Creation.Story Artist Talk and Gallery Tour

Join us Saturday, June 14th for a panel discussion with the artists of Creation.Story. We will be welcoming artists James Star Comes Out and Marlena Myles for a robust conversation on the significance of creative expressions and oral traditions amongst Očhéthi Šakówiŋ cultures, the importance of the exhibition, and the storytelling behind the included works. The panel will be moderated by NACDI’s Communications Manager, Em Matson-Brady.

Ahead of the panel, artist Marlena Myles will be leading a walk-through of the gallery, guiding audience members through each piece in the exhibition and the parts of the creation story they represent.

Saturday, June 14th, 2-3:30pm at All My Relations Arts, 1414 E. Franklin Ave. Minneapolis
Food and beverages will be provided.

About the panelists:

Marlena Myles is a self-taught Native American (Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee) artist located in St Paul, Minnesota. Her art brings modernity to Indigenous history, languages and oral traditions while using the land as a teacher. Growing up on her traditional Dakota homelands here in the Twin Cities, she enjoys using her artwork to teach Minnesotans of all backgrounds the Indigenous history of this place we call home.

Her professional work includes children’s books, augmented reality, murals, fabrics, animations and has shown her work in fine art galleries such as the Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Museum of Russian Art, Red Cloud Heritage Center and the Minnesota Museum of American Art, to name a few. Her first permanent site-specific augmented reality public art installation, known as the Dakota Spirit Walk, is available on the Revelo AR app.

In 2021, she opened her own Dakota publishing company called Wíyouŋkihipi (We Are Capable) Productions to create a platform that educates and honors the culture, language and history of Dakota people.

For nearly thirty years, James Star Comes Out (Oglala Lakota) has been creating a variety of artwork related to the horse.  Since his youth, he was fascinated and intrigued by the horse, which is highly honored and cherished among all tribes within the Oceti Sakowin, or the Great Sioux Nation.

Over the course of his career, Star Comes Out has received numerous accolades for his artwork.  His awards include a Best of Show and multiple First and Second Place ribbons at the Northern Plains Indian Art Market (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), and a First Place at the Red Cloud Art Show (Pine Ridge, South Dakota).  His work is included in several museum and other collections in the United States: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota; Atka Lakota Museum, Chamberlain, South Dakota; Red Cloud Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and the Ford Foundation, New York, New York.

For more on the artists and exhibition, visit the exhibition page HERE.