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Wainer Woods
Westport, Massachusetts, natives Merri Cyr and Chief Nij-Pajikwat-Mo`z (Chief Two Running Elk), also known as Robert Cox, are collaborating on a groundbreaking project: the first sculptural representation of an Eastern Woodlands Indian in Westport, to be installed at Wainer Woods Farm.
This exhibition offers a preview of the forthcoming monument and a behind-the-scenes look at the artists鈥� creative process. On view are photographic portraits鈥攋ointly styled by Cyr and Chief Two Running Elk鈥攖hat shaped the monument鈥檚 stance and mood. The final work will take form as a larger-than-life, 3D-printed bronze sculpture based on a scanned portrait of the Chief. Contemporary reproductions of ritual objects and accessories, researched and designed by the Chief from historical sources, are also on display.
Chief Two Running Elk, a descendant of the Wainer and Cuffe families whose ownership of the farm spans more than 200 years, envisions Wainer Woods as a community gathering space and an Eastern Woodlands Indian educational center. Plans include artist residencies, a food forest, a seed saver farm, and an orchard鈥攃ultivating both cultural and ecological renewal.
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Westport, Massachusetts, natives Merri Cyr and Chief Nij-Pajikwat-Mo`z (Chief Two Running Elk), also known as Robert Cox, are collaborating on a groundbreaking project: the first sculptural representation of an Eastern Woodlands Indian in Westport, to be installed at Wainer Woods Farm.
This exhibition offers a preview of the forthcoming monument and a behind-the-scenes look at the artists鈥� creative process. On view are photographic portraits鈥攋ointly styled by Cyr and Chief Two Running Elk鈥攖hat shaped the monument鈥檚 stance and mood. The final work will take form as a larger-than-life, 3D-printed bronze sculpture based on a scanned portrait of the Chief. Contemporary reproductions of ritual objects and accessories, researched and designed by the Chief from historical sources, are also on display.
Chief Two Running Elk, a descendant of the Wainer and Cuffe families whose ownership of the farm spans more than 200 years, envisions Wainer Woods as a community gathering space and an Eastern Woodlands Indian educational center. Plans include artist residencies, a food forest, a seed saver farm, and an orchard鈥攃ultivating both cultural and ecological renewal.
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