By Alison Clark, Clark Communications

On Thursday, Feb. 21, the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) will feature Michigan artist, activist and scholar, Dylan Miner, for a free Artist Talk, which is open to the public. Miner will discuss his current GRAM exhibition Water is Sacred // Trees are Relatives, and his ongoing investigation into important issues surrounding the past, present, and future of the Great Lakes watershed and region. The artist talk runs from 7-8pm at the GRAM, located at 101 Monroe Center NW.

Based in East Lansing, Miner has exhibited his works internationally in solo and group exhibitions. He created Water is Sacred // Trees are Relatives for the GRAM’s Michigan Artist Series. In the exhibition, Miner investigates the important historical and current issues around three primary natural elements: wood, water, and sky, and the traditional knowledge and beliefs around them within Great Lakes Indigenous cultures. The exhibition runs through Sunday, March 3.

Based in East Lansing, Miner has exhibited his worked internationally in solo and group exhibitions. He created Water is Sacred // Trees are Relatives for the GRAM’s Michigan Artist Series. In the exhibition, Miner investigates the important historical and current issues around three primary natural elements: wood, water, and sky, and the traditional knowledge and beliefs around them within Great Lakes Indigenous cultures.

Miner is Director of American Indian and Indigenous Studies and Associate Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University. He holds a PhD from The University of New Mexico and regularly publishes articles, book chapters, critical essays, and encyclopedia entries. In 2010, he was awarded an Artist Leadership Fellowship through the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution).

The exhibition runs through Sunday, March 3.