Here on Dakota Homeland, we offer DAILY THANKS for the glorious gift of “THIS PLACE”. Created by Luisa Cabello Hansel and Sandy Spieler with Thanks for inspiration from the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address

47 Water Paintings by Sandy Spieler from the ‘We Bend to the Water’ Installation at the McKnight Foundation. 2003

This commission from Mayflower Church allowed me to remember the Christmas Story as a primal teaching of Love in defiance of empire.

Created with the team of Angela Two Stars, Sandy Spieler and Mona Smith and with the guidance of descendants of Heyate Otunwe.

For Pax Christi Catholic Community, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. September, 2017

The past and future meet as a “togethered tree”.

Minnesota State Fair. In the hall of the Drinking Fountain and entrances to the Restrooms of the Eco-Experience building.

This fountain sat in disrepair for 20 years with the sign “Out of Order”. The situation prompted Sandy Spieler’s ongoing initiative “Invigorate the Common Well” of utilizing drinking fountains as sites for public Water education and gratitude.

Three Maple seeds with Illuminated Alphabets and three Figures to honor the incredible Maple Trees for which the library is named, reminding us of the parallel task of Maple Seeds to a Library.

Sandy Spieler painted these large Water Banners in 2007 to line the sidewalls of the Avalon Theatre for the three episodes of Invigorate the Common Well. Since then, the banners are rented for various exhibits and events.

Street Banners, sidewalk stamps, and railings announcing “Bloom Lake” – as a location and also as a mantra of beauty. Commissioned by the City of Minneapolis Public Art.

San Antonio, Texas. Flags and Banners of the 4 seasons to create special spaces for a onetime Youth Event in San Antonio’s historic district.

Midtown Farmer’s Market, Minneapolis. A remembrance for the weekend of Dia de los Muertos honoring farmers all over the world struggling in their work to provide food for us all.

Bristol, England 2004. This museum for the Age of Oil questions the Oil industry and my personal Oil consumption. It is also a response and honoring of the work of Platform of London, a group of artists investigating the crimes of corporations.

Commissioned by The McKnight Foundation for their new headquarters in Minneapolis · Painted sculpture holding H2O from all over the world, 2003.

Originally made for In the Heart of the Beast Theatre’s 25th Mayday Ceremony, this figure now resides in the lobby of the Greenway building in Minneapolis. Thirteen feet tall, this commemorated the “green root of Mayday” – the green blood energy rising up each spring to nourish us all.

Painted Banners, Seed Shrines, and Sharing of Bread, honoring the Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet, and all who work with love for the world.

Puppet sequences for the film Tarantella by Helen De Michiel.