The Indian Museum of North America® at Crazy Horse Memorial® is pleased to announce the final selections for the 2022 Artist in Residence program. From May through September, a selected artist is provided a month-long residency with studio space in the Native American Educational and Cultural Center® (NAECC) at the Memorial, along with other perks such as a stipend, lodging and meals.
Beginning in May, the Memorial will host Samuel Enemy-Hunter, a Montana artist and citizen of the Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation who will create three traditional dance outfits during the month for specific relatives – two of which are two-year-old twins! These individuals will wear these outfits during their First Time Dance ceremony at the Lodge Grass District Powwow Celebration on the Crow Indian Reservation in 2022. Once the dance ceremony is complete, they will be allowed to dance in traditional dances, ceremonies and the powwow circuit as representatives of the Apsaalooke Nation.
In July, the Memorial welcomes Cynthia Holmes, a retired art professor and Fulbright Scholar. An enrolled member of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Holmes will be completing a series of scrolls that implements both history and storytelling during her residency. The scrolls will share the dimensions of a woman’s dance shawl; bringing awareness and commentary to social issues such as the stolen children of boarding schools, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement.
Jaymus Perry will join the residency program in July. Perry is a Diné lost- wax process carver, caster, and silversmith. He creates Art Bonnets, artistic recreations of the iconic war bonnet seen on Indian Motorcycles, and during his time at the Memorial will research symbols and designs within everyday life of the Plains Indian, incorporating that information into his custom made jewelry and Art Bonnets.
Derrick Thompson is the Artist in Residence for the month of August. A Diné artist specializing in weaving and beadwork, Thompson will focus his residency on weaving as the studio space offers an ample amount of space to construct a fully working loom. He is also eager to share traditional stories about weaving and to teach traditional methods which include dyeing wool in a natural manner.
Wrapping up the season, Sean Black Wolf (Sicangu Lakota) will be the Artist in Residence for September. Sean utilizes dreams and the study of Jungian psychology within his acrylic paintings as a mode of healing. As a young artist, Sean has been able to build up a following of almost 70 thousand followers on Instagram during his short career.
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