The Red Road Project-virtual tour with Carlotta Cardana and Danielle SeeWalker

Join Shanna Shelby, Carlotta Cardana and Danielle SeeWalker to discuss the artwork featured in "The Red Road Project"

About this event

Join Shanna Shelby, Denver Arts & Venues, and photographer Carlotta Cardana and writer Danielle SeeWalker, in a virtual tour and discussion about "The Red Road Project" on display at McNichols Civic Center Building Sept. 9-Dec. 18, 2022.

Carlotta and Danielle will discuss the artworks on display as well as the inspiration for the exhibit.

This event is free and open to the public, but people must register in order to get a link and instructions to join the discussion.

About the exhibition: “The Red Road Project” is a collaboration between photographer Carlotta Cardana and writer Danielle SeeWalker, which explores Native American identities, stories and experiences through a first-person narrative while depicting an accurate representation of American Indian people living in 21st century, post-colonial America. This ongoing project highlights often untold, positive stories of resilience within Indian Country. These stories cover vast topics and touchpoints from past to present, including a highlight on the Colorado Native community. This passion project is a decades-long body of work and includes photography, video and archival images and documents.
www.redroadproject.com

About the Artists
Carlotta Cardana was born/raised in Northern Italy and currently resides in London, England as an editorial and commercial photographer. Her previous experience living in Argentina and Mexico gave her personal practice an opportunity to look at how communities are affected by economic upheaval and oppression, Indigenous spirituality, the relationship between humans and their environment and at how one’s identity is shaped by the society and space he/she inhabits, such as among minorities or subcultures. Carlotta’s work has been awarded and exhibited internationally and is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Parliamentary Art Collection. See more of her expanded work on her website.

Danielle SeeWalker, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, is a Hunkpapa & Oglala Lakota artist, writer, and mother based in Denver, Colorado. She serves as a Commissioner with the Denver American Indian Commission and holds a career with a Fortune 500 company. Because of the historical stigma often associated with being Native American (particularly in North Dakota), Danielle often felt shame and hopelessness as a young girl. That experience has only fueled her passion and dedication to this project with hopes to inspire Native American youth, peers and future generations. Today, through her artwork, writing and lectures, Danielle continues to redirect the narrative to an accurate and insightful representation of contemporary Native America.

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