Having spent years learning sort as an understudy of the late Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) artist and sculptor Harry Whitehorse, Gene Delcourt is determined to make sure that Whitehorse’s work and life are never forgotten. Delcourt, half Abenaki and half Filipino, is a wood sculptor who developed the idea for an annual event to honor and memorialize Whitehorse’s life and impact on the art community worldwide.