Artist Reception: Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land

Join us for the “Reflections of Our People, Our Ways, Our Land” artist reception at the Great Plains Art Museum. View the artworks and meet the artists featured in this new exhibition. Refreshments will be provided.

The 25 Otoe-Missouria artists, ranging from traditional to contemporary and working in any medium, were selected to co-create an art exhibition reflecting on healing, reconciliation, and reconnecting to the land. “Reflections of Our People” is a key part of the Mellon-funded initiative “Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska.” The initiative, a partnership between the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma and the Center for Great Plains Studies, aims to promote healing and reconciliation in our region by reconnecting the Otoe-Missouria Tribe to one of their homelands in southeast Nebraska and educating non-Native people about the history and ongoing presence of the Otoe-Missouria and other Indigenous peoples in our region.

As part of the creative process, selected artists attended Otoe-Missouria Day on Sept. 21, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and participated in an artist retreat on Sept. 22, 2024, at Homestead National Historical Park in Beatrice, Nebraska. Jessica Moore Harjo, Ph.D. (Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Pawnee), is the curatorial director for this exhibition.

You may also like the following events from UNL Center for Great Plains Studies:

• This October, 28th October, 05:30 pm, Great Plains lecture: Rebecca Nagle in Lincoln

Also check out other Arts events in Lincoln, Exhibitions in Lincoln.