Jeffrey Gibson's exhibition for the U.S. Pavilion, the space in which to place me, is presented by the Portland Art Museum (Oregon) and SITE Santa Fe (New Mexico) in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs. Curated by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Abigail Winograd.
Established in 1895, La Biennale di Venezia is a renowned cultural institution that hosts what is considered the most prestigious global contemporary art exhibition, introducing hundreds of thousands of visitors to exciting new art every two years. The 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (April 20–November 24, 2024) is curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
The United States Pavilion opened on May 4, 1930. Since 1986, it has been owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, and managed by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, which works closely with the U.S. Department of State and exhibition curators to install and maintain all official U.S. exhibitions presented in the Pavilion.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State designs and implements educational, professional, and cultural exchanges and other programs that create and sustain the mutual understanding with other countries necessary to advancing U.S. foreign policy goals. ECA programs cultivate people-to-people ties among current and future global leaders that build enduring networks and personal relationships and promote U.S. national security and values.
The title of the exhibition is an excerpt from the poem “Ȟe Sápa,” part three, by Layli Long Soldier.
Explore a series of audio insights from the pavilion curators, 24 extended wall texts, information on public and educational programs, an interactive map of the exhibition, and more on Bloomberg Connects, the official app for the Biennale Arte 2024.
PROJECT CREDITS
COMMISSIONERS
- Kathleen Ash-Milby,
Portland Art Museum - Louis Grachos,
SITE Santa Fe - Abigail Winograd,
Independent curator
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
PORTLAND, OREGON
Venice Project Team
- Brian Ferriso, Executive Director and Chief Curator
- Laura Bartroff, Director of Communications
- Celeste Brannon, Director of Human Resources
- Halie Brazier, Grants Specialist
- Harper Brokaw-Falbo, Donor Engagement Manager
- Karie Burch, Chief Development Officer
- Charles Campbell, Digital Communications Specialist
- Julia Dolan, The Minor White Senior Curator of Photography
- Ruth Droescher, Database Administrator
- Matthew Evans, Grants Manager
- Brian Ferriso, Director and Chief Curator
- Ian Gillingham, Head of Press & Publications
- John Goodwin, Director of Community Philanthropy
- Erin Grant (Colorado River Indian Tribes and Hopi), Assistant Curator of Native American Art
- Grace Gungadee, Assistant to the Director of Collections and Exhibitions
- Amanda Miller, Controller
- Sam Miller, Web Architect
- Gareth Nevitt, Chief Financial Officer
- Hana Layson, Head of Youth and Educator Programs
- Stephanie Parrish, Director ofLearning and Community Partnerships
- Rachel Record, Head of Partnerships
- Lisa Reeve, Marketing Coordinator
- Michael Smith, Creative Director
- Elizabeth Sackett Thomas, Assistant to the Executive Director
- Megan Tomson, Patron & Annual Giving Officer
- Donald Urquhart, Director of Collections and Exhibitions
- Cadence Welles, Accounts Payable Coordinator
SITE SANTA FE
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Venice Project Team
- Patrick Boyles, Preparator
- Brandee Caoba, Curator
- Matthew Contos, Director of Creativity and Learning
- Seth Cox, Preparator
- Carolina Franco, Director of External Affairs
- Kevin Freitas, Preparator
- Jakia Fuller, Executive Associate
- Sabrina Griffith, Preparator and Lighting Specialist
- Maxwell Holmes, Exhibitions Manager and Registrar
- Kate Kita, Director of Development
- Rica Maestas, Digital Narrative Producer
- Shannon McLean, Digital Assets Coordinator
- Daniel Mullins, Preparator
- Kody Noble, Preparator
- Clara Samayoa, Deputy Director
- Sarah Tetyevsky, Executive Associate and Board Liaison
JEFFREY GIBSON STUDIO
- Brian Barlow, Studio Manager
- Kirby Crone
- Dave Flynn
- Jenny Ghetti, Production Manager
- Jamaica Gilmore
- Beth Harring
- Hui Lee
- Amanda Lees
- George Liu
- Alex Malmude
- Leah Morris
- Miranda Nichols
- Danielle Norris, Painting Manager
- Antonia Machado Oliver
- Andy Overton
- Christine Pfister
- Chrissy Rivera
- Paige Simpson
- Willliam Singer, Studio Manager
- Louise Smith
- Anna Svoboda-Stel
- Becca Van K
- Timothy Wehrle
- Henry Williams
- Immanuel J. Williams
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
- Karole P. Vail, Director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Foundation Director for Italy
- Chiara Barbieri, Director of Special Projects and Publications, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- U.S. Pavilion Interns
BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- Allyson Algeo, Cultural Programs Division Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Douglass Benning, Consul General, U.S. Consulate General Milan
