Family Tree
Elegies to the Underground Series at Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland
elin o’Hara, Madeleine, Sarah and Susanne Slavick
USA Tour:
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
April 22-June 1, 2025
Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
January-March 2025
Erie Art Museum, Nichols Gallery, Erie PA
May 18-October 18, 2023
Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, Cortland NY
October 24-December 2, 2022
10 min videos by the four artists
Maine Art Journal article about project
Dowd Gallery Exhibition Gallery Info
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Family Tree Whakapapa premiered at the Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, New Zealand, December 12 2020-February 14, 2021. The exhibit then traveled to the Wallace Arts Center, Auckland, New Zealand, April 21-June 13, 2021.
Family Tree Whakapapa Catalogue Cover
A full-colour publication accompanied the exhibition, with an essay by Katherine Guiness and a poem by Rawiri Smith.
Exhibition press release for Family Tree at Wallace Arts Center, Pat Homestead Photoforum NZ online
The term Whakapapa is a Maori term that refers to knowing who you are and where you are from, placing yourself in a wider context with links to land and community.