Work by Robert Wapahi

President of the Board - UM-CAC

All copyrights for the art on this page are owned by the artist, Robert Wapahi.

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Robert Wapahi's work presents a Native American view of the interconnectedness of all life.

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Originally dreaming of a career in music, Robert stumbled into the world of visual art at the age of thirty-eight or so, when he received a gift of a huge amount of paper and technical pens.

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At first, he wadded up the large sheets of paper and practiced his jump shots. Then he found the pens, and those first few days of scribbling went by so fast that he was hooked.

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It was easier to carry a pen and paper than a piano or a set of percussion instruments, and for Robert that worked out just fine.

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He quickly discovered a talent for drawing, and soon after found a reason to draw while on a visit to Chicago and the American Indian Center.

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Since then, he has spent nearly eleven winters decorating the American Indian Center's on hundred rooms.

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For the first half of Robert's life, music was his love and it was rare to see him without a pair of drum sticks.

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For the last half of his like, he expects to carry a small sketchbook and pen.

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Robert Wapahi has been the President of the Board of the Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center (UM-CAC) for over ten years.

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He is responsible for UM-CAC being located at the Chicago American Indian Center.

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Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center (UM-CAC). E-mail UM-CAC at umcac@art-teez.org Ph.773/561-7676