Jerry Fogg

Topics: Anti-racism, History, Native American, Visual Art

Community: Sioux Falls

Program Types: Speakers Bureau, Virtual Program(s)

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Healing Our Shared Past, Present, and Future: The Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum
(Note: This is a combined presentation with fellow Humanities scholar Anne Dilenschneider.)
From 1902-1933, Native Americans who angered boarding school staff or reservation agents were sent to the Canton, SD asylum. The place was “like a leper colony” and “inhumane.” 127 Native Americans from fifty-three tribes remain buried there. As Keepers of the Canton Native Asylum Story, we share this story as a way to heal our past.

Native Soul: Every Picture Tells a Story
Fogg brings the past into the present through his art. He achieves this by connecting his own feelings and those of all who engage with his art, to imagine a preferred future together. Using a mixed media approach that includes historical pieces, Native American craft, traditional art techniques and a touch of humor, Fogg asks: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?

Let’s Communicate: How Art is Generated out of Legends, Lore, Culture and Historical Events
In every piece of Jerry Fogg’s work, “there is more in the picture than just the story.” In this presentation, he shares the process of how he chooses to incorporate tangible items (documents, furs, coins, certificates, etc.) as well as symbols of Native and non-Native cultures. This takes time. Once, he had a snakeskin for 20 years before it was needed.