Native Skywatchers - Turtle Island Soundscapes
...the Art of Listening.
Concept Art,Soundscape Silhouettes, Light-based art, "Turtle Island Soundscapes - the Exhibit Experience", by Annette S. Lee, Opening Mar 2027, Silverwood Art Gallery, Mpls. MN
"Turtle Island Soundscapes - the Exhibit Experience”
A Native Skywatchers Immersive Installation. In Production now..
Sound is everywhere, unseen, and yet it connects us. Join us for a journey, led by stories told by sound. Be a part of the journey. Hear the unheard. See the unseen in the immersive exhibit, “Turtle Island Soundscapes”, opening in 2027 at the Silverwood Art Gallery in Mpls. Minnesota.
The nonprofit organization Native Skywatchers Inc. will create an Indigenous-led, sound-based moving-image art installation, “Turtle Island Soundscapes – the Exhibit Experience,” that will inspire visitors to experience the sounds of Minnesota waters, land, and sky through the perspective of non-human inhabitants, such as turtles, birds, bats, and frogs.
This project is supported by funding from the the Minnesota Humanites Center (MHC)
Sora Vocalization, Acoustic data, Field Site-Crow Hassan, Audio-visualization by Annette S. Lee, ©2026
Sora, Image by Michael Prausa, Animation by Annette S. Lee, ©2026
Project Team:
- Annette S. Lee-PhD, DSc, MFA, MFA, Artist-Scientist, Indigenous Science, Native Skywatchers, Principal Investigator, Creative Director
- Carl Gawboy, Artist, Writer, Scholar, Bois Forte Ojibwe, Elder - Invited Artist
- Jeffrey Tibbetts, Artist, Sculptor, Educator, Ojibwe Culture and Language Holder, Fond du Lac - Invited Artist
- Ramona Kitto Stately, Educator, Santee Dakota Cultural Knowledge Holder, Director -We are Still Here Minnesota, MN Indian Education Association - Invited Artist
- Carmen Gavin Vanegas-M.S, M.A., South High School, All Nations Program, Science Lead Teacher, Ojibwe Language Teacher
- All-Nations Program, South High School Students, South High School, Contributors
- Pat Kruse, Teacher-Artist, Cultural Knowledge Holder, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Contributor
- Reuben Kitto Stately, Contributing Artist - Drum Song Acknowledgment
- Chaske Henry, Contributing Artist - Drum Song Acknowledgment
Sound of the Sora - Ojibwe Ricing Bird
Acoustic Data, Crow-Hassan Park Reserve; Audio Visualization, Annette S. Lee ©2026 All Rights Reserved.
This project is supported by funding from the the Minnesota Humanites Center (MHC)
