 Red King Ghidorah, Melissa and Marlon Melero |
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Visual artists will create works inspired by the powerful poetry of Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne-Muscogee Creek).
Suzan Harjo has been an activist and policy maker in Indian Country for decades. She has helped restore over one million acres of land to tribal control and has helped passed key legislation such as the 1978 American Indian Religous Freedom Act and the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. She will be honored by IAIA with an honorary doctorate degree this May.
Harjo will be present at the opening reception on Friday, May 13, from 6-9 pm. The reception is free and open to the public.
For the closing reception, Sunday, May 22nd, 2-4 pm, DeCoy Gallerina (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache) will create an installation and a performance piece.
Photo of Suzan Shown Harjo by Lucy Fowler Williams
A tentative artist list includes:
Marcus Amerman David Bradley Kelly Church Anita Fields DeCoy Gallerina John Hagen Edgar Heap of Birds Bob Haozous April Holder Kenneth Johnson Linda Lomahaftewa |
Marlon Melero Melissa Melero America Meredith Diego Romero Mateo Romero Hoka Skenadore John Torres-Nez Brandon Williams Richard Ray Whitman |
Hours:
- Friday, May 13, 2-9 pm • Opening reception: 6-9 pm
- Saturday, May 14, 1-5 pm.
- Sunday, May 15, 1-5 pm
- Saturday, May 21, 1-5 pm
- Sunday, May 22, 1-5 pm • Closing reception: 2-4 pm
- May 16 through 20, the show will be open by appointment. Email to arrange an appointment.