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RedStone rodolfo sernaBACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, 2008
REDSTONE RODOLFO SERNA IS A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. HE WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, BUT HIS ROOTS ARE FROM MEXICO. HE FOLLOWS IN THE TRADITION OF HIS ANCESTORS AND SHARES HIS ART WITH THE “PEOPLE”. HE HAS WORKED WITH YOUTH FROM MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. REDSTONE WAS INITIALLY A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST UNTIL HE BEGAN COLLABORATING WITH OTHER GRAFFITI ARTISTS FROM CHICAGO. LATER, WHEN HE MOVED TO PORTLAND, A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION SEEMED THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP. IT WAS DURING HIS TIME AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY THAT HE ALSO BEGAN DOING LARGE-SCALE ART PROJECTS WITH AT-RISK YOUTH. RECENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITION VENUES INCLUDE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE; MURAL ART AND CULTURE PROJECT. 4th PLAIN BLVD COMMUNITY ART PROJECT. REDSTONE WILL BE RETURNING TO HIS PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS AND SOME NEW ONES IN ORDER TO BRING TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS ART AND CULTURE BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY. |
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JOHN brave hawk jr. FOUNDERJOHN BRAVE HAWK, JR. IS AN ENROLLED SICANGU LAKOTA FROM ROSEBUD SOUTH DAKOTA. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE MEDICINE BEAR SPIRITUAL ENCAMPMENT, AND THE FORMER SPOKESPERSON/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMPO SPIRITUAL ENCAMPMENT. AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AMPO HE HEADED A YOUNG AUDIENCES PROJECT THAT PROVIDED CULTURAL AWARENESS PRESENTATIONS TO SCHOOLS AROUND OREGON.
JOHN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PORTLAND NATIVE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. HE HAS TRAVELED THE COUNTRY AND TO GERMANY EIGHT TIMES TEACHING NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND SHARING TRADITIONS. CURRENTLY JOHN PROVIDES LEADERSHIP AND COUNSEL TO THOSE SEEKING SPIRITUAL AND CULTURAL GUIDANCE. ADDITIONALLY HE LEADS TRADITIONAL PRAYER AND PIPE CEREMONY AS REQUESTED FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED, AND FUNERAL SERVICES. HE COORDINATES AN ANNUAL TRIP TO THE BEAR DOCTOR MEMORIAL SUN DANCE IN WOOD SOUTH DAKOTA, WHERE HE IS THE SUN DANCE CHIEF. JOHN HAS BEEN HONORED MANY TIMES BY COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR ALL THAT HE PROVIDES. HE IS AN ELDER AND SPIRITUAL LEADER. MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE: THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH, AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT, BOW & ARROW CULTURE CLUB, ANDPEJUTE MATO- MEDICINE BEAR SPIRITUAL ENCAMPMENT. |
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