Rulan Tangen & Leland Chapin: Territory




Territory: Physical Realities 

An interactive work that incorporates indigenous mapping, text and images. This dimensional rendering becomes complete by painting into a physical body because culture and philosophies can only truly and completely exist with the participation of human beings.


Rulan Tangen is a lifelong dance artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. Director and choreographer of the internationally acclaimed DANCING EARTH Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations.

Leland Chapin is a bilingual visual artist and art instructor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. He holds a bachelors degree in Fine Art and a masters degree in Teaching Visual Art. He is also an alumnus of Teach for America, 2001-2003.

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