EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012
SMITHSONIAN’S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN IN NEWYORK CITY
NYC EXHIBITIONS
WE ARE HERE! