Melanie Yazzie (Navajo), Visiting Maile (detail), 2007. Ink on paper; 11 ½ x 15 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Melanie Yazzie and Clark Barker, 2008.73.20. © Melanie Yazzie.
Art is a Verb: Session 2
What does collaboration mean? What does it look like in contemporary Indigenous artistic and curatorial practices?
With the DAM’s collection as a springboard, Dakota Hoska (Assistant Curator of Native Arts) will guide you through successful collaborative endeavors.
In looking at work by artists such as Melanie Yazzie, Wendy Red Star, Marie Watt, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Jody Naranjo, and others, this course will show how collaborative artistic practices add up to more than just the sum of their moving parts. We'll discuss how collaboration results in artworks that launch into more exciting directions than any of the artists might have imagined. A glimpse at what collaboration looks like within curatorial practices will also be shared.
This event has automated closed captions through Zoom. To request live captioning (CART), a sign language interpreter, or any other service, please email access@denverartmuseum.org at least five (5) business days in advance of the program. We will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made outside of that window of time.
