Opening Reception: Thursday, October 22, 4:30 – 6pm
Visiting Artist Lecture: Wednesday, October 21, 3:30 – 4:30pm, Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum
All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served at the opening reception.
In the exhibition John Hitchcock: The Land Speaks, artist and musician John Hitchcock uses large-scale multimedia installation to explore Indigenous identity, ancestral memory, colonial policy, and the land. Embracing contemporary materials and creative practices while honoring his ancestors, Hitchcock creates a celebratory aesthetic of cultural hybridity and strength. In Hitchcock’s work, vibrant color, pattern, ribbon, textiles, and symbolic imagery draw on cultural legacies such as beadwork, stories, and traditional calendars. Featuring sixteen individual works, The Land Speaks is a visual tribute to perseverance.
Hitchcock is the Truman Lowe Professor of Art and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., The International Print Center in New York, The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, and the 54th Venice Biennale.
Written by Julia Klema, visiting assistant and director of the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery.