Opening: The Language of Place

Join us on July 25 from 5:00-7:00 pm for the opening reception of The Language of Place, a group exhibition featuring mixed media painting by Heidi Brandow (Diné & Kānaka Maoli); photography by Shaarbek Amankul (Indigenous Kyrgyz); beadwork and photography by Thomas Jones (Ho-Chunk); Indigenous Kyrgyzstani textiles designed by Amankul and Brandow and made by Kyrgyzstani artisans; and a pair of moccasins handmade by Clementine Bordeaux (Sičáŋǧu Lakótapi [Rosebud Sioux Tribe]). With its array of visual glosses for Indigenous knowledge that may lack a linguistic equivalent in our world’s assumed lingua francas, The Language of Place offers a case study of the diversity of contemporary Indigenous art that cohere through shared worldviews informed by the cultural knowledge passed down through Indigenous languages.