Exhibition opening at St. Peter Hillstrom Museum of Art |
Posted: December 11, 2012 |
Hena U?kiksuyapi, Dakota for “we remember those,” features artworks by Dakota and other Native American artists presented in commemoration of the mass execution on Dec. 26, 1862 of 38 Dakota following the end of the Dakota-U.S. War of earlier that year. Unique Gift The exhibition includes works by artists Janice Albro, Joseph J. Allen, Gordon Coons, Jerry Fogg, Erin Griffin, Jacob Pratt, Mona Smith, Robert Two Bulls, and Gwen Westerman (exhibition co-curator). Portrait Artist A series of programs have been planned in conjunction with Hena U?kiksuyapi, including screenings of the recent film Dakota 38 (8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11, Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College; and 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, Treaty Site History Center, St. Peter); a Round Table Discussion with artists and other members of the Dakota community, moderated by Dakota Elder Dr. Chris Mato Nunpa, with a Musical Prelude in the form of a performance by a group of Dakota Elders of the Dakota hymn Lac Qui Parle, presented after an Historical Discussion of the hymn by Dakota Elder Reverend Sidney Byrd; and a lecture by Kevin Gover, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (3:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, Alumni Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College). Read More: southernminn.com
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