Blackfeet artist Jesse DesRosier will talk on Friday, February 9 starting at 6:30 pm in the Cordingley Room instead of 4:30, as was previously reported, due to a change in the artist’s travel plans.
DesRosier teaches the Blackfeet language using plains sign language, pictographs and written language at the Piegan Institute (Cuts Wood Academy) as well as the Blackfeet Community College (BCC). The Cuts Wood Academy is nationally recognized as a successful and effective model for Native language immersion with a multi-generational approach. It was co-founded in the late 1980’s by the late Darrell Kipp, a Native American educator, documentary filmmaker, and historian Its mission is “to use the Blackfeet language as the tool (not object) of instruction within a local context to produce fluent speakers of the Blackfeet language.”
Jesse attended the Cuts Wood Academy from 1998 to 2003 when he graduated the 8th grade. After completing high school, Jesse served in the Marine Corps from 2007-2011, then he attended the University of Montana (Missoula); where he graduated with a BA in Native American Studies. Jesse is also a former MMA fighter and SAG AFTRA stuntman performing stunts in movies across the country.
Jesse makes art using traditional pictograph designs along with contemporary images onto antique ledger paper; he tells stories from his personal perspectives as a Blackfeet man with an old soul living on the reservation. His work will be in the library until the end of February.
Blackfeet creator Jesse DesRosier’s talk to be rescheduled
Blackfeet artist Jesse DesRosier’s artist talk set for today, Feb. 9, at 6:30 pm has been canceled due to his flight being unable to leave New Mexico today, where he was working on a project. We will reschedule a new event with DesRosier as soon as we can.
Jesse’s art will remain up at the library through the end of February.
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