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SATURDAY CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION OSCAR HOWE LEGACY EXHIBITION:
ACROSS FOUR GENERATIONS (ARTIST PANEL)
Saturday, June 8 @ 3:00pm MARY W. SOMMERVOLD HALL STAGE
A panel discussion with invited artists from the Oscar Howe Legacy Exhibition: Across Four Generations. Artists will discuss their individual contributions to the exhibition and share intergenerational perspectives of “cultural legacy” and “creative continuum,” as inspired through the legacy of Dakota master artist, Oscar Howe.
Oscar Howe Legacy Exhibition: Across Four Generations at the Washington Pavilion (Egger Gallery) until Sept. 1, 2024. Exhibition co-curated by Keith BraveHeart & Amy Fill (USD Galleries).
Exhibition Opening Reception: Friday, June 7th (5-8pm)
*Coordinated by Washington Pavilion curators
Roger Broer
has been a fixture in the Northern Plains Native American art scene for over 40 years. As a member of the Oglala Lakota nation, he creates expressive paintings and monotype prints reflecting his Lakota culture and the world he occupies. Broer’s work has been exhibited in more than 50 one-man shows and over 175 group shows, and he has paintings in both national and international collections.
Gwen Westerman
is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She creates textile art influenced by her life and Indigenous cultures. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Red Cloud Heritage Center Museum, the University Art Galleries at USD, the Great Plains Art Museum and the Minnesota Historical Society.
TALON “BAZILLE” DUCHENEAUX
is a rap artist and poet from the Crow Creek Dakota and Cheyenne River Lakota tribes in South Dakota, part of the Oceti Sakowin (7 Council Fires). Bazille is the head of Wonahun Was’te’ Studios/Records. Bazille is also the co-founder of the website NeverDeadNative. com — a platform which aims to create a celebratory place of discussion for Indigenous peoples who are interested in the realm of horror — alongside Dakota writer Dani Miller. bazilledx.bandcamp.com
KYLIE W. THUNDERHAWK
an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, is from Rosebud, South Dakota, and is a rising sophomore at USD, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She participated in the OHSAI in 2019, 2021 and 2022. Her artistic practice includes painting in acrylics, gouache on paper and oil paints.
