Community Stories, Events, & Offerings

Indigenous Food Sovereignty Zine

Check out Beauty All Around Us, a Community-led Project featuring Indigenous Youth Perspectives!

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Grow Pamoja

A Train-the-Trainer project nourishing community

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Hearty Harvests in Iowa: A Photovoice Project (HHIPP)

Taking a glimpse into the lives of Iowan farmers

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Part 1: Collective Energy Messages for Eclipse Season 2025

Total Lunar Eclipse Insights & Prompts ⋆˚࿔

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Part 2: Collective Energy Messages for Eclipse Season 2025

Partial Solar Eclipse & Equinox Insights & Prompts ⋆˚࿔

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Learn the essentials for connecting with lunar energies with our FREE mini-guide below!

Syncing with the Moon's Cycle

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• Bienvenidos A Iowa curated by Colectivo Luchart

Sept. 1–Sept. 24, 2025
Des Moines, IA

• An exhibition at Mainframe Studios centering immigrant, Latino/a/x, Chicano/a, and Indigenous artists from Iowa and the Midwest.
• Work Featured:
  • (de)Seeded © 2025 Marianna G. M. Cota
• Semana Cultural Latina Iowa City 2025 from Colectivo Luchart

Sept. 25–Oct. 16, 2025
Iowa City, IA

• A series of exhibitions and performances across Iowa City during Semana Cultural Latina highlighting Latino culture through music, dance, film, literature, visual arts, and education.
• Work Featured:
  • (de)Seeded © 2025 Marianna G. M. Cota
  • Celestial Parents: Maala Mecha © 2023 Marianna G. M. Cota & Achai Taa'ah © 2023 Marianna G. M. Cota
  • Quizás la muerte sea sagrada (Perhaps Death is Sacred) © 2025 Marianna G. M. Cota

• Sewa Ania: A Celebration of the Flower World hosted by The House of Dotlizhi

May–July 2024
Iowa City

• A series of community art projects, artist talks, and ceremony meant to build community, highlight Indigenous artists, and celebrate the Flower World.

Hu’u Sewa Ania (The Flower World)

Celebrating the Flower World ❀

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