WHERE I AM:
POSTCARDS TO THE WORLD
Student fellows in Baltimore and young Oglala Lakota guest artists from South Dakota contributed to this
collaborative photography project, working from a shared list of prompts, establishing common ground even as they expressed unique visions and points of view. Images and captions are also featured on BYFA’s Instagram page,
and each fellow has received a set of postcards, so they can send their art into the world.
A SECRET, INDIRECT, OR ABSTRACT SELF-PORTRAIT
Blue Stoute, “It seems I've looked at the same reflection my entire life, and I'm now realizing the unfamiliarity.”
Kennedi Patton, “Inner beauty captured”
Omega Williams, “Portrait of Me and My Paintings”
Leroy Iron Cloud, “I am part Star”
Kham Owens, “A light painting experiment”
Marvellous Egwuatu, “Popstar”
Joel Egwuatu, “Me vs. me”
A SECRET, INDIRECT, OR ABSTRACT PORTRAIT OF SOMEONE ELSE
Kham Owens, “Nappy Sunshine”
Evelyn Ruiz Rodriguez, “"Glasses cover identity, makes me look cool when I’m really not"“
Selena Baker, “Close friend”
A MESSAGE IN SIGNS OR SYMBOLS
Kennedi Patton, “A protest for the murder of George Floyd”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT THE SACRED!”
Marvellous Egwuatu, “Gas”
THE FAMILIAR MADE STRANGE OR UNEXPECTED
Omega Williams, “Canyon Moon”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “Tribal Transportation”
Blue Stoute, “One day technology will cease the human existence.”
SOMETHING SURREAL OR MAGICAL
Leroy Iron Cloud, “The little details”
Kerstyn Myers, “Solo motions”
Woodrow Lone Elk, “Sunset”
Ma’issa Wright-Kerr, “found”
Kham Owens, “Lunar in Dallas”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “Survivors of Genocide”
Evelyn Ruiz Rodriguez, “The snow reminded me of a twilight scene and how surreal it was.”
DISTANCE/PROXIMITY
Leroy Iron Cloud, “Stop here and Rest up”
Kerstyn Myers, “Distance”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “wintertime - when the sacred plains become a reflection of the sky”
Marvellous Egwuatu, “Sick of this problem”
Evelyn Ruiz Rodriguez, “The dead plants remind me of trauma and we must burn it to get rid of it.”
Selena Baker, “Watching”
Ma’issa Wright-Kerr, “playground”
Joel Egwuatu, “The weather outside”
PERMANENCE/IMPERMANENCE
Blue Stoute, “Covid and Cut off from human interaction”
Kham Owens, “A temporary bloom”
Omega Williams, “Temporary Beauty vs. Permanent Beauty”
LIGHT IN THE DARK/DARK IN THE LIGHT
Ma’issa Wright-Kerr, “cloak of darkness”
Marvellous Egwuatu, “Prayers”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “Yin & Yang”
Kennedi Patton, “Christmas time is here”
Blue Stoute, “What's that light?”
Evelyn Ruiz Rodriguez, “Our power had gone out but we managed to get some light.”
Woodrow Lone Elk, “Light me up”
Leroy Iron Cloud, “Pleasant evening”
A STUDY IN COLOR OR TEXTURE
Leroy Iron Cloud, “Two pillars from an old bridge”
Ma’issa Wright-Kerr, “rust”
Joel Egwuatu, “Highway”
Kennedi Patton, “Snow”
Omega Williams, “Melting SnowFlakes”
EARTH/SKY/WATER
Ma’issa Wright-Kerr, “sunset dream”
Marvellous Egwuatu, “Moon”
Kerstyn Myers, “Faded visions”
Selena Baker, “Kept alive”
Joel Egwuatu, “Snow”
Woodrow Lone Elk, “Beautiful”
GENERATIONS
Kham Owens, “Legacy for 3”
Woodrow Lone Elk, “My household peeps”
Eleanor Rose Ferguson, “It’s funny how we think we have more time when we’re only here for a moment.”
Evelyn Ruiz Rodriguez, “3 years later my puppy will become a mom and make a new generation.”
AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE
Selena Baker, “A quiet love”
Omega Williams, “How I Make My Mom Smile”
Kerstyn Myers, “Sunny upside”