- Eileen Carey, Public Affairs Officer, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Jennifer Conrad, Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Rachel Cooke, Minister Counselor for Public Diplomacy, U.S. Mission to Italy and San Marino
- Andrew DeJesse, Program Officer, Cultural Programs Division, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Nicole Elkon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Matteo Ghezzi, Cultural Affairs Assistant, U.S. Consulate General Milan
- Chris Miner, Managing Director for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- Yoon Nam, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate General Milan
- Jenny Orrico, Cultural Programs Division Deputy Director, Bureau of Educational and Public Affairs
- Emanuela Picozzi, Public Diplomacy Coordinator, U.S. Embassy Rome
- Simonetta Romagnolo, Public Diplomacy Specialist, U.S. Consulate General Milan
- Karen Schinnerer, Cultural Attaché, U.S. Embassy Rome
- Jill Staggs, Program Officer, Cultural Programs Division, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
Institute of American Indian Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Robert Martin (Cherokee Nation), President
- Felipe Colón (Laguna Pueblo), Provost
- Mario A. Caro, Director, MFA Program
- Dawn Double Blaze (Diné and Blackfeet), Program Coordinator
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
- Leon Botstein, President
- Christian Ayne Crouch, Dean of Graduate Studies and Director, Center for Indigenous Studies
- Brandi Norton (Iñupiaq), Curator of Public Programs
- Melina Roise, Program Coordinator
- Marie Balogh, Executive Assistant
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
- Daniel Davis, Manager, Digital Media
- Johanna Gorelick, Assistant Director for Education
- Catherine Mason Hammer, Education Product Developer
- Irene Kearns, Supervisory Program Specialist, Native Knowledge 360˚ (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria)
- Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo), Director
- Maria Marable-Bunch, Associate Director of Museum Learning and Programs
- Jon Ray, Producer (Laguna Pueblo)
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- Rod Bigelow, Executive Director and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
- Marissa Reyes, Chief Learning and Engagement Officer
VENICE EDUCATOR COHORT MEMBERS
Oregon
- Julia Blue Arm (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Mnicoujou Lakota)
- Paula Portinga Booth
- Renea Menchaca (Pascua Yaqui and White Mountain Apache)
- Ben Taylor
- Ian Twiss (Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sicangu Lakota Oyate, Welsh, and Norwegian)
New Mexico
- Topaz Jones McCoy (Shoshone Paiute Tribes, Western Shoshone, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Kalapuya, Molalla, and Lummi Nation)
- Talon Micco Claybrook/Mvhayv (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and Mvskoke)
- Leanna McClure (Oglala Lakota and Mescalero Apache)
- Margarita Paz-Pedro (Mexican American, Laguna Pueblo, and Santa Clara Pueblo)
- Carol Schrade
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
Board of Trustees
- Linda Andrews
- Amjad Bangash
- Sharon Barnes
- Mary and Don Blair
- Mary Boyle
- Emma Colson
- Christelle de Asis
- Kirk Dobbins
- Lana Finley
- Ryan Finley
- Ann Flowerree
- Mark Frandsen
- Lina Garcia Seabold
- Janet Geary
- Suzanne Geary
- Alix Goodman, Chair
- Mark Goodman
- Pat Green
- Phillip Hillaire
- Fred Jubitz
- Selby Key
- Tara Kinateder
- April Knapp
- Kathleen Lewis
- Cyndy Maletis, Chair-Elect
- David Margulis
- Jay Mason
- Steven McGeady
- Brue McHayle
- Laura Meier
- Shawn Menashe
- Kaberi Banerjee Murthy
- Mark New
- Jin Park, Treasurer
- Rolando Pozos
- Pat Ritz
- Grace Serbu
- Megan Shipley
- Barbara Silver
- Angela Snow, Vice Chair
- Jeffrey Thomas
- Greg Tibbles
- Cheryl Tonkin
- Robert Trotman
- Joe Trpik
- Bob Warren
- Marie Watt
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Bill and Helen Jo Whitsell
SITE SANTA FE
Board of Trustees
- Nancy O’Connor Abendshein
- Steven Berkowitz
- Madelin Coit
- Marleen De Bode
- Jane Englebardt
- Elizabeth Glassman
- Cristina González
- Andrew Grossman
- Will Halm
- Marsha Jones, Secretary
- Tom Joyce
- Jeanne Klein
- Marti Meyerson, Chair
- William A. Miller
- Leigh Moiola
- Henry R. Muñoz III
- Andrew Rudnick
- Louisa Stude Sarofim
- Courtney Finch Taylor, Treasurer
- Carl Thoma
- Andrew Wallerstein
SPECIAL THANKS
- heather ahtone (Choctaw Nation and Chickasaw)
- Tamara Andruszkiewicz
- Colleen Keegan
- Jen Miller
- Patsy Phillips (Cherokee Nation)
CULTURAL PRODUCERS, EDUCATIONAL AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Shore Art Advisory
- Virginia Shore
- Jill Wiley White
PROJECT FUNDRAISING + CATALOGUE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
- Renée Devine
VENICE LOGISTICS COORDINATION
- Jill Weinreich
COMMUNICATIONS
Resnicow & Associates
- Julia Exelbert, Senior Account Executive
- Jenny Levine, Account Executive
- Caroline McKinley, Director
- Violet O’Neill, Account Executive
- David Resnicow, President
- Ilana Simon Rubin, Senior Vice President
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND WEBSITE
I-C-C-P
- Dylan Fracareta
- Rosen Tomov
ART HANDLING
- The APICHE Group Srl
- Atelier 4 Inc.
