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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/its-a-profound-legacy-wendy-red-star-on-carrying-the-mantle-of-her-ancestors/
- Published: 2024-08-18T09:15:54-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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.  […] Click here to view original web page at news.artnet.com