(Re)Connected | Angela Two Stars

This exhibition features new works by Angela Two Stars that highlight the active process of healing from trauma. Embarking on a language journey placed Angela on a path that required facing traumas that are historical, intergenerational, and personal.
 

Through reconnecting with her Dakota language, and ancestral homelands here in Mni Sota, Angela realized that she has always been connected to her language, culture, and ancestors and that only through a commitment to address the traumas, was she able to heal.
 

Through personal, vulnerable installations and performances, (Re)Connected boldly addresses issues that have caused the traumas endured by Native women but also highlights the strength, beauty, and resilience of Native women and their roles as leaders, caretakers, life-givers, and protectors of all their relations.
 

Angela Two Stars joins Jaime Black as St. Catherine University’s 2022-2023 Amy Marie Sears Memorial Visiting Artists in Residence. Black’s exhibition, She Holds Water, runs concurrently in the East Gallery.

Additional performances of Healing is a Process by Angela Two Stars: Thursdays, February 16, March 2 and March 16. All performances begin at 6pm in the West Gallery. Free and open to the public.

Film Screening and Artist Discussion at The O'Shaughnessy with Angela Two Stars and Jaime Black:
Tuesday, February 7, 6–8pm.
Free and open to the public, tickets required. Reserve free tickets here.

Image: Angela Two Stars, Priceless Winyans, 2019, Fabric, ribbon, paper, handwritten Dakota language phrases, 42” x 32” each