Photos from Jan 6, 2019

Alexis - Alicia Smith

Alicia Cyr - Anna

Arriving at the field Museum || Cheryl R

Chris Pappan || Emily

At the Dinosaur || Grace Thurmau

Jasmine || Autumn || Jody - Meaghan

Marissa || Mark

Morgan || Lindsey-Natalie

Rick Smith - Chris || Mary

Maddie || Cheryl James and Chris Pappan || James and Debra Yepa-Pappan

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Jan. 6, 2019

"Artist Chris Pappan features 17 original drawings and paintings that build on traditional Plains Indian narrative art forms. Pappan’s art is both stunning and unexpected, commenting on the past and exposing misperceptions of Native American peoples. He developed the present multimedia exhibition, “Drawing on Tradition.” Curator Alaka Wali wanted to explore how we look at Native Americans as artists and keepers of culture and provide an answer to the question of how traditions must change in order to survive. Pappan’s work takes a dramatic leap from early 19th-century ledger drawings to fresh interpretation of historic Native American topics. Says Wali, his pieces “are at once beautiful works of art and brilliant commentaries on the political and cultural treatment of Native peoples. [They] invite viewers to be part of a larger conversation on where we’ve been and where we might go.”

The art includes Kiowa Flapper (above, with Chris Pappan), Interpreting the Future (below left) and Displaced Peoples 2 (below right)

d of their “savage” customs and culture ultimately deprived the students of their heritage. Disease and harsh conditions took their toll, and hundreds of children died, with 186 still buried on the site today.