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Before Chicago Avenue: A Celebration of Native Artists

  • Z Puppets Rosenschnoz 4054 Chicago Ave S Minneapolis, MN, 55407 USA (map)

This free family-friendly celebration will feature:

• Z Puppets’ live performance of a musical adventure into Cherokee Futurism starring ᏓᎦᏏ Dagsi Turtle & ᏥᏍᏚ Jisdu Wabbit.

•. Graci Horne (Dakota/Lakota) and Juan Lucero (Pueblo) hosting a participatory screenprinting station where people can bring t-shirts, handkerchiefs or use the paper cards on site to print Graci’s design to take home;

•. Julie Boada (Anishinabe) and Jennings Mergenthal leading a drop-in puppet making station for youth

• Tours of the ᏩᏙ WADO GARDEN, a rain garden of native plants traditionally important to Dakota and Ojibwe people in consultation with Tanagidan Winyan (Dakota/Ojibwe) with artwork collaborator Graci Horne (Dakota/Lakota).

Later Event: June 14
Z Juggling Rosenschnoz