MYSYSYPYN: First Colony
Featuring: George Shiras, Jon Gomez, Aaron Spangler, Joan Bemel Iron Moccasin, Raymond Garceau, Damien Davis, Kelly Sena, and the Nemeth Art Center’s permanent collection
Guest curated by Matthew Schum
May 4 – July 15, 2017
In celebration of the Nemeth Art Center’s 40th season, guest curator Matthew Schum brought together a salon-style hanging of the permanent collection with contemporary Minnesota artists. MYSYSYPYN contextualized the balance between our past and present, and the desire for regional and distant perspectives.
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Dr. Sheila Dickinson
Minneapolis-based curator and art historian.
Simon Zornes
White Earth Reservation-based artist and Anishinaabeg historian.
Mary Wingerd
Professor and author of North Country: The Making of Minnesota.