Summer at The Cedar: AL·TER·NA·TIVE: FRANK BUFFALO HYDE with Willows

The Cedar and All My Relations Arts Present

Summer at The Cedar: AL·TER·NA·TIVE: FRANK BUFFALO HYDE and Friends with Willows

Tuesday, July 9, 2024/ Start: 6:00 PM / End: 8:00 PM

Outdoors on The Cedar Plaza, Mixed Seated and Standing (Bring Your Own Chair)

Free
Please note that the event will begin outdoors on The Cedar plaza at 6:00pm. Please feel free to bring your own chairs - limited seating is available on the planters. Concessions will be available for purchase from The Cedar, and food from Tamu Grill and desserts from Nader Persian Restaurant will be available for purchase, as well.

In the event of severe weather, or an air quality advisory, we will not reschedule the event. Instead, we will host the show indoors at The Cedar and admit all patrons into the show on a first-come, first-served basis until the venue reaches capacity.

This show is co-presented with All My Relations Arts.

Prospective attendees can RSVP to this event online.

Join us for Summer at The Cedar: a free Tuesday night concert series outdoors on the Cedar Plaza featuring both international and local artists! This evening features Frank Buffalo Hyde and Willows, groups led by local Indigenous artists that draw on folk, blues, and soul traditions. We will be celebrating AL·TER·NA·TIVE, Frank's solo exhibition with All My Relations Arts, coming to a successful close. Food and beverages will be available for purchase from local vendors and The Cedar, and various community organizations will be tabling.

Frank Buffalo Hyde is an Onondaga/Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) artist whose paintings examine and elevate an image of contemporary Indigenous life through a vibrant pop-sensibility and uncompromising satirical eye. His work has been shown at museums including the Wheelright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, NM; the C.M Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT; and Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK. It is in the public collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Iroquois Museum, Cobleskill, NY; Longyear Museum at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM; the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Hyde lives and works in Northfield, MN.

To learn more about Frank Buffalo Hyde:

AL·TER·NA·TIVE is a solo exhibition featuring a collection of paintings and sculptures from artist Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Niimíipuu (Nez Perce). Vivid and pop-culture saturated, his work reflects on the commodification of American Indian culture, and the assertive roles for Native American identity in the contemporary world. Self-proclaimed as consciously, culturally non-transactional, Frank’s work comments on cultural appropriation and societal disruption through his uncompromising satirical eye. A defiant take on the skewed perceptions of Native American art and culture tourism, Frank’s allegorical work is geared towards Native people first and disarms through banter while making references to antiquated technology in conversation with the metaverse; and provides a layered commentary on the collective unconscious of the 21st century.

For more information about the exhibition:

• Visit the exhibition page here

Hailing from the Twin Cities, Willows is a sonic experience for any music lover's ears. Willow's latest single from their upcoming album "Willows Cinematic Universe" is out now.

To learn more about Willows:

• Visit their Instagram page here

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