Last weekend artist Angela Babby installed a 6'x7' commissioned artwork entitled "Return of White Buffalo Calf Woman" in the new addition at the Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The artwork is made entirely of art glass and grout. Some of the pieces of glass, such as the face, hands, buffalo, bead work and buckskin dress are painted with enamel and fired in a kiln creating glass on glass tiles. After all of the pieces of glass are enameled, cut and ground, they are adhered to tile board and grouted. The artwork took a little under a year to create, honors our creation story and is meant to express the pride we feel in our heritage and culture.
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Closeup of "Return of White Buffalo Calf Woman" at the new addition of the Red Cloud High School on Pine Ridge.
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by ababby (Subscribe)
Posted on: Sep 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM EDT
Channel: Arts & Entertainment
that's the wonderfulest compliment ever...thanks for writing. A
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Wow, that is lovely. It's on display at a high school? I wish more schools would commission pieces like this. I feel that it would raise awareness of the current issues facing Native Americans among youth across the nation.
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Sometimes an image such as this can say more than words
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YosemitePaiutes says ...
On Saturday, Sep 12 at 5:22 AM
Very beautiful. That is one of the most beautifulest things I have seen. Great work.
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