Art + Tech Workshop for Indigenous Designers and Creatives

Indige Design Collab and lightStruct hosted an in-person workshop to guide the curiosity of creatives and designers experimenting with Art, Tech, and Projection. The workshop was led by Brett Phares founder of lightStruct. We focused on the practice of projection techniques, tips for placemaking/keeping, and tricks for creating immersive experiences. We work to encourage Indigenous creative collaboration filled with story, light, movement, and color. The designers who attended had a chance to create a special piece to be projected on a temporary mural installation located in central Phoenix on the side of a prominent warehouse building.

RISE Mural + Projection Show Unveiling
October 10th at 6:30 pm
Location: 901 N Central Ave, Pheonix, AZ
(Roosevelt Rd. and Central Ave.)

RISE MURAL + PROJECTION SHOW

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY PHOENIX FEST LIVE ARTISTS

  • Selina Scott

    Selina A. Scott is a Diné (Navajo) and Hispanic artist from Tempe, Arizona. She graduated from Arizona State University and completed a BFA in Drawing in 2021. Selina is inspired by her Indigenous and Hispanic heritage, and the focus of her work is to progress their representation in contemporary art and share the beauty of these communities. The main themes in her art include the exploration of identity, matriarchal ideas, connecting to nature, and pride in her culture. She creates in traditional mediums like oil, acrylic, graphite, and pastel but also explores work in digital illustrations and printmaking.

    IG: @selinaascottart

  • Myron Starr

    Myron is San Carlos Apache trying to shine light in this dark world. He lives in many places but Peridot. Arizona is his home. The feeling of escaping everything and having peace for that moment is why he does his art and tattoos. He is motivated by how his artwork inspires others. You can see his work on many people and on a few buildings in the Globe and Miami, Arizona area.

    IG: @fallingstarr666

  • Eliana Rhodes

    Eliana “Elle” is Akimel O’odham (Bañ clan), Cheyenne, Tohono O’odham, Pawnee (Skidi band), Oceti Sakowin, and a descendant of the Choctaw. She is a self-taught artist who is 18 years old, the oldest of 10 kids, and just graduated high school in May. She was raised by her grandparents in the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona; home to the Akimel O’odham and Pee-Posh. She currently serves as secretary on her tribe’s youth council (Akimel O’odham/Pee-Posh Youth Council) and holds the title of the 2022-2023 Jr Miss Gila River.

    IG: @voohehevecreations

  • Sophia Villalpando

    Sophia is an Akimel O’odham artist. She is a self-taught muralist and works with acrylic, aerosol, and mixed media. Her goals is to be a full-time artist, expanding, experiencing, and learning more about the Art world. She was inspired by two other artists that are tribal members from Salt River.

  • Eric Arroyo

    Dakota/O’odham

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