Please join us for an opening celebration of Of the Earth: Connections.

This exhibition considers how Indigenous artists from across the world have centered both water and the earth in their practices through storytelling, video, photography, sculpture, and cultural traditions. Multivocal Indigenous viewpoints illustrate environmental stewardship as a locus of kinship and life, mapping a philosophical interrelationship between global Indigenous communities.

1pm: Exhibition opens

2pm: Welcome by Shane Weeks, followed by an artist-led tour

3pm: Reception with food and drinks for purchase in the Unisphere Cafe by The August Tree

Artists:

Shane Weeks, Shinnecock (Curator)

Denice Banks, Te’po’ta’ahl

Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Samoa i Sasa‘e

Koyoltzintli, Manteño descent

Inna & Viktor Iadne, Nenets

Shannyn Weeks, Shinnecock

Chenae Bullock, Shinnecock

Tecumseh Ceaser, Matinecock/Unkechaug

Of the Earth: Connections is presented as part of the Indigenous Practice Studio (IPS) Commissioning Program. The program is organized in partnership with Tecumseh Ceaser, artist and cultural consultant, and Eva Mayhabal Davis, cultural advocate and curator, together with Queens Museum staff members.