Noelle Garcia: Listen to Me
@ Carlson Tower Gallery at North Park University
3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, February 24th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, March 13th
Noelle Garcia is telling us to listen.
I know, everyone is telling us to listen, right? Our professors, our bosses, our kids, our parents… social media demands our attention, colonizing every second that our eyeballs will give.
But what Noelle knows is from time beyond memory*.
She has in her bones some of the best ideas, ideas that sustained a people for countless generations. Ideas from the Klamath people that were so successful, they were murdered by White logging opportunists. Ideas from Paiute people that were nearly extinguished through family separation, boarding schools, and death.
Noelle knows the fury of being asked over and over for these big ideas by institutions with too small ears.
Noelle knows that we need joy to sustain us. She knows that through laughter, one can deliver the truth in a uniquely effective package.
These are the ideas that have survived against all odds and are presented to us now.
Will we listen?
* Full quote: “We have lived in the Klamath Basin of Oregon, from time beyond memory.” from klamathtribes.org
About Noelle Garcia:
Based in the Chicago area, Noelle Garcia is an artist and educator who focuses on themes of identity, family history and recovered narratives in her work. She is an indigenous artist from the Klamath and Paiute tribes. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her paintings, drawings, and soft sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and institutions across the United States. Garcia has earned awards and fellowships at various institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Nevada Arts Council, the Illinois Arts Council, and the American Indian Graduate Center.
Image Title: Man in Grass, installation, 2023
(Enter the building on the SW corner of Foster and Kedzie.)
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