Tom Belt of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians once said, “Among Native Americans, you don’t come from a place; you are of a place.” The identities of Indigenous people and their forced removal and displacement are explored in two new exhibitions at the Atlanta Contemporary: “Returns: Cherokee Diaspora and Art” and “You are Heleswv (Medicine),” on view concurrently through Sept. 4. “City Lights” producer Summer Evans recently discussed the exhibitions with curators Elisa Harkins and Dr. Ashley Holland, as well as Atlanta Contemporary’s executive director Veronica Kessenich.
Interview highlights:
On expanding an indigenous land acknowledgment into a broader gesture:
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