Performances, Readings, Creative Workshop, Music, Food, and More!

We’re celebrating Indian Theater in August! Join us for an afternoon of performances, readings, and a festive gathering for the official book launch of Native Visual Sovereignty: A Reader on Art and Performance, the exhibition publication of Indian Theater. More than an exhibition catalogue, this reader is a compendium of critical texts, newly commissioned essays, oral histories, artist notes, and documents that explore the origins of the Self-Determination Era and its current modes of artistic expression. Edited by Candice Hopkins, curator of Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, currently on view at SITE SANTA FE through September 7, 2026

Schedule

11–2 PM—Karma Star Bead Workshop and Radio Free Alcatraz with Tara Evonne Trudell

12:30 PM—Artist Performance: Erica Lord (Iñupiaq/Athabascan) in Artifact Piece, Revisited

1:30 PM—Auditorium doors open

2 PM—Readings and Performances

From contributors to Native Visual Sovereignty, including artists Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota), Kent Monkman (Cree Member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory [Manitoba]), Jolene Rickard (Skarù·ręʔ/Tuscarora Nation, Hodinöhsö:ni Confederacy), Eric-Paul Riege (Diné). With Candice Hopkins (citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Brandee Caoba, and John G. Hampton (citizen of Chickasaw Nation)

Eric-Paul Riege performance of olo lol olo lol olo [2]: LINES____góó in the galleries to follow readings

3:30–5 PM—Gathering and Music in the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Auditorium

Mocktails by Little Happy Hour and food by The Pantry available throughout the event

Native Visual Sovereignty is co-published by Dancing Foxes Press in association with the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Forge Project, MacKenzie Art Gallery, and SITE SANTA FE.

This program and publication are generously supported by the Henry Luce Foundation and Forge Project.