Heritage and Harmony: Denise Silva-Dennis

Denise Silva-Dennis, 1960. Native Name, WeeTahMoe. Artist, Retired Southampton Public School Art Teacher and Public Speaker. Paintings specializing in Portraits, Landscapes, Seascapes, and Animal, acrylic painting and Native American Beadwork art form. Member of the Shinnecock and Hassanamisco Indigenous Nations of Southampton, NY and Grafton, Massachusetts. Lifelong Resident of Shinnecock Nation, Married to Avery Dennis, Jr. also of Shinnecock. Parents of two adult children, Kelly Dennis, Esq. and Artist Photographer, Jeremy Dennis.