Mvhayv Radio is a language and cultural preservation project by multi-disciplinary artist, Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Muscogee) based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

All day we will air episodes 1-10 on 99.1 WQRT FM to celebrate kicking off a new season starting February 4 with Episode 11.

Episode 1 – Can you dance to this?

Episode 2 – Songs to find your radical lover to

Episode 3 – TikTok

Episode 4 – All Indigenous

Episode 5 – Africa

Episode 6 – Muscogee (Creek) & Seminole Hymns

Episode 7 – All Indigenous spoken word, noise, and moccasin gaze

Episode 8 – Music to bake cookies to

Episode 9 – All Indigenous poems and music

Episode 10 – All Indigenous poems and music

Harkins’ work is concerned with translation, language preservation, and Indigenous musicology. Harkins uses the Cherokee and Mvskoke languages, electronic music, sculpture, and the body as her tools. Harkins received a BA from Columbia College, Chicago and an MFA from CALARTS. She has since continued her education at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She has exhibited her work at Crystal Bridges, documenta 14, The Hammer Museum, The Heard Museum, and Vancouver Art Gallery. She created an online Indigenous concert series called 6 Moons, and published a CD of Creek/Seminole Hymns. She will open an exhibit at Tube Factory artspace July 5-October 19, 2024.

She is also part of Radio III / ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ, a performance group that features music and choreography by Harkins. With support from PICA and Western Front, songs from the performance have been collected into a limited edition double-LP which can be found on Harkins’ Bandcamp. Harkins resides on the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

This program is made possible by National Endowment for the Arts and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.