You аre invited to join Indigenous lens-based artist Sarah Sense, and Marina Tyquiengco, the Ellyn McColgan Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for this virtual event on November 27, 2023 starting at 7pm, via Zoom, at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
This discussion will kick off a virtual exhibition of the artist’s recent work Hinushi, and will explore her creative process. Sense utilizes techniques typically found in traditional Chitimacha and Choctaw basket weaving and modernizes them to create two-and three-dimensional woven pieces using her own photographs and ancestral designs to create tribal patterns.
Sarah Sense’s work comments on stereotypes in popular culture; tells stories of colonialism, resistance, and resilience; re-indigenize landscapes; and explores identity and family history. Sense cuts materials such as her own landscape photography, images of Hollywood posters, family photos, maps, and manuscripts and reassembles the imagery. She has travelled through the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia, inspiring her interest and research in Indigenous arts and histories.
This event will be the first of a series designed for those interested in learning more about art and engaging with the key issues of our time.
