Rosy Simas, of the Seneca Nation’s Heron clan, calls herself a “transdisciplinary” artist. A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:’ (i hope it will stir your mind) confirms it. The culmination of a two-year residency at Minneapolis’s esteemed Walker Art Center, the work will take up both the center’s museum and its theater. In the museum, Simas’s installation (through July 5) invites us to enter and settle on the sturdy oak benches—modeled on those from Senecan longhouses—around its centerpiece, an array of exquisite bottles and jugs woven from cornhusks and suspended from the ceiling. More cornhusks, dried and flattened to resemble large bone-white leaves, decorate a wall. The installation’s objects are in light shades, the sound score twitters with birdsong—the gallery exudes peace. As does the dance. A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:’ (i hope it will stir your mind) “weaves a mind of peace into every aspect of its creation—every stitch of the set, every movement, sound, and image.” —Apollinaire Scherr
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Rosy Simas: A:gajë:gwah dësa'nigöëwë:nye:' (i hope it will stir your mind)
Rosy Simas in A:gajë:gwah dësa’nigöëwë:nye:’ (i hope it will stir your mind).
When
May 13–16, 2026
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Photo: Irmanda Ward. Courtesy the artist.
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Walker Art Center