Jaida Grey Eagle is an Oglala Lakota photographer focusing on the lives and stories of people of color in the Twin Cities and beyond. As a photojournalist, her work empowers local communities through representation. Her fine art celebrates Native women while intertwining the personal stories of her subjects with greater themes of history and traditional culture.

KFAI's MinneCulture · Jaida Grey Eagle: Creating Community Through Photography

Jaida has been researching Native photographers, past and present, in preparation for an exhibition that she is curating at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. KFAI’s Ben Heath spoke to Jaida about her work and the upcoming show.

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Spirits, UFOs, and Ouija boards, and all things otherworldly make up “Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art” – an unsettling, new touring exhibition curated by Robert Cozzolino, Curator of Paintings at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Premiering in Toledo before traveling to Louisville and then Minneapolis, it’s the first major museum exhibition to take on the supernatural in art in the United States. KFAI’s Sheila Regan reports.

KFAI’s MinneCulture · The Otherworldly In American Art

“Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art” runs at the Minneapolis Institute of Art February 19 – May 15, 2022.

Banner image: “Healing: Nanâtawihowin” by Chholing Taha. Soundcloud/social media image: “Destinies Manifest” by John Jota Leaños.

Support for MinneCulture on KFAI comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

MinneCulture | Jaida Grey Eagle: Creating Community Through Photography

MinneCulture | The Otherworldly In American Art