TAMPA, FL.- The USF Contemporary Art Museum, part of the Institute for Research in Art in the USF College of The Arts, presents Native America: In Translation. Curated by Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star and organized by Aperture, Native America: In Translation assembles the wide-ranging work of nine Indigenous artists who pose challenging questions about identity and heritage, land rights, and histories of colonialism.

Probing the legacies of settler colonialism, and photography’s complex and often fraught role in constructing representation of Native cultures, the exhibition includes works by lens-based artists Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe, Lac Seul First Nation), Nalikutaar Jacqueline Cleveland (Yup’ik), Martine Gutierrez (American), Koyoltzintli​ (Ecuadorian-American), Duane Linklater (Omaskêko Ininiwak from Moose Cree First Nation), Guadalupe Maravilla (American), Kimowan Metchewais (Cree, Cold Lake First Nations), Alan Michelson (Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River), and Marianne Nicolson (Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations), offering new perspectives on Indigenous identity by reimagining what it means to be a citizen in North America today.

Native America: In Translation expands on Wendy Red Star’s role as guest editor of the Fall 2020 issue of Aperture magazine. The exhibition is organized by Aperture and is made possible, in part, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The USFCAM presentation of Native America: In Translation is supported in part by the Lee & Victor Leavengood Endowment; the USFCAM ACE (Art for Community Engagement) Fund Patrons; and the Florida Department of State, Florida Arts & Culture. Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

RELATED EVENTS

ART Thursday Concert in the Galleries: Native America: Sonic Translation
Thursday, September 14, 7pm
USF Contemporary Art Museum
In response to the exhibition Native America: In Translation, USF students, faculty, and USF Community Music Project feature performances and world premieres of original scores composed by Dr. William Linthicum-Blackhorse and USF Faculty member, Dr. Justin Giarrusso. Free event, open to all. Presented by USF Contemporary Art Museum and USF School of Music.

Guadalupe Maravilla - Kennedy Family Visiting Artist Lecture
Thursday, October 19, 6pm
USF School of Art and Art History, FAH 101
Transdisciplinary visual artist, choreographer, and healer Guadalupe Maravilla will present a public lecture on his creative practice. Maravilla’s work is included in Native America: In Translation. This event is free and open to all. Presented by the USF School of Art and Art History Kennedy Family Artist and Scholar Residency.

ART Thursday, Student-Led Exhibition Tours
Thursday, November 30, 6pm & 7pm
USF Contemporary Art Museum
Join us for two student-led tours of the exhibition Native America: In Translation. The tours are free and open to the public.

USF Contemporary Art Museum organizes and presents significant and investigative exhibitions of contemporary art from Florida, the United States and around the world. Serving as a teaching laboratory, USFCAM’s curatorial and socially engaged initiatives and educational programs are designed to present the students, faculty, and community with current issues of contemporary art practice, and to explore the role of the arts in society. USFCAM publishes relevant catalogues, presents critically recognized traveling exhibitions and commissions new projects by national and international artists. USFCAM maintains the university’s art collection, comprising more than 5000 contemporary art works.

USF Contemporary Art Museum Presents a New Exhibition
Native America: In Translation
August 25th, 2023 - December 1st, 2023