Flatlander
Belonging to the Land
Creativity Gallery
Flatlander: Belonging to The Land is a series by artist John Hitchcock that views and comments on the Great Plains as the epicenter for Plains tribal culture. In the series, Hitchcock utilizes drawing and printmaking processes to convey and layer thoughts about removal, displacement, and belonging. The artist uses distinct imagery, including hybrid animals, repeating patterns, geometric shapes, biological diagrams, symbols from nature, and military weaponry to explore notions of transformation, death, rebirth, nature, technology, sustenance, renewal, sustainability, shelter, memory, travel, and life cycles. The prints combine autobiographical references with direct responses to the intrusive behavior by humans towards nature and other humans.
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John Hitchcock, Northwest Bigbow Rd., 2017, screenprint and dye on paper, 30 x 22 in.
Ongoing Exhibitions
Convergence:
Hope, Love, Resilience, Rest, Community
This installation was created specifically for the atrium at Plains Art Museum as part of the exhibition Convergence: Health & Creativity. Inspired by Labovitz’s research on the psychological benefits of art, this piece celebrates the connection between art and well-being.
View ExhibitionS.P.A.C.E. 2024-2026
The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative led by Plains Art Museum in collaboration with NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College. Sculptures are displayed for two years.
View ExhibitionNo Time For Despair
To say that right now is the ideal time to make art that speaks directly to the people about social justice is an understatement. Because the very nature of art is to undertake or assume the role of a healer by shading light on the human condition.
View ExhibitionBee in Flight
Community artist and school art teacher MeLissa Kossick, who guides youth classes at the Museum on art, gardens, and pollinators, has created an enchanting mosaic design in the Creativity Pathway in the Serkland Gallery called Bee in Flight.
View ExhibitionFragile Preservation
A Tallgrass Community
While the Tallgrass Prairie is a community made up of a great diversity of species, Fragile Preservation represents a selection of them.
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