All My Relations Arts, in conjunction with the Minnesota Historical Society, announces a call for artist submissions for a group exhibition to reflect upon the 150th anniversary of the events of the 1862 U.S./Dakota war.
Submission Deadline: June 3rd, 2012
Email submissions must be received no later than 12 midnight central standard time Sunday, June 3rd. Postal mail submissions must arrive no later than Saturday, June 2nd, 2012.
Click on link to Download Application: Call for Artists Application Document
Shijéí/My Heart is a brand new series of mixed media works by Carolyn Lee Anderson, a Minnesota-based artist of Navajo descent. This new series is inspired by the stories and artistic traditions of her family. Acrylic paintings on canvas, patterned fabric, and Navajo weaving are stitched together and lashed to loom-inspired frames. Each material has its own history, and each art form is tied to her maternal lineage. By combining them, Carolyn acknowledges and examines these various historical threads and how they have affected and influenced her life.
On view at All My Relations Gallery 1414 E Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404
April 13th – May 25th
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11 am – 6 pm
Saturday – Sunday 11 am – 3 pm
Free and open to the public!
Carolyn Lee Anderson, in partnership with the Native 
American Community Development Institute, is a fiscal year 2011 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible in part by a grant form the Minnesota State Arts Board, through and appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature and by a grant form the National Endowment for the Arts. This exhibit was also made possible with support from National Native Creative Development Program-Longhouse at the Evergreen State College.
ON DISPLAY APRIL 4-MAY 18, 2012 AT THE MILLE LACS INDIAN MUSEUM!
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 17 Native American artists from the Mni Sota (Minnesota) region are on view together at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum from April 4 – May 18, 2012.
An opening reception with the exhibiting artists will takes place Friday, April 6, 2012 from 5:00–8:00 p.m. There will be a Birch Bark Arts demonstration from 5:00-6:00 p.m. with Pat Kruse and Denise Lajimodiere. 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.
Traveling exhibit locations and dates:
Featured artists in this exhibit include: 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; 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.