PRODUCTION
- Baobab Frames
- Golden Artist Colors Custom Lab
- Mural Provisions — Volta Studio LLC
- Quarra Stone Company
- Red Canary Studio
- UAP — Urban Art Projects
DESIGN ARCHITECTS
Sinfonia Group
- Miriam Engelmayer, Project Architect
- Matteo Falcone, Project Architect
- Alfredo Greco, Project Architect
- Pierpaolo Martiradonna, CEO & Founder
EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT IN VENICE
Th&Ma Architettura
- Giulia Tavone, Architect
- Giacomo di Thiene, Architect
EXECUTIVE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN VENICE
Studio 5 Ingegneria
- Gianluca Aldrighetti
- Alessandro Gasparini
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
- Cobar S.p.A.
- Impresa Edile Francesco Minto S.n.c.
EDITORS
- Philomena Mariani
- Kristin Swan
- Martha Davidson
TRANSLATION
- Elena Cimenti, Italian
- Liliana Herrera, Spanish
PHOTOGRAPHY
- Brian Barlow
- Francesca Bottazzin
- Federica Carlet
- Timothy Schenck
- Keith Scott
- Max Yawney
FILM PRODUCTION
Cultureshock
- Patrick Kelly, Executive Producer
- Emilia Eyre, Senior Producer
- Jane Morris, Interview, Editor-at-large
DOCUMENTARY (FORTHCOMING) STILLS
- Chelsea Knight, Director, Editor, and Producer
- Terrence Hayes, Director of Photography
- Agnes Davis, Videographer
- Mathew Paul Jinks, Videographer
- Caleb Wyatt, Videographer
EVALUATION
- Kuyumjian Consulting LLC
BEADWORK RESEARCH
- Steven L. Grafe
BRAIDERS (SCULPTURE)
- Deyah Cassadore (White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache [N’dee])
- Korina Emmerich (Puyallup Tribe)
- Taylor Uchytil (Agai Dicutta Walker River Paiute)
PREPRESS
- Echelon
PRINTING
- Grafiche Veneziane
- Graphicom
SCREENPRINTING AND VINYL INSTALLATION
- Fallani Venezia
VENDORS
- New Goose’s
- Venice M’Art
ACTIVATORS, U.S. PAVILION, VERNISSAGE
APRIL 17–20, 2024
Procession and Press Conference Speaker
- Chief Cyrus Ben (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)
Press Conference Blessing
- G. Peter Jemison (Heron Clan, Seneca Nation of Indians)
Friday Performances
- Anthony Hudson / Carla Rossi (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Siletz)
- Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota)
- Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache)
- DJs for IHOLLO
- Honey Dijon
- The Jazz Professor (Dieter Roelstraete)
Colorado Inter-Tribal Dancers
- Akalei Brown (Taos Pueblo and Kānaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian])
- Haleakala Mana Ke Koa Brown (Mnicoujou Lakota, Kānaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian], and Taos Pueblo)
- Kiara Flores (Cupeño/Kuupangaxwichem and Northern Ute descent)
- Tara Gover (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and Otoe-Missouria)
- Nanabah Kadenehii (Navajo Nation)
- Lori Martin (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
- Leah McGurk (Navajo Nation)
- Nick Ohitika Najin (Mnicoujou Lakota)
- Sarah Ortegon HighWalking (Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Northern Arapaho)
- Rebecca Roberts (Taos Pueblo)
- Sonya Flores (Cupeño/Kuupangaxwichem and Northern Ute descent)
- Faith Good Striker (Blood Tribe [Blackfoot] and Saddle Lake Cree)
- Raelene Whiteshield (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and Kiowa)
Oklahoma Fancy Dancers
- Joseph Hunter Blassingame (Northern Cheyenne)
- Samantha Brianne Bointy (Kiowa Tribe, Comanche, Arapaho, Choctaw and Cherokee)
- Kevin Connywerdy (Comanche Nation and Kiowa)
- Unpo Wicahpi Win Goodwill (Oglala Lakota Nation)
- Elias Her Many Horses (Oglala Lakota Nation, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Taos Pueblo, Meskwaki and Ojibwa)
- Xavier Littlehead (Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Navajo)
