American Indian Center Mural Art
American Indian Movement ‘home’ gets a paint job!
Art and activism have gone hand in paint-brush for a long time. Now it is artist and spray can.
The Artist Gregg Deal and Votan Henriquez at the American Indian Center in Minneapolis, MN.
Here is an interview with Votan in the Native Max Magazine.
Murals done by Gregg Deal and Voton. Gregg Deal murals at American Indian Center and Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Charlie Thayer
Murals done by Gregg Deal and Voton. Gregg Deal murals at American Indian Center and Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Charlie Thayer
Progress on the mural.
Murals done by Gregg Deal and Voton. Gregg Deal murals at American Indian Center and Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Keri Pickett
Will Sayers with murals by Gregg Deal at the Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Keri Pickett
Murals done by Gregg Deal at the Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Keri Pickett
Keri Pickett stands with murals done by Gregg Deal and Boton. Gregg Deal murals at American Indian Center and Little Earth Community. Photo © 2015 Keri Pickett
Keri Pickett
Keri Pickett is an author, photographer and filmmaker telling the stories of life, family and community with intimacy, honesty and impact. Pickett is Producer, Director and Camera for the award-winning feature documentary film ‘The Fabulous Ice Age’, about the rise and fall of the great American touring ice shows and one man’s quest to save the history, available on Netflix and Amazon. Her short film, 'Steel // Spirit' premiered at MSPIFF and won certificate of excellence in India. Her award-winning books include Love in the 90s; BB and Jo, The Story of a Lifelong Love, A Granddaughter’s Portrait (Warner Books, 1995); Faeries; Visions, Voices & Pretty Dresses (Aperture, 2000); Saving Body & Soul, The Mission of Mary Jo Copeland (WaterBrook, 2004). The recipient of a Jerome and Minnesota State Arts Board grants, three McKnight Foundation Photography fellowships, a National Endowment for the Arts award, and a Bush Foundation Fellow, Pickett’s work is in the permanent collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.