Wednesday, November 11 @ 5:00 – 6:15pm
Chazen Auditorium
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Melanie Tallmadge Sainz is an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, a visual artist, a cultural arts educator, and the Executive Director of Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF). As an artist who enjoys teaching art, Sainz strives to educate students about appreciating art through the lens of the art maker. Her artwork has been shown in exhibitions throughout the US and Japan, and she has won awards at prestigious art markets including the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, the Southern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center in Asheville, South Carolina, the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. As the Founding Director of LEAF, Sainz depends on her forty years of work in the nonprofit arts sector to guide LEAF in its dedication to preserve the arts and culture of Native people of the Western Great Lakes through innovative and sustainable practices. littleeaglearts.org