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Join us Wednesday, January 14th from 5pm to 7pm for a lively Sip & Talk with Heid E. Erdrich and  Frank Buffalo Hyde for a conversation among artists about Frank’s current exhibition at SooVAC, “Unapologetically Indigenous”. An illuminating time will be had by all!

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Heid E. Erdrich curates art exhibits, teaches, researches, and collaborates with other artists. In 2024 she was the inaugural Minneapolis Poet Laureate and in 2025 she served as the James Welch Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Montana Missoula. Erdrich is Ojibwe and an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Her most recent books are Boundless: Abundance in Native American Art and Literature (co-edited, Amherst Press, 2025) Verb Animate -Poems, Prose, and Prompts from Collaborative Acts (Trio House Press, 2024) and National Poetry Series winner Little Big Bully (Penguin 2020). Erdrich’s on-going project is Poetry Service Announcement (PoeS.A.) which promotes poetry as public art. She serves her communities through formal and informal mentorship, poetry interventions, and in activating collaborative response between communities.

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Frank Buffalo Hyde's BIO can be found HERE>>>​​​

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