Sand Creek Massacre panel discussion at Denver Public Library now available on YouTube
Five videos feature entire content of the two-hour educational event On April 17, 2011, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to spearhead an event that will forever change my understanding of American history: The Denver Public Library and I partnered together to bring the Colorado community Lessons Learned at Bloody Sand Creek: A panel [...]
The Infamous Sand Creek Massacre: A Brief History
The Battle of Sand Creek was one of the most devastating engagements of the Indian wars due to both its violence and controversy. In order to really understand how and why the Sand Creek Massacre happened, we have to look at the event as a product of the complex intertwining of the politics, military policy, [...]
Lessons Learned at Bloody Sand Creek Panel Discussion
Please accept my personal invitation to attend a discussion of Colorado’s darkest hour. Join me for my FREE panel discussion about the Sand Creek Massacre at the Denver Public Library April 17, 2011 Of all the atrocities perpetrated on the Native American people during the Westward expansion, Colorado was home to one of the worst: [...]
Booth Western Art Museum Journey West Gala
On August 21, 2010, I will be attending the Booth Western Art Museum’s Journey West Gala. This is the second year for the event, which has already become an annual affair at the museum.
Meet Larry Parr: The Man Who Made Possible “Memorare, Sand Creek 1864″
How do you thank someone who helped you realize a dream? When I began working on Memorare, Sand Creek 1864, I never suspected that this sculpture, made for personal artistic reasons, would snowball into a work achieving national acclaim. Yet that is exactly what happened. Larry Parr’s Gift A large part of the success of [...]
Opening Night at the Booth Museum of Western Art
Last week was one of the highlights of my professional career with the unveiling of my sculpture, Memorare, Sand Creek 1864 at the Booth Museum of Western Art. We had a great turnout, with 60 people in attendance (who came in a Georgia downpour) – including one couple who drove from Chattanooga to see the [...]
Presenting “Memorare, Sand Creek 1864″
The cost of the expansion of the American West was frequently paid in sacrifice and lost lives. Yet most of us scarcely know of these battles today. One such battle, now known as the Sand Creek Massacre, occurred 145 years ago this year. On November 29, 1864, 700 American soldiers killed and mutilated 400 Cheyenne [...]
“I can’t change the human condition, all I can do is tell the story”
Excerpts from the creative journal of Craig Bergsgaard written while researching “Memorare, Sand Creek 1864″ The site is in southwest Colorado, off the beaten path. You find the road 13 miles off a US highway, where the surface turns to gravel. At first, the road was well maintained, but with each cattle pass I crossed, [...]
