Gwen Westerman: Listening to the Land
Mon, Jul 24
|Zoom Presentation or at the Textile Center
Join us on Zoom or at the Textile Center as we learn more about Gwen's textile art, and her MN Poet Laureate role. In "Listening to the Land" she will share her artistic inspiration and deep connection with the land. Program is free for current MCQ members. Not a member yet? Click "Join MCQ." button
Time & Location
Jul 24, 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT
Zoom Presentation or at the Textile Center
About the Event
Join us on Zoom or in-person for this meeting. We will host our first Program Watch Party at the Textile Center. Members who are able to be at the Textile Center can start gathering at 5 pm and then watch the program at 6:30 pm on a large screen.
Gwen Westerman’s roots are deep in the landscape of the tall grass prairie, and reveal themselves in her art and writing through the languages and traditions of her family. She is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate, her father’s people, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, her mother’s people.
A three-time recipient of an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Gwen creates incredible textile art influenced by her life and Indigenous cultures. Since 2005, she has been creating quilts that have won awards at the juried shows of the Northern Plains Indian Art Market…