VSP 2023
Launched in 2021, Visual Sovereignty Project (VSP) is an arts commissioning project that recognizes Indigenous people have a story to tell: “for us, by us, now us.” Curated and produced in partnership with Chava Florendo, VSP decolonizes OSF’s digital stage by transcending normative expectations about “what is Native work?” through artistic, personal and tribal sovereignty.
Find Pieces on OSF Campus
Thomas Alleyway: Installation featuring work by Raven Bright, Ty Defoe, Anne Pesata (
VSP 2021)
Bowmer Lobby: Exhibition of ”Huene’moh” by Mahlija Florendo (
VSP 2021), and the One Doll Collection by Carrie McCleary (
VSP 2021)
Thomas Lobby: Featured Installation of “The Ipu” by Lee Cataluna (
VSP 2021)
VSP 2023
Interdisciplinary teams of Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island will create interpretations of traditional stories to uplift and visibilize sovereignty.
VSP 2022
Artists from Oregon’s nine tribes are creating digital storytelling projects that center their artistic, personal and tribal sovereignty.
VSP 2021
Artists delivered a digital piece of 5–15 minutes that explores a story they choose to share and gift the world.