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Colorful regalia, pulsating drumming, and fancy footwork are part of the excitement of a Native American powwow. Feel this excitement and experience the artistry of The Native Pride Dancers as they perform flamboyant movements passed down by their ancestors thru song and dance. They strive to educate and entertain audiences of all ages throughout the world about the beauty, skill, and majesty of Native American music and dance while creating a moving artistic experience that engages the audience. Native Pride’s performances incorporate information about the dances, the regalia (dress), and the meaning and importance of the dances presented and utilize traditional and contemporary music to engage audience members. Founder, CEO, and Artistic Director, Larry Yazzie of the Meskwaki Nation, has created a platform for Indigenous Performing Artists to share their talent with the world. He leads a dynamic talent roster of cultural educators, musicians, dancers, and singers who are members of numerous tribal nations including Meskwaki, Navajo, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe, Lumbee, Cree, Pueblo, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, to name a few. Today’s performance features father and son duo: Sean and Jason Soukkala (Mille lacs Band of Ojibwe).

The Somali Museum Dance Troupe is made up of high school and college students from the Minneapolis metro who are passionate about sharing their Somali culture.  These youth attend schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated with traditional folk designs using a wax-resist method. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, “to write” or “to inscribe,” as the designs are written with beeswax, not painted. Kathy originally learned to make psanky at the hands of her father who learned from his mother, Dora Suchok, who was born in Kiev. 3 generations of pysanky artists will be represented, Grandmother Kathleen, daughter Elizabeth and granddaughter, Brittany Eich.

DIGITAL ARTIST + ANIMATOR + FABRIC/FASHION DESIGNER + BOOK ILLUSTRATOR

Marlena Myles is a self-taught Native American (Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan, Muscogee) artist located in St Paul, Minnesota. She has gained recognition as being one of the few Dakota women creating digital art including fabric patterns, animations and illustrations to bring modernity to indigenous history, languages and oral traditions. Growing up on her traditional Dakota homelands here in the Twin Cities, she enjoys using her artwork to teach Minnesotans of all backgrounds the indigenous history of this place we call home.

Carly is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, descendants of the Anishinabe people who were confined to the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. A college major in graphic design and photography, Carly Bordeau works in a variety of media.  Her favorites are pastels and painted textiles. She loves the designs of Ojibwe floral patterns that are reflected in much of her work. Carly preserves her tradition, and teaches us, through images in many different items, including an entire series of note cards that Carly has created.

Laura is a creative spirit and small business owner living in Minnesota. Born and raised in Colombia, Laura grew up watching artisans work with the ancient art of filigree and knew in her heart that one day she would share this beauty with the world. Laura founded Primitiva to create tangible reminders to live purposefully. Her pieces draw inspiration from astrology, spirituality and mother Earth. She believes that the combination of stone and symbol are conduits for manifesting one’s desires.

My name is Raju Lamichhane. I was born in a beautiful and remote village to a traditional Nepali family. I started my artistic creativity as we played with mud and sand and made our own toys from stone and wood. Even in student life my passion for art took me away from science and technology and pushed me to the fine arts school where I completed my bachelor degree in fine art.

Mahieu is an adoptee from Korea who grew up in Minnesota. Her pieces are drawn from her stories as an author and her cultural heritage. She also mixes in her life as a Minnesotan into all mediums. She grew up with a mother who dyed everything green to celebrate Irish heritage and then cooked kielbasa to celebrate her father’s 100% Polish roots. To her, art is an exploration of sights, sounds, textures, cultures, and ways to miniaturize everything around her.

The work I create explores duality.  Being a person of mixed race, this is an idea that i have been perpetually confronted with.  In my work I’m looking to find a balance between two concepts or idea.  I use human anatomy and creatures to examine ideas of comfort with functional items.

I also create work that explore the links between chemistry and geology in ceramic glaze. I grow crystals on the surfaces of ceramics I enhance these crystals with rare earth elements to expand the way these ceramics interact with light.

African American multi-medium and jewelry artist. Soulistic Twist’s collections of hand-crafted and custom designs are made out of all-natural materials with their metaphysical properties in mind.  Each piece is specially designed not only for their beauty and originality but with the intention of enhancing the healing and metaphysical characteristics for the wearer.