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Join Danielle SeeWalker, a Denver-based artist, writer, and Hunkpapa Lakota citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, for a special edition of One Painting at a Time, a program that invites close looking, open-ended dialogue, and personal interpretation.
One Painting at a Time challenges us to look beyond our first impressions and spend quality time with a single painting. The program departs from the idea that Clyfford Still intended his artwork to be open to interpretation and did not title his paintings. Each program is unique, with the format and conversation determined by the speaker, who has free rein to choose a painting from the 843 in the Museum’s collection.
In this session, SeeWalker brings her lived experience and artistic perspective to a painting of her choosing, offering participants the opportunity to reflect on Still’s work through the lens of contemporary Native American presence, identity, and creative practice. The program supports the Museum’s ongoing commitment to community-centered dialogue and is offered in conjunction with “Tell Clyfford I Said ‘Hi’”.
The talk is included with Museum admission, is free for CSM members, and registration is required to attend in person at the Clyfford Still Museum. Registration will open soon.
About Danielle SeeWalker
Danielle SeeWalker is a Hunkpapa Lakota citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and currently resides in Denver, CO. She is a multidisciplinary artist, muralist, writer, businesswoman, former Chair Commissioner of the Denver American Indian Commission and most importantly, a mother. In her artistic practices, Danielle works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American stereotypes, microaggressions, and colonialist systems, both historically and in contemporary society. Drawing on au courant color palettes, expressionistic art strategies, and her Lakota traditions, SeeWalker spins her work into a contemporary vision to elevate historical perspectives as told from the side not often heard. Her passion to redirect the narrative to an accurate and insightful representation of contemporary Native America is centric to her both her artwork and community involvement. Danielle is also a freelance writer and published her first book titled “Still Here” in 2020. She is also co-founder of “The Red Road Project” which is a photo/film-documentary project that documents what it means to be Native American in the 21st century by capturing inspiring and positive stories of people and communities within Indian Country. In 2022, Danielle was the recipient of the Mayor’s Excellence in Arts & Culture Innovation Award and most recently received an Emmy Award for her work on a documentary piece with Rocky Mountain PBS called “A New Chapter.”
Website: www.seewalker.com
Instagram: @seewalker_ART
Pronouns: she/her/wíŋyáŋ
Admission: Free for CSM members, $15 adults, $13 seniors (65+), $10 teachers/military, $1 Museums for All/Explorer Pass (with valid EBT card), always free for children ages 17 and under.