Revisiting a mural at the American Indian Center
, 2022-12-14 04:00:00,
“One of the biggest things we’re doing is relocating the George Morrison mural that’s outside,” says Sam Olbekson, the project’s architect and member of the White Earth Nation. The wall installation is made of cedar planks arranged in a chevron pattern to create an abstract feather. Olbekson says the piece was carefully dismantled in early December and sent to a conservator.
“Right now, it’s being transported to Montana to be disassembled, reassembled, cleaned, and then we’ll put it back on the outside of the building in a different location,” he says. “That piece of art is very important to the center and the community.”
Open since 1975, the Minneapolis American Indian Center, seen May 31, is in the midst of major renovations. Veteran visitors may notice that a large piece of public art that has been a hallmark of the corridor since the 1970s is currently missing.
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In his 1998 memoir, “Turning the Feather Around: My Life in Art,” Morrison discussed the center and the artwork, and how he acquired a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to design the…
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