Everyday Brave Opens At The Stillwater Public Library Gllery
July 28th, 2015 - Star Prairie, WI
STILLWATER, Minnesota (March 23, 2015) Stillwater Public Library is proud to announce the opening of Everyday Brave, Living in Two Worlds a photography exhibit featuring portraits of contemporary Native Americans by Star Prairie, WI, photographer, Tom Lindfors. The show features portraits commissioned by the Stillwater Public Library Foundation in conjunction with this year’s Big Read program selection Love Medicine by Ojibwe author Louise Erdrich.
The exhibition contrasts Lindfors’ early black and white portraits made at powwows with portraits of contemporary Native Americans. Teachers, writers, artists, activists, and other community members express in their own words what it means to be brave. Their stories are presented in English and translated into their native languages.
Lindfors personal work addresses the idea of community and the ways that people with different ideas, different histories, and different cultures learn how to live together. Lindfors believes how we embrace diversity will define the future of the American Experience. He believes that by practicing respect, employing education and embracing diversity, communities cannot only unite but flourish.
Lindfors’ photographs have been exhibited at museums and galleries from Chicago to Santa Fe as well as overseas. A number of images belong to private collections including the permanent archives of the International Polaroid Collection. He is a past president of the Midwest Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.
An opening reception will be held Thursday, April 9 from 6 – 8 p.m. Everyday Brave closes at the end of April.
The Big Read in the St. Croix Valley is a one book community program presented by ArtReach St. Croix in partnership with the Valley Bookseller, Stillwater Public Library, St. Croix Festival Theatre, Little Free Library and library branches located in communities throughout the St. Croix Valley.
The gallery is located on the upper level of the library adjacent to the terrace. The Stillwater Public Library is located at 224 Third Street North, Stillwater, MN 55082. Phone (651) 275.4338 on the web at: stillwaterlibrary.org. The library is open Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.