- Carol Melting (Tallow Blood Tribe)
- Tashina Wanbli Red Hawk (Rosebud Sioux Tribe [Sicangu Lakota])
- Noella Lee Red Hawk (Seminole Tribe of Florida)
- Michelle Reed (Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe)
- Wonzie Tiger (Mescalero Apache, Comanche and Apache Tribe of Oklahoma)
- Jaida Whitecloud (Ojibwe and Choctaw Nation)
- Mikah Sky Whitecloud (Ojibwe and Choctaw Nation)
IAIA VENICE INDIGENOUS ARTS SCHOOL
JUNE 10–14, 2024
Guest Presenters
- Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Zuni Pueblo and Tlingit)
- Herman Pi‘ikea Clark
- Yolanda Cruz (Chatina)
- Chiara Famengo
- Robert Jahnke (Ngai Taharora, Te Whanau a Iritekura, Te Whanau a Rakairo o Ngati Porou)
- Kanako Uzawa (Ainu)
MFA SA Mentors/Presenters/Participants
- Heidi K. Brandow (Diné and Kānaka Maoli)
- Mario A. Caro
- Raven Chacon (Diné and Chicano)
- Andrea Carlson (Anishinaabe)
- Anna Hoover (Norwegian and Unangax)
- Tanya Lukin Linklater (Alutiiq and Sugpiaq)
- Dakota Mace (Diné)
- Dylan McLaughlin (Diné)
- Jackson Polys (Tlingit)
- Jordan Poorman Cocker (Kiowa and Tonga)
- Isabella Shey Robbins (Diné)
- Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos)
- Yvonne N. Tiger (Cherokee, Seminole, and Mvskoke Nations)
MFA SA Students ’25
- Cole Redhorse Taylor (Dakota)
- Avis Charley (Spirit Lake Dakota and Diné)
- Ursala Hudson (Tlingit)
- Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo)
- Kimberly Fulton Orozco (Haida, Mexicana, and Anglo)
- Shannon Hooper (Paiute and Shoshone)
MFA SA Students ’26
- Matthew Bahe (Navajo and Diné)
- Amanda Raquel Dorval
- Cedar Rose Elford-White (Dene and Diné)
- Ashley Frantz (Makah, Lower Elwa S’Klallam, and Duwamish)
- Kelly Frye (Tesuque Pueblo and Mescalero Apache)
- Chanelle A. Gallagher (Anishinaabe)
- Victoria Hubbard (Mescalero Apache)
- Sayo’:kla Kindness-Williams (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
- Viola LeBeau (Hammawi of the Pit River Tribe, Cahuilla, Maidu, Cheyenne River Lakota)
- Jimmy Ramirez (Chicano Two-Spirit)
- Ryle Yazzie (Diné)
BARD CONVENING
OCTOBER 24–26, 2024
if I read you
what I wrote bear
in mind I wrote it
A Convening to consider
Jeffrey Gibson:
the space in which to place me
Speakers
- Alexia Boro
- Cristina Baldacci
- Alexandre Boquel
- Miranda Belarde-Lewis (Zuni Pueblo and Tlingit)
- Sonya Clark
- Christian Ayne Crouch
- Natalie Diaz (Gila River Indian Tribe [Akimel O’odham] and Mojave)
- Philip J. Deloria (Dakota descent)
- Ginger Dunnill
- Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota)
- Timothy McKie (Tuscarora Nation [Deer Clan])
- Dinaw Mengestu
- Caroline Monnet (Anishinaabe and French)
- Brandi Norton (Iñupiaq)
- Jami Powell (Osage Nation)
- Jolene Rickard (Tuscarora Nation [Turtle Clan])
- Dieter Roelstraete
- Franca Tamisari
Colorado Inter-Tribal Dancers
- Akalei Brown (Taos Pueblo and Kānaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian])
- Haleakala Mana Ke Koa Brown (Mnicoujou Lakota, Kānaka Maoli [Native Hawaiian], and Taos Pueblo)
- Jayson HighWalking (Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Northern Cheyenne, Omaha, and Lakota)
- Sarah Ortegon HighWalking (Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Northern Arapaho)
- Nick Ohitika Najin (Mnicoujou Lakota)
Oklahoma Fancy Dancers
- Angelyn Connywerdy (Comanche Nation, Kiowa, and Caddo)
- Kevin Connywerdy (Comanche Nation and Kiowa)
- Miwese Greenwood (Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Ponca and Chickasaw)
Divide and Dissolve
- Takiaya Reed (Black and Cherokee)
- Kwami Winfield
- White People Killed Them
- Raven Chacon (Diné and Chicano)
- Marshall Trammell
- John Dieterich
Program DJs
- DJ Miss Ginger
- The Jazz Professor