 3, 1957–December 1, 2018) was an Eastern Band Cherokee artist, who lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her multi-media artwork expresses human rights issues, especially those that affect Native American people today. Shan used different media to convey her message, including woven paper baskets, silversmithing, painting, and photography. She is best known for her baskets with Cherokee designs woven with archival paper reproductions of documents, maps, treaties, photographs and other materials that convey both the challenges and triumphs that Native Americans have experienced in the past and are still experiencing today.

Shan wove The Fire Within in 2016. Please visit http://www.shangoshorn.net/new-page-31 to read Shan’s artist statement for The Fire Within.

Shan departed this life on December 1, 2018. She was an amazing artist, and the world will miss her creative energy and courage. She was my friend, and I'll miss her huge smile.