The Wyandot Nation of Kansas’s grant from Freedoms Frontier award was received by Chief Judith Manthe!
Freedoms Frontier Grant
Omakyehstih Collective
Monumenta and the Wyandot Nation of Kansas are thrilled to announce the selected artist collective to create the monument Trespassers Beware! Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors:
Omakyehstih Collective we are gathered together
The Omakyehstih Collective presented their concept to Wyandot Nation of Kansas leaders, and members of Wyandot/Wyandotte bands. The expansive, engaging multimedia concept was approved and celebrated across community groups and project partners.
The Omakyehstih Collective is Bettizane “Bz” Smith Me(n)didehti, Justine Kanzawah Smith and Rane Wilson, representing three generations of enrolled members of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma. Together they bring unique specializations and creative practices to telling the Conley story through a monumental public art project.
Head over to our website https://www.monumentaart.org/omakyehstihcollective to read more about the collective, to see their monument concept, and to read more about what’s happening with Trespassers Beware!
Congrats to the Omakyehstih Collective!
First ph: Members of Omakyehstih Collective & Trespassers Beware! team at finalist presentation: Neysa Page-Lieberman (Monumenta), Artist Justine Kanzawah Smith, Chief Judith Manthe (Wyandot Nation of Kansas), Artist Rane Wilson, Professor Tai Edwards (Johnson County Community College)
Monumenta ArtsHERE grant
Exciting news! We’re thrilled to share that the Wyandot Nation of Kansas in partnership with Monumenta is one of 112 recipients of an ArtsHERE grant. This new National Endowment for the Arts program strengthens organizations’ capacity for community engagement and boosts arts participation for underserved groups and communities.
The awarded project “Trespassers Beware: Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors” unveils in Fall 2025. Head to our links below to see our press release and more info on the Monumenta site! More about the Wyandot Nation at wyandot.org
Wyandot Nation of Kansas and Monumenta give big thanks to @neaarts @southartsorg @midamericaartsalliance and congratulate all of the grantees across the country. More here:
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