Article: JOURNEY TO THE PAST INDIAN HERITAGE INSPIRES BENTLY SPANG'S PUBLIC SCULPTURE FOR CHEYENNE-ARAPAHO PARK.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

Article: Bently Spang
Southwest Art;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...AN ARTIST EXPLORES NATIVE IDENTITY THROUGH CONTEMPORARY IMAGES Rently Spang's WAR SHIRT isn't made of animal hide but of snapshots from his life, which are pieced together like patches. Long strips of 35mm film replace the leather ribbons that might hang from the sleeves of a more traditional

Article: PARK HONORS CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO FIRE RING, TRAVOIS SCULPTURE, ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 28, 1996 ;     617 words ... ... Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei / Cheyenne-Arapaho Park. American Indian singers and ... used to transport belongings. Bently Spang, a Northern Cheyenne, created ... Tsistsistas-Hinono'ei / Cheyenne-Arapaho Park at 9300 E. Iowa Ave. By Brain ...

Article: Best Western; A diverse group of artists looks at Native American ...
Philadelphia Weekly;  February 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... was." The videos Wallace refers to, which face the street and run day and night, are by Northern Cheyenne nation member Bently Spang. Spang is the main actor in his short pieces, which comment on the seriousness--and kitsch--of Indian lore and culture ...

Article: Crow, Cheyenne stories on display
The Billings Gazette;  December 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... played huge roles in collecting and orga nizing the information, the exhibit's Northern Cheyenne tribal guest curator Bently Spang minimized their roles in the exhibit. "We're just facilitators," he said. One of the focal points of the exhibit is ...

Article: AMERICAN INDIAN ARTISTS SHATTER STEREOTYPES Real world
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the hooves. "It was like sacred space," he said. Another artist that is easily misunderstood, Heap of Birds said, is Bently Spang, a relatively unknown Cheyenne artist. One recent photographic work, for example, encased family photos in clear, plastic ...

Article: Local youth to contribute to Tekcno Powwow project
Saskatchewan Sage;  September 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... and becomes a tool for reaching out to and helping to empower local Aboriginal youth. Tekcno Powwow is the brainchild of Bently Spang, a Northern Cheyenne multi-media artist from Montana. Spang has teamed up with filmmaker Gabriel Lopez-Shaw, who is ...

Article: American Indian artists shatter stereotypes.(Milwaukee Journal ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the hooves. "It was like sacred space," he said. Another artist that is easily misunderstood, Heap of Birds said, is Bently Spang, a relatively unknown Cheyenne artist. One recent photographic work, for example, encased family photos in clear, plastic ...