Commissions from Native Artists for Here, Now: American Hi/stories of Land and Stars
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Status
In Progress
Start Date
May 2024
End Date
May 2025
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
This project supports Native artist residencies resulting in newly commissioned artworks by Dakota and Ojibwe artists for Here, Now: American Hi/stories of Land and Stars, a permanent collection show opening in September 2024, that is grounded in the lens of interconnectivity and deeply informed by Indigenous systems of knowledge. The new commissions will fill representation gaps in the collection and offer embodied land acknowledgments in the form of artworks.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2024 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
M.L. 2023, Regular Session, Chapter 40, Article 4, Section 2, Subd. 8
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$105,000
Number of full time equivalents funded
0
Recipient Board Members
Ann Ruhr Pifer (Chair), Gerry Stenson (Vice Chair), Tim Beastrom (Treasurer), Patty Dunlap Whitaker (Secretary), Jo Bailey, Brenda Child, Ph.D., Dr. Bruce Corrie, Nathan Johnson, Walt Lehmann, Dave Neal, Patricia Marroquin Norby, Michael Sammler-Jones, Qadirrah Seltz, Darlene St. Clair, Dameun Strange
Project Manager
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