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PrintThe Warrior Elder: Leonard Peltier
From Feb. 3 through April 8, the Smoki Museum in Prescott, Arizona presents Warrior Elder: The Paintings of Leonard Peltier, a rare exhibition of paintings by the Chippewa artist. All of the works, including 16 to 18 acrylic on canvas paintings, as well as lithographs and giclée prints, will be for sale.
Entirely self-taught, Peltier displays a bold use of color and form, with works ranging from portraiture and still-lifes to scenes of traditional American Indian life.
Peltier painted this body of work over the last 30 years while serving two consecutive terms of life imprisonment. He was convicted, in a very controversial trial, of murdering two FBI Special Agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975.
He is currently incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
The exhibition kicks off with a members-only preview on the evening of Feb. 2 (memberships will be available at the door), including remarks by a number of speakers from the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, such as author Michael Blake (Dances with Wolves). The exhibition opens to the public on Feb. 3, again with speakers. This will be followed by a 7 p.m. concert featuring the outstanding reggae artist Casper (Hopi), as well as other notable musicians.
Admission to the opening is free; concert tickets are $10 to $15.
Curating the show is Adam Mikos.
The Smoki Museum is directed by L. John Tannous.
Details: 928/445-1230 or smokimuseum.org
