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Global Indigenous Perspectives: From Turtle Island to Sápmi
October 14, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CDT
Join the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Swedish American Museum, Nordic House Chicago, and the Chicago Cultural Alliance for a panel discussion with Kurt Seaberg, a Sámi-American artist, and a North American Indigenous person. Moderated by the Mitchell Museum’s Josee Starr (Arikara, Omaha, Odawa), the discussion will explore similarities and differences between the two panelist’s cultures and reflect on their individual experiences followed by a Q&A with the audience.
The panel discussion will take place at the Nordic House Chicago. Attendees to this in-person program will also get to enjoy light refreshments as well as visit the Nordic House’s current exhibit, Sámi Dreams, a photography exhibit displaying portraits of Sámi people and their oral histories. The photographer, Randall Hyman, will be invited to participate in the panel as well and share his experience in capturing the photographs.
Kurt Seaberg is a Sami-American artist currently residing in Minnesota. He was born in Chicago, IL, and studied intaglio and lithography at the University of Minnesota. He has been a working member of Highpoint Center for Printmaking since 2003. Seaberg has dedicated much of his time and creative energy to lithography. He believes one of the tasks of an artist is to remind us where our strength and power lies – in beauty, community, and sense of place. Nature has always been a theme and source of inspiration in his work and the particular spiritual qualities he finds there. Seaberg uses his art to connect with his Sami heritage and his father, who was an artist as well. https://www.kurtseaberg.com/
Randall Hyman is a photographer and journalist who has covered the environment, culture, and science worldwide for over 40 years. His photo essays and articles have been featured in many magazines including Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, and Scandinavian Review. In 2013, Hyman spent four months travelling the northern coast of Norway as a Fulbright Scholar. In 2015, as an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow, he was drawn to the impact of climate change on Norway’s human population, especially its indigenous Sami. Determined to tell their story, Hyman spent a month travelling across Finnmark in 2018 photographing and speaking with a wide range of Sami individuals, from herdsmen to artists to politicians. https://www.randallhyman.com/
For more information about this program, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org