RESIDENCY ARTISTS, 2021
Eight Native artists from four states.
PAULA PETERS (curator), is a journalist, educator and activist. A member of the Wampanoag tribe, she has spent most of her life in her tribal homeland of Mashpee Massachusetts.
CASEY FIGUEROA is a contemporary artist of mixed indigenous descent focused on exploring the connections between art and indigenous culture.
HARTMAN DEETZ is an enrolled member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe who has spent decades honing his skills in traditional Wampanoag arts, wood carving, stone carving, copper work, feather work, antler, bone and Wampum.
HAWK HENRIES. As one of a relatively small number of Native flute makers who continue in the tradition by using only hand tools and fire, Hawk’s work embodies his commitment to the revitalization and preservation of these skills.
J DYLAN CALVIN was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation.
JEREMY DENNIS is a contemporary fine art photographer and a tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY.
ROBERT PETERS is a Mashpee Wampanoag Artist, Poet, and Author.
RUSSELL PETERS is a self-taught artist of mixed media including sketching, acrylic, and water color-producing works that reflect his indigenous beliefs and cultural experience.
SIERRA HENRIES has been drawing and experimenting with many different materials and visual mediums since she was very young, always especially inspired by designs, colors and shapes in the natural world.