News Release

Pipestone National Monument Guest Speaker Series3

Date: September 17, 2018
Contact: Anne Dowd, Ph.D., RPA, 507-825-5464, Ext. 216

Pipestone National Monument News Release

For Release: Immediate Release 8/31/18
Contact: Anne Dowd, Ph.D., RPA                email: e-mail us         Telephone: [phone], Ext. 216

Pipestone National Monument Guest Speaker Series

Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument announces Jill Ahlberg Yohe as the Third Speaker in the 2018 Guest Speaker Series at the Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center, in Pipestone, Minnesota, on Friday, September 25, from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Jill Ahlberg Yohe will present “Hearts of our People: Native Women Artists,” a discussion of her curatorial efforts on a large exhibition dedicated to celebrating the vast artistic achievements of American Indian women artists from ancient to contemporary times.

“Hearts of Our People” will include the work of North American women artists in all media, including textiles, baskets, jewelry, painting, sculpture, photography, video, and digital art. With the knowledge and experience of the Advisory Board to enhance understanding of the art, “Hearts of Our People” will create a rich historical context for exploring questions in art history, anthropology, gender studies, and Native American culture. The event is free and open to the general public.

Jill Ahlberg Yohe is the Associate Curator of Native American Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). In 2008, Ahlberg Yohe received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico, and her dissertation focused on social aspects of weaving in contemporary Navajo life. Prior to coming to MIA, Ahlberg Yohe was the Assistant Curator of Native American art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she worked closely with Native collaborators in the installation and catalog of the Donald Danforth Jr. Collection of Plains Reservation Art. At MIA, Ahlberg Yohe has begun new initiatives to expand understanding and new curatorial practices of historic and contemporary Native art.

Directions are available through this link: https://www.nps.gov/pipe/planyourvisit/directions.htm

For additional information, contact Pipestone National Monument at 507-825-5464, or visit the Monument’s Facebook page or web site at https://www.facebook.com/PipestoneNPS or https://www.nps.gov/pipe/index.htm.

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