‘It’s a Profound Legacy’: Wendy Red Star on Carrying the Mantle of Her Ancestors

Photo caption: Wendy Red Star in her studio. Photo courtesy of Dreams The Truth Studio. Article by Katie White. Artnet – August 13, 2024.

Wendy Red Star sees herself as one in a long matrilineal line of creators. The artist (b. 1981) grew up on the Crow Indian Reservation in Billings, Montana. During her childhood, her grandmother was always busy with a creative project—sewing, beading, or drawing. That artistic lineage dates many generations back into Red Star’s Apsáalooke ancestry.  […]

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