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Fabric Demos
Free Coloring Pages of the 3 Sisters/Sage & DIY Seed Packets
(Free download) Lyric Poster Collaboration with Tufawon
Free Coloring Book of Dakhóta plants & Landmaps of Mnísota
Design your own Dakota Floral worksheet

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the art of marlena myles

Marlena is a self-taught digital artist located in St. Paul, Minnesota. She uses her art to celebrate her Indigenous culture and language (Spirit Lake Dakota, Mohegan. Creek). She is the illustrator of Thanku: Poems of Gratitude and is currently creating her first Dakota culture coloring book, to be published early 2021.

email: me [at] marlenamyl.es

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The second pattern in my Midcentury Modern Dakota

The second pattern in my Midcentury Modern Dakota Floral series is now available.

Link in bio to shop my Spoonflower fabric store or click the images.

#MarlenaMyles #mylesdesignsfabric #midcenturymodern #dakotafloral #nativeart #patterndesign #fabricdesign #fabrics #spoonflowerfabric

Added tons of new fabrics to my @spoonflower shop

Added tons of new fabrics to my @spoonflower shop featuring Dakota florals with a classic mid-century modern feel. Link in bio (or click pics).

#dakotafloral #MarlenaMyles #mylesdesignsfabric #midcenturymodern

My publishing company @wiyounkihipi productions is

My publishing company @wiyounkihipi productions is seeking Dakota/Lakota artists who have an understanding of our culture's visual language to complement our stories.

Payment up to $3,000. We are also currently accepting manuscripts — author-illustrators will be paid up to $5,000 for their written and illustrated works.

See the submission page for more information and submit your portfolio and/or manuscript today. Link in bio at @wiyounkihipi

Augmented reality piece during my morning walk aft

Augmented reality piece during my morning walk after the storms, features Wakíŋyaŋ the thunder being ⚡⛈️🌩️

#MarlenaMyles #dakotamakoce #wakinyan #thunderbird #thunderbeings #augmentedreality #augmentedrealityart #aftereffects #motiongraphics #adobeaero

New augmented reality piece of the Seven Star Fire

New augmented reality piece of the Seven Star Fire Oyate of the Očéti Šakówiŋ, the Dakota/Lakota nations. Filmed at Oȟéyawahe (A Sacred Place Much Visited; The Place Where People Go For Burials) also called Pilot Knob Hill.

#MarlenaMyles #dakotamakoce #augmentedreality #augmentedrealityart #adobeaero #cinema4d

PROTECTING THE GENERATIONS 6 Vinyl Window Installa

PROTECTING THE GENERATIONS
6 Vinyl Window Installations | Skyway @ Minneapolis Public Service Center

To ensure future generations are protected, Creation passes down the stories, lessons and memories needed to maintain harmony and balance. The awareness and understanding of our roles as humans in the sacred hoop of life means being good relatives to all, taking care of the earth, water and skies. It means winning against selfishness and greed, so that all nations can live. The strength of life is all around, how will you fight to care for and protect it?

The featured Dakota words and their meanings:

• Wódakhota (harmony with all life)
• Wičhóičhaǧe (generations/growth of the people)
• Wóabdeza (understanding)
• Wóinina (awareness of silence)
• Wičhóȟ’aŋ (responsibility/way of life)
• Wótakuye (relatives/kinship)

These murals feature imagery that can be found throughout Minnesota in the four directions – West, South, East and North – plus the Sky and Water worlds.

The Wódakhota panel features petroglyphs found near the Pipestone quarries, which are the cultural center of the Dakota people. The Pipestone is considered the blood our ancestors, the stars lead the way to the Spirit World – the 7 stars of the big dipper represent the 7 council fires of the Očéti Šakówiŋ.

Mural commissioned for the City of Minneapolis Public Service Center by Art in Public Places program.

Print available through link in bio. #MarlenaMyles #dakotafloral #mural #muralart #minneapolis #minnesota

Since I love Art Deco, decided to drop some augmen

Since I love Art Deco, decided to drop some augmented reality Dakota florals in the lobby of the Rand Tower. At least this time I don't look so crazy filming empty space since the floors and sculpture are so nice 😆 part 2 of 2
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Rand Tower is a 26-story high rise in Minneapolis, Minnesota that was one of the city's tallest structures when it was completed in 1929. It was designed by Holabird & Root for Rufus R. Rand, a World War I aviator who was part of the family that owned the Minneapolis Gas Company (Minnegasco), now part of CenterPoint Energy. Rand had flown in the Lafayette Flying Corps during the war. Much of the building is covered in Art Deco ornamentation that follows an aviation theme, and there is a sculpture Wings in the lobby by Oskar J. W. Hansen. #adobeaero #artdeco #augmentedreality #augmentedrealityart #dakotafloral

Since the skyways are so empty downtown Minneapoli

Since the skyways are so empty downtown Minneapolis, decided to plant a giant Dakota Floral using augmented reality. Part 1 of 2. #adobeaero #dakotafloral #augmentedreality #augmentedrealityart

It was a nice day out so I went out to have a litt

It was a nice day out so I went out to have a little fun with augmented reality and my Dakota landmap of the Twin Cities.

Also, I'm doing a virtual presentation for Brown University where I'll talk about my upcoming AR projects and other works as it pertains to indigenous Narratives & digital art. Link in bio to register:

Indigenous Narratives in a Modern Age | Gather. Make. Sustain.
Mar 31, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

We look at the ways Marlena Myles (Spirit Lake Dakota/Mohegan/Muscogee Creek) uses technology to relate and sustain ancient traditions into a new age. The modernity of digitalization has the ability to mix and combine the future with the past, bringing Indigenous understandings and philosophies into consciousness — a newfound awareness of Native presence.

#adobeaero #augmentedreality #dakotamakoce #nativeart

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