Edgar Heap of Birds: Head Above Grass: Provocative Native American Public Art and Studio Practice

Artist Talk : Edgar Heap of Birds

Head Above Grass: Provocative Native American Public Art and Studio Practice

6 May 2016 : 15:00-17:00

7 George Square, Room S1, University of Edinburgh  EH8 9JZ

Please join prominent artist and scholar Edgar Heap of Birds as he presents the turbulent history of the Plains Native tribes, particularly the Cheyenne and Arapaho, as the nations confronted US colonial violence and survive the ordeal. Artwork shall be offered which outlines expressions of resistance as well as celebratory methods of indigenous continuum.