

Brad Kahlhamer at Heard Market. Photo: Doug Miles.

Dan Mills. Photo: Gail Skudera.


New Red Order, still from “Never Settle: Calling In” (2018)

Elisa Harkins and Ivanie Aubin-Malo, still from “Honor Beats” (2019)

Nihzonniya Austin

Dirt Rhodes
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Exploding Native Inevitable Celebration
Co-curators Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills introduce a night of programming that includes performances, videos, and poetry.
Thursday, Dec 12, 2024, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
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About the Event
In celebration of the exhibition Exploding Native Inevitable, co-curators Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills introduce a night of programming that includes performances, videos, and poetry.
Conversation with co-curators
Brad Kahlhamer, artist, and Dan Mills, Director of the Bates College Museum of Art, discuss the exhibition’s origins, development, and aspirations with Lauren R. O’Connell, SMoCA Curator of Contemporary Art
Film Screenings
Mnemonics of Shape and Reason (2021) by Sky Hopinka (4:13 minutes)
Never Settle: Calling In (2018) by New Red Order (3:57 minutes)
Honor Beats (2019) by Elisa Harkins and Ivanie Aubin-Malo (5:03 minutes)
Live Musical Performances
Nizhonniya Austin
Dirt Rhodes
About the Exhibition
Exploding Native Inevitable is an exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art from the land we now call America, featuring Norman Akers, Nizhonniva Austin, Alison Bremner, Jaque Fragua, Raven Halfmoon, Elisa Harkins, Sky Hopinka, Terran Last Gun, Fox Maxy, New Red Order, Mali Obomsawin & Lokotah Sanborn, Sarah Rowe, Duane Slick, and Tyrrell Tapaha.
Organized by Bates College Museum of Art and curated by Brad Kahlhamer and Dan Mills.