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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 fun stirred up by local Indigenous artists.

SCHEDULE O' FUN

1:00 -4:00 pm

SCREEN PRINTING STATION with Graci Horne (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Hunkpapa Lakota/Dakota), and Juan Lucero (Isleta Pueblo)
PUPPET MAKING STATION with Julie Boada (Anishinabe) and Jennings Mergenthal
 VISUAL ART SHOWCASE of featured artists from our ᎦᏚᎩ Gadugi Window Gallery: Oogie_Push (Meskwaki), Gordon Coons (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin), Jearica Fountain (Karuk), Kameron White (African American, Chocktaw, Cherokee), Gidinatiy Hartman (Deg Xit'an Athabascan)
 

1:00 - 1:30
SCREENINGS of VIDEO SHORTS by
Oogie_Push (Meskwaki) “Hunting Morels: Mushroom Secrets"
Ajuawak Kapashesit (Ashinaabe/Cree) “The Comedian”
Z Puppets/Chris Griffith (Cherokee Nation) “STAR TURTLE”
 

1:15 - 2:15
LIVE MUSIC with Colin Roy Monette (Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe)
 

2:30-3:00
SING ALONG with Dagsi Turtle & Jisdu Wabbit in "Say It! Sing It! Play It! In Cherokee" by Z Puppets

 

3:00 - 3:30
SCREENINGS of VIDEO SHORTS by
Oogie_Push (Meskwaki) “Hunting Morels: Mushroom Secrets"
Ajuawak Kapashesit (Ashinaabe/Cree) “The Comedian”
Z Puppets/Chris Griffith (Cherokee Nation) “STAR TURTLE”
 

3:30 PM
WADO GARDENS DEDICATION
Cheer on the native plant rain garden with beautiful signs highlighting the importance of the plants to Dakota and Ojibwe culture.

This 38th Street Cultural Districts Art Fund program activity is funded by the Arts & Cultural Affairs Department in the City of Minneapolis.

Later Event: June 14
Z Juggling Rosenschnoz