"We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place
"We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place
This summer, the Red Cloud Opera House is excited to welcome artists Steven Tamayo, Paul High Horse, and Anne Steinhoff as they present We're Still Here: American Indian Spirit in the Unmade Place. These Native American artists have brought together a number of cultural touchstones and mediums as they respond to our Spring Conference theme, "Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in Her Work."
A lingering modern critique of Cather's work points out the lack of Native American representation in her Nebraska novels particularly, despite an obvious historical connection. Though Cather's reasons for these erasures and omissions can only be conjectured, an examination of place would not be complete without including a response from the Native American community.
This beautiful and evocative work invites the viewer to consider the spaces—both spoken and unspoken—in Cather's texts.
Many of these pieces are for sale, and gallery sales not only support the artists in our communities, but also support the programming at the Red Cloud Opera House and Gallery.
The public and spring conference attendees are cordially invited to an artist reception for this exhibit in the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 6. Free of charge.
Programming at the Red Cloud Opera House is made possible through a basic support grant from the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
