Artists in Residence: Exhibit & Live Painting with George Curtis Levi and Halcyon Levi Father and daughter Southern Cheyenne art duo, George Curtis Levi and Halcyon Levi, team up for an Artist Residency in the Red Earth Art Center. They are painting live in the gallery Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-4:30pm through August 16. George Curtis Levi’s work includes Cheyenne style ledger drawings on historical paper along with watercolors, acrylic paintings, parfleche/rawhide work, and Cheyenne beadwork. 18-year-old, Halcyon Levi paints in acrylic and does Cheyenne style ledger drawings. Stop by to visit with them about their work, see their exhibit and watch them create new pieces in the Red Earth Art Center.
Credit George Curtis Levi
During the formation of the United States, many landmarks were named after white settlers. Local Native activists believe changing these names will be a first step in reckoning with a racist history.
Mount Evans in Colorado was named after territorial Governor John Evans in 1895. Thirty years after his part in inciting the Sand Creek Massacre in which Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children were killed by the U.S. Army one of Colorado s highest peaks was named after him. Native activists now say the name should be changed.
Crystal C Bearing is with the Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation and is an advocate to change Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. She said that the Sand Creek Massacre should not be celebrated.