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The University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln鈥檚 Sheldon Museum of Art will present a series of free public programs in conjunction with 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable,鈥� a traveling exhibition that features the work of 12 contemporary Indigenous artists and two collectives. The exhibition runs through July 13 at the museum.

The title of the exhibition riffs on Andy Warhol鈥檚 1966-67 series of multimedia events 鈥淓xploding Plastic Inevitable,鈥� which included concerts, film screenings, installations and performances. Like the Warhol original, 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable鈥� includes a wide range of events and programs.

The following events will be presented at Sheldon, 12th and R streets. Admission to the museum and these programs is free.

• Native American Dance: A Performance by Mike and Denise One Star, April 5, 4 p.m.: Acclaimed dancers Mike and Denise One Star will perform the traditional dances for which each is best known. Mike One Star, a member of the Sicangu Lakota tribe, will perform grass and horse tail dances. Denise One Star, an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin who was born and raised on the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Reservation in western New York, will perform jingle dress and fancy shawl dances. The couple travel regularly from their home on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota to perform and give insight to the cultural significance of these dances.
• Indigenous Perspectives: A Panel with Duane Hollow Horn Bear, Mike and Denise One Star, and Steve Tamayo, April 5, 5:30 p.m.: Following their performance in Sheldon鈥檚 Great Hall, Mike and Denise One Star will join Duane Hollow Horn Bear and Steve Tamayo for a panel discussion that offers cultural insight into the exhibition 鈥淰isualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence.鈥� Hollow Horn Bear is a Sicangu Lakota elder who was born on the Rosebud Reservation in 1949. A revered educator, he taught Lakota culture, history, language, philosophy and social systems at Sinte Gleska University for 25 years. In 2021, he gained repatriation from the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, of a leather shirt that belonged to his great-grandfather Chief Daniel Hollow Horn Bear (Lakota: Mat葻贸 H茅葻lo千e膷a; 1850-1913). The Sheldon exhibition 鈥淰isualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence鈥� includes a photograph of Chief Hollow Horn Bear鈥檚 father, Chief Iron Shell (Lakota: Thuk铆ha M谩za; 1816-1896). Tamayo is an artist and educator whose heritage as a member of the Sicangu Lakota tribe offers a deep well of artistic and cultural inspiration for his work. He is the founder and culture bearer of Bluebird Cultural Initiative, a nonprofit organization created to provide meaningful programming that fosters understanding of the history and cultural traditions of Native peoples of the Great Plains.
• Family Day with artist Steve Tamayo, April 6, 2 to 4 p.m.: Families are invited to participate in activities and games at Sheldon, including an art-making project led by Tamayo.
• Artist talk: Jaque Fragua, April 10, 5:30 p.m.: Jaque Fragua (Jemez Pueblo) is best known for powerful and thought-provoking paintings and murals of visual resistance. His public interventions repurpose his culture鈥檚 iconography, subverting the misappropriation of Native American design and identity. Works by Fragua are featured in the exhibition 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable.鈥�
• Post: A Performance by the Bel Canto Duo, April 12, 2 p.m.: Cellist David Downing and multi-instrumentalist Darci Gamerl will perform alongside artist Sarah Rowe鈥檚 installation 鈥淧ost鈥� in the exhibition 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable.鈥�
• Artist talk: Norman Akers, April 24, 5:30 p.m.: Norman Akers (Osage Nation) is an associate professor of visual art at the University of Kansas. Through images and symbols drawn from contemporary culture, as well as his heritage and life experiences, Akers explores issues of identity, Osage mythos and the struggle to claim cultural context. Several of his works are featured in 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable.鈥�
• Film screening, 鈥淣ever Settle: The Program,鈥� May 2, 5:30 p.m.: This film by the art collective New Red Order, addressing colonialism and Indigenous rights, will be screened in Sheldon鈥檚 Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Works by New Red Order are featured in 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable.鈥�
• Talking Circle: 鈥楨xploding Native Inevitable,鈥� May 24, 2 p.m.: After a brief, facilitated moment in the exhibition, participants will take part in a traditional Native American talking circle through which they will explore experience, emotion, personal expression and community.
• Community tours: The museum will offer tours of the exhibitions 鈥淓xploding Native Inevitable鈥� and 鈥淰isualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence鈥� at 5:45 p.m. April 17 and June 19 and 2 p.m. May 10, June 14 and July 12.

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