Tonia Lowe will introduce you to the life and work of her father and Hoocąk [Ho-Chunk] artist, Truman Lowe. Truman’s artwork is currently the subject of a new retrospective, Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., on view through January 2027. We invite you to come learn how a Hoocąk kid born at the Indian Mission near Black River Falls, WI, became a celebrated artist, teacher, and relentless champion of Native American Art.
Registration is required.
About the presenter: Tonia Lowe was born and raised in Teejop. Growing up as Truman Lowe’s daughter meant she was often recruited to help peel willow for her dad’s installation sculptures. Inspired by her dad’s work, she studied Art History in college, earning a BA at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MA at University of Colorado Boulder where she wrote her thesis on Edgar Heap of Bird’s public artworks. She has been working in advertising in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 25 years and is now making her way back to the art world.
Part of the Teejop & Beyond: Celebrating Native Nations series in partnership with Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison and made possible thanks to the Friends of Madison Public Library. Visit madpl.org/teejopandbeyond for more info.