Exhibition: Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise In Culture Abstracted

Name: Exhibition: Yooti (Yo-di) - To Rise In Culture Abstracted
Start: 2024-07-08T17:30:00-06:00
End: 2024-07-08T20:30:00-06:00
Location: 212 E 33rd St, Garden City, ID, United States, Idaho 83714

Schedule

Mon Jul 08 2024 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

212 E 33rd St, Garden City, ID, United States, Idaho 83714 | Garden City, ID

Opening reception Art Showing with an opening honor song (Caylon Hedgepeth) and closing song (Kit Julianto and Caylon Hedgepeth).
BIOGRAPHY
Kit Julianto, Yooti, is an enrolled member of the Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation and a descendent of the Navajo nation. He holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts of Santa Fe, New Mexico (2010) and a MFA in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University (2018). He teaches Art, grades Pre-K to 12th at the Owyhee Combined Schools in Elko County School District. He believes in empowering youth to express themselves through different mediums such as painting, watercolor, pottery, drawing and art foundations in school and through workshops. Other outlets of using his artistry and culture are by presenting Native American workshops on how to play the Native flute, singing and hand drum making. His works reflect upon Native American culture, music, tradition, and storytelling, through various mediums, vibrant colors, and texture. His works of art have been shared throughout many Native and non Native communities, galleries, and gatherings.