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SUMMARY:OPEN STUDIOS | Lineage Is a Verb: Curated by Ty Defoe
DESCRIPTION:OPEN STUDIOS | Lineage Is a Verb brings together Indigenous women and non-binary artists\nacross three generations in a shared space for making\, remembering\, and becoming.\nCurated by Ty Defoe\, this evening invites audiences into a living conversation across time\,\nlineage\, and artistic practice. \nPresented in honor of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) week\, the work centers\npresence over erasure—asking how Indigenous femme bodies carry knowledge\, resist patriarchy\, and practice\nsurvival through art. Here\, lineage is not inherited alone; it is enacted in relation. \nEvent Details\n\nDate: Thursday\, May 7\, 2026\nTime: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM (Eastern Time)\nVenue: CPR – Center for Performance Research\n361 Manhattan Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY 11211\nTickets: Pay what you can\, $0–$25\nCurator: Ty Defoe\n\nProgram\n\nDawn Avery: Where is she?\nJolie Cloutier: Tomato Season\nJessica Ranville: Work-in-progress performance sharing\n\nAbout Tomato Season\nTomato Season\, written and performed by Jolie Cloutier\, a member of the Onondaga Nation’s\nWolf Clan\, follows a young Native American woman navigating pregnancy in the contemporary United States.\nThe piece explores generational trauma\, religious trauma\, motherhood\, abortion\, and the realization of not\nbeing ready for something you have always wanted. \nTold through an Indigenous lens\, Tomato Season approaches a complex topic with hope\, honesty\,\nand self-grace. \nAbout OPEN STUDIOS\nOPEN STUDIOS is CPR’s series of work-in-progress showings held throughout the year.\nOrganized by guest curators\, the series serves as an incubator for new work and invites the public into\nthe artistic process. \nFeatured Artists\nTy Defoe is a citizen of the Anishinaabe and Oneida Nations and a Grammy Award-winning writer\nand interdisciplinary artist whose work spans performance\, land-based practice\, technology\, and decolonial futurity. \nDawn Ieri’hó:kwats Avery is a Grammy and NAMA-nominated performer\, composer\, professor\, and artist\nwhose work draws from sacred world traditions\, including her Kaniènkéha (Mohawk) heritage. \nJolie Cloutier is a New York City-based actor and writer and a member of the Onondaga Nation\nWolf Clan. Her work celebrates Indigenous identity through theater\, writing\, and performance. \nJessica Ranville is a Red River Métis performer from Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, with Off-Broadway\,\nregional theater\, teaching\, and movement credits across New York and beyond. \nJoin CPR for an intimate evening of Indigenous performance\, process\, memory\, and creative survival.
URL:https://nativeamericanstoday.com/event/open-studios-lineage-is-a-verb-curated-by-ty-defoe/
LOCATION:CPR – Center for Performance Research\, 361 Manhattan Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11211\, United States
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