Join us for the opening reception of our latest exhibition, featuring live music by Diné artist Kino Benally (DJ Béeso)

The Center of Southwest Studies (Center) at Fort Lewis College (FLC) is pleased to present Constellations of Place, a major exhibition rooted in the landscapes and layered histories of Southwest Colorado. Guest curated by scholar, writer, and independent curator, Dr. Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute, Chicana), Constellations of Place will feature a selection of over 60 textiles, pottery, beadwork, 2D works, and mixed media pieces from the Center’s permanent collections alongside the work of 13 invited contemporary Native American, Indigenous, and Latinx artists.

This exhibition is a collaborative project between the Center of Southwest Studies, Department of Reconciliation, and Four Corners Bridging Institute at Fort Lewis College, and the result of over a year of planning, listening sessions, and research. Constellations of Place is made possible with generous support from the Belonging Colorado initiative of The Denver Foundation and the Greater Good Science Center and is in partnership with the America 250-Colorado 150 Southwest regional “Power of Place” initiative.

Loaned works will span mediums of sculpture, tapestry, screenprint, video projection, digital collage, painting, photography, beadwork, and textiles from the artists:
*Solange Aguilar (Mescalero Apache, Yo'eme, Filipinx)
*Linda Baker (Southern Ute, FLC alum)
*Venancio Aragón (Diné, FLC alum)
*Karen Clarkson (Choctaw)
*Demian DinéYazhí (Diné)
*Jason Garcia (Tewa-Santa Clara Pueblo)
*Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota)
*Charine Pilar Gonzales (Tewa-San Ildefonso, FLC alum)
*Darby Raymond-Overstreet (Diné)
*Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
*Tyrrell Tapaha (Diné)
*Vicente Telles (Latinx)
*José Villalobos (Latinx)