Wed, Sep 14, 2022, 1 –2 pm Auditorium 150 and Online, Central Time Visiting Artist Lecture Image Angela Two Stars (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) is a public artist and curator. Angela is the director of All My Relations Arts in Minneapolis, MN, a project of the Native American Community Development Institute. She received her BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design, in Grand Rapids, MI. Reconnecting with her Dakota culture and language were the catalysts for her current work that incorporates the Dakota Language as means of bringing awareness to the Dakota language and the importance of language revitalization efforts. Cultural reconnection and healing and community engagement are highlighted in Angela’s work. Angela's public art graces the shores of Bde Maka Ska and shares the Dakota language through visual accessibility. Her most recent public art commission, Okciyapi, is installed at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, an acquisition of the Walker Art Center. Angela’s public artworks also include commissions for the City of Minneapolis, and the Saint Paul Port Authority through a project with Forecast Public Art.