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Please join us on March 3rd at 6:30pm for the first of four virtual artist conversations facilitated by Cleo Barnett , Executive Director of Amplifier .
Barnett will facilitate a conversation with Greg Deal and Tracy Rector about their inspirations; engagements with different cultures; and the power of speaking for oneself in their storytelling-based artistic practices.
Other events in this series include:
April 7, 2021 at 6:30 pm Ann Lewis and Kate DeCiccio
Gregg Deal (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe) is a provocative contemporary artist and activist. Much of Deal’s work challenges Western perception of Indigenous people, touching on issues of race, history consideration and stereotype. With this work—paintings, mural work, performance art, filmmaking and spoken word—Deal critically examines issues and tells stories that affect Indian country such as decolonization and appropriation.
Photo credit:Petter Cohen
Tracy Rector is a mixed race filmmaker, curator, community organizer, co-founder of Longhouse Media and a 2016 Stranger Genius. She has made over 400 short films, and is currently in production of her fifth feature documentary. Rector has developed an awareness and sensitivity to the power of media and film as a modern storytelling tool. Her work has been featured on Independent Lens, Cannes Film Festival, ImagineNative, National Geographic’, Toronto International Film Festival, Seattle Art Museum and in the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian. Her focus is to uplift and amplify BIPOC voices across media platforms globally.