Denise Silva Dennis, Weetahmoe, (1960) (Shinnecock/ Hassanamisco-Nipmuc) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based at the Shinnecock Nation in Southampton, New York. Denise graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in studio art and a minor in sociology. Permanently certified as a New York State teacher in both special education and art, her Special Education Master’s Degree is from Dowling College. Denise is currently the workshop coordinator/ beadwork instructor at Ma’s House, a BIPOC art center founded by her son, Jeremy Dennis.

Denise also presents her Shinnecock/Hassanamisco culture through her artwork which includes life-size figurative paintings, historical murals, beadwork, regalia, talking sticks, dreamcatchers, and other artifacts. Denise’s artwork has been shown at Southampton Arts Center, Ma’s House (February 2022 Artist-in Residence, Solo Show), Southampton African American Museum BIPOC Show, Long Island Museum at Stony Brook, and The Long Island Children’s Museum at Garden City. In addition, Denise painted “Wunne Ohke-The Return to Good Ground,” a two-story mural, as a Parrish Art Museum, 2022 Road Show Artist. Two of Denise’s paintings, “A Hole in the Sky,” and “Medicine Woman at Shinnecock Hills,” were featured at Gracie Mansion in Celebration of 2024 Women’s History Month.