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April 25. 2003
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Sam English, Them
Two Contestin’ (left); Joe Geshick, The Healer (right)
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Native Sons exhibit showcases two Ojibwe
artists
The works
of Sam English (Turtle Mountain and Red Lake) and Joe Geshick (Bois
Forte) will
be featured in Native Sons, an exhibit at Ancient Traders
Gallery, May 9th
– July 7th.
Opening in
honor of American Indian Month, the exhibit begins with an artists’
reception
at the gallery, 1113 East Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, from 5 – 9
p.m. on
Friday, May 9th. The
event
is free.
The American
Indian Neighborhood Development Corporation is backing the exhibition
as a part
of the Mitakue Oyasin / All My Relations community-based arts program. According to special projects director
Shirlee Stone, “each artist brings a unique, deeply spiritual and
riveting
style of painting to their vision of American Indian people.”
Sam English, who lives and
works in Albuquerque, “paints intertribally – ‘because we share the
gifts.’” He says that he honors
American Indians, “for the integrity that they espouse, their
spirituality,
tradition, families, and extended families.”
Joe
Geshick, who lives and works in Ely, Minnesota, “reaches into
traditional
Native ceremonies and emerges with a sense of celestial stillness,
often
captured in a single figure. His
paintings – richly textured layers of vibrant earth tones – reflect the
healing
power of ceremonies and his gratitude for their impact.
“Through
five years of sundancing, he says, his spirit developed as he became
firmly
rooted in traditional ceremonies, bringing a new understanding to his
life.”
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On the web:
Sam English’s online gallery: http://www.samenglish.com.
Joe Geshick’s online gallery: http://www.sundancefinearts.com/
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