Visual art | August 4–September 3 | FREE
Opening: Friday, August 4th, 5–9 PM
This exhibit can be viewed during public FUSION events or by appointment. To schedule a visit, email FUSION.
Lapis Room Presents "[Points in Indian] A Guided Group Show" by Jesse Littlebird
Littlebird teamed up with Lapis Room art gallery for a workshop opportunity. Over two sessions, he guided participants through the process of finding the starting place, acknowledging hang-ups, and deploying breakthrough techniques to transcend themes of ego, impermanence, and perfectionism. Littlebird conducted performances and exercises in a series of "Coyote Strategies" to immerse participants in his own personal art practice. Using these techniques, our artists created their own works. FUSION | 708 is proud to display the art from this workshop in a group show along with Littlebird’s work.
In keeping with the theme of community and collaboration, this show will coincide with August’s downtown Art Walk to encourage Albuquerque residents to experience Littlebird and our artist’s work.
Contributing artists include Jesse Littlebird, Eric Martinez, Kate Meier-Bolintineanu, Polo Garcia, Cindy Ritzman, Judy Johnson, Dave Stein, Aryon Hopkins, Jana Pfeiffer, Vanessa Hoffman, Carmen Peer, Grant Magnanelli, ZaZa Mugnolo, Mike Radigan, Gus Liakos, Jackie Freedman, Scott Miller, and Meg Grgurich.
Opening: Friday, August 4th, 5–9 PM (The ABQ Artwalk)
On view during public FUSION events or by appointment through: Sunday, September 3rd.
To schedule an appointment Email FUSION
Additionally, there will be a corresponding workshop on August 11th and an outdoor film screening on August 19th (information coming soon!).
ABOUT JESSE LITTLEBIRD
Jesse Littlebird (Laguna/Kewa Pueblos) is a native New Mexico artist, painter, writer and film director with a passion for telling stories that foster cultural experience, dialogue and community engagement for a diverse audience. Storytelling through the medium of painting and film is a vital part of life for Littlebird with his indigenous heritage deeply rooted in the oral tradition culture of his Pueblo Indian lineage and growing up in a creative innovative household.
Littlebirdʼs bold paintings emerged on the New Mexico art scene with his provocative art featured in solo and group shows during 2018-2019. Littlebird dove deeply into his painting with an ambitious visionary time during the tumultuous pandemic period. His dedicated work ethic and prolific painting style catapulted him onto a national level with exhibitions and collectors discovering his visual storytelling painted on large format surfaces.
“My work is inspired by teachings, prophecies and stories that are common among Earthly rooted people. I delve into the inner workings of what makes up thoughts, choices and actions of humankind, past, present and future. Experiences that interest me are encounters with miracles and mass exchanges of energy that can be represented in a field of space and color. For example, what would a genocide look like with a vibrant composition of primary colors? How could the death of an eternal being be represented as sacred and placed on a pedestal, martyred and sainted by the artist.”
He is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.