Art NOW series presents Elisa Harkins

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Art NOW speaker series presents: Elisa Harkins
12 pm | October 11, 2023
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome

Elisa Harkins (Cherokee, Muscogee) is an artist, singer, electronic music composer, and curator. Her work is concerned with the body, language revitalization, and Indigenous music. She is the first person to sing a contemporary song in the Cherokee language. She has exhibited and performed at Crystal Bridges, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, MoMA, Montréal, arts interculturels, and REDCAT. Harkins has received awards from Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Harpo Foundation, Mid-America Arts Alliance, and George Kaiser Family Foundation. Harkins is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Nation. 

Elisa Harkins' exhibition, Teach Me a Song, is on view at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery from October 14, 2023 to January 13, 2024.

All photos by Ian Byers-Gamber. Courtesy of the artist.

Free admission, all are welcome to attend.
Thank you to the Southern Alberta Art Gallery for their collaboration on this presentation.


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