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Thank you for your interest in participating in the Native American House Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Red Regalia Project. This project is supported by the Native North American artist-in-residency program, coordinated by a consortium including Allerton Park, American Indian Studies, the School of Art & Design, Humanities Research Institute, Krannert Art Museum, and the Native American House. This one-week residency will involve Chicago-based Native artist Angel Starr (Arikara/Omaha/Odawa), who will facilitate a series of red regalia workshops where participants will create red ribbon skirts and red ribbon shirts. The red regalia will be used in the annual creation of campus-based exhibitions to call attention to violence against Indigenous Peoples.
Participants will have access to sewing machines. Supplies and materials will be provided, including encouragement, patience, and lots of love!
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Location of Program: School of Art & Design (408 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign), Room 9 (basement)
Participation Options
Friday, March 5 through Sunday, March 7, participants will sew red ribbon skirts and red ribbon shirts. The overall goal is to create twenty-five ribbon skirts and sew ribbons onto four button-up red dress shirts. Please select the dates on which you can participate.Friday, April 5, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (dinner will be provided)Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (lunch and dinner will be provided)Sunday, April 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (lunch will be provided)
For questions or to request disability-related accommodations, please contact David Eby at davidme2@illinois.edu or the director of the Native American House, Dr. Charlotte Davidson, at drchar@illinois.edu.