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MNI SOTA: REFLECTIONS OF TIME AND PLACE
ON DISPLAY FEBRUARY 14-MARCH 17, 2012 AT THE NASH GALLERY!
Mni Sota: Reflections of Time and Place is the largest curatorial exhibit of contemporary Native American fine artists in Minnesota. For the first time, 70 extraordinary works by 19 Native American artists from the Mni Sota (Minnesota) region are on view together at the University of Minnesota’s Katherine E. Nash Gallery from February 14 - March 17, 2012.
An opening reception with the exhibiting artists will takes place Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 5:00–8:00 p.m. There will be a public presentation from 5:00–6:00 p.m. This extraordinary traveling exhibit showcases the innovation and beauty of Native American artists whose ingenuity promotes cultural continuity. The artists of Mni Sota provide stunning examples of ways in which Native artists of the Minnesota region continue to embrace the contemporary while supporting tradition.
Additional Events at the Nash:
Brenda Child Public Lecture
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:15 p.m., Katherine E. Nash Gallery, InFlux Room
Brenda Child is Chair of the Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota.
Wayne Potratz and Francis Yellow Public Lecture
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:15 p.m., Katherine E. Nash Gallery, InFlux Room
Wayne Potratz is a Professor of Sculpture in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota. Francis Yellow is a Minneapolis–based artist included in the exhibition Mni Sota: Reflections of Time and Place. They will discuss their artistic practice.
Gallery Talk
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 12:15 p.m., Katherine E. Nash Gallery, InFlux Room
Several artists included in the exhibition Mni Sota: Reflections of Time and Place will discuss their artistic practice.
Traveling exhibit locations and dates:
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN February 14th – March 17th, 2012
Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN April 1 – May 18, 2012
Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN May 28th – June 30, 2012
Featured artists in this exhibit include: Amhoo Angeconeb, Lac Seul First Nations Ojibwe; Greg Bellanger, White Earth Band of Ojibwe; Todd Bordeaux, Sicangu Lakota and Dakota; Carol Charging Thunder, Oohenunpa and Oglala Lakota; Pat Kruse, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Denise Lajimodiere, Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe; Orvilla Longfox, Assiniboine; Melvin Losh, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Cheryl Minnema, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; Wanesia Spry Misquadace, Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe; Norval Morriseau, Sandy Lake Nation Ojibwe; Sandra Panachyse, Canupawakpa Dakota and Mishkeegogamang Ojibwa; Joe Savage, Fond Du Lac Band of Ojibwe; Chholing Taha, Cree First Nations; Cecile Taylor, Spirit Lake Dakota and Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe; Gwen Westerman, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota; Delina White, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe; Bobby Wilson, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota; and Francis Yellow, Itazipco Lakota.
Native American Community Development Institute is a fiscal year 2011 recipient of a Folk and Traditional Arts Touring Exhibition grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
