Art, Science, and History at 4,850 Feet Underground: Perspectives from a Lakota Artist
South Dakota Mines' May edition of STEAM Cafe will be presented by Marty Two Bulls, SURF 2024 Artist-in-Residence.
Marty Two Bulls Jr., Oglala Sioux Tribe Lakota Artist Laureate and educator, will share his unique perspective from his time as the 2024 Artist-In-Residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead. Two Bulls will talk about his experience 4,850 feet underground and the artwork he created for his recent exhibition Inyan Wakan (“holy rock” in Lakota), which explores the parallels at SURF: miners extracting minerals in the past to scientists extracting knowledge today. He will discuss the connections between art, science, and history as well as their importance in our society.
STEAM Café, an ongoing series of free informal talks by Mines faculty, staff and visiting experts, is a partnership between the university, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, and Hay Camp Brewing Company.
An acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, STEAM Café is held at 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Hay Camp Brewing Company at 601 Kansas City St, Rapid City, SD 57701.