In Defend Sacred Mountains, the artist and activist Edgar Heap of Birds decries the desecration of mountains sacred to Native Americans through a series of text prints. He documents the long history and ongoing struggles over land rights at four sites: Bear's House in Wyoming, the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, Bear Butte in South Dakota, and Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Through dozens of monoprints, Heap of Birds shows how sacred grounds are turned into playgrounds.

The exhibition and programming are generously supported in part by the Office of the Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College, Agnes Moreland Jackson Diversity Program Fund/Campus Life Committee, the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability, and the Murray Pepper and Vicki Reynolds Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artists and Scholars Endowed Fund.

A survey of the work of Edgar Heap of Birds can also be viewed at Garis & Hahn art gallery in Los Angeles from February 10 to March 10, 2018.

Related Event:
Annual Murray Pepper and Vicki Reynolds Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture
Edgar Heap of Birds
Influences, Mentors, Colleagues and Our Homage to this Earth
Tuesday, January 23, 4:15pm
Benson Auditorium, Pitzer College