Northern Plains Indian Artist in Residence Exhibition on Display in John A Day Gallery
The NPIAR is part of the USD Contemporary Native Arts Program (CNAP), which also includes the Oscar Howe Summer Arts Institute (OHSAI) and the Oscar Howe Curatorial Fellowship.
Hernandez (Yankton Sioux) received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a Bachelor of Arts in English from USD. Hernandez was the lead artist for the Vermillion, South Dakota, community mural projects “Eúŋkičhetupi" (Come Back to Life) and “Wanahča" (To Blossom). She was a guest curator for “Bring Her Home: Sacred Womxn of Resistance, All My Relations Arts,” in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and she has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including “Articles of a Treaty,” in the Akta Lakota Museum, located in Chamberlain, South Dakota.
Reyna has been part of the CNAP program as a student of the OHSAI and the Oscar Howe Curatorial Fellowship.
“My interest in this opportunity is rooted in my desire to build upon the multi-faceted ways in which Dakota women artists occupy contemporary spaces and contribute to the preservation of cultural knowledge through the artistry of our matriarchs," said Hernandez.
The Northern Plains Indian Artist Residency (NPIAR) program supports emerging and mid-career Native artists to create a new body or work, integrate new media, methodologies or technologies with traditional Native arts practices, history and culture.
The gallery is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., excluding holidays. For more information about this exhibition and upcoming events, please email Amy Fill at Amy.Fill@usd.edu or call 605-658-3437.
