Supporting Artist-Led Solutions “AT-HOME”
In 2020, Dakota Wicohan, Racing Magpie, and Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) collaborated to co-design the Dakota Community Artist-in-Residence project—a pilot project supporting artist-led solutions to community challenges impacting the Upper and Lower Sioux Communities during the COVID-19 crisis. Three Dakota artists from Pezihutazizi Oyate (Upper Sioux Community) and Cansa’yapi (Lower Sioux Indian Community) were selected to work for two weeks “at-home” to utilize their artistic practice to design and implement a creative project addressing the impacts of COVID-19 on their community. earn more about the artists, Fern Cloud, Talon Cavender-Wilson, and Liza Nez HERE.
This project was co-designed by Dakota Wicohan, Racing Magpie, and the Department of Public Transformation, with support from the Southwest Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (SWRSDP) and with a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.