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Visual Sovereignty Project

VSP 2023
Launched in 2021, Visual Sovereignty Project (VSP) is an arts commissioning project that recognizes Indigenous people have a story to tell: “for us, by us, now us.” Curated and produced in partnership with Chava Florendo, VSP decolonizes OSF’s digital stage by transcending normative expectations about “what is Native work?” through artistic, personal and tribal sovereignty.
Find Pieces on OSF Campus
Thomas Alleyway: Installation featuring work by Raven Bright, Ty Defoe, Anne Pesata (VSP 2021)
Bowmer Lobby: Exhibition of ”Huene’moh” by Mahlija Florendo (VSP 2021), and the One Doll Collection by Carrie McCleary (VSP 2021)
Thomas Lobby: Featured Installation of “The Ipu” by Lee Cataluna (VSP 2021)

VSP 2023

Raven Bright
Raven Bright
(he/him)
Diné
Toby Linwood
Olivia Shortt
Olivia Shortt
They/He/She
Anishinaabe, Nipissing First Nation

Interdisciplinary teams of Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island will create interpretations of traditional stories to uplift and visibilize sovereignty.

VSP 2022

Mahlija Florendo
Mahlija Florendo
(she/her/hers)
Siletz, Yurok, Wasco
Living in Two Worlds
Scott Kalama
(he/him)
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Shirod Younker
Shirod Younker
Upper Coquille/ Miluk Coos

Artists from Oregon’s nine tribes are creating digital storytelling projects that center their artistic, personal and tribal sovereignty.

VSP 2021

Lee Cataluna
Lee Cataluna
(she/her/hers)
Native Hawaiian
Ty Defoe
Ty Defoe
(he/him/we/ty)
Ojibwe/Oneida Nations
Carrie Moran McCreary
Carrie Moran McCleary
(she/her)
Little Shell Chippewa of Montana
Tara Moses
Tara Moses
(she/her)
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Anne Pesata
Anne Pesata
(she/her)
Jicarilla Apache

Artists delivered a digital piece of 5–15 minutes that explores a story they choose to share and gift the world.

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Showcased Pieces

Visit the Gift Shop to bring home with you jewelry crafted by Mahlija Florendo (VSP ‘21 and ‘22).

Our 2023 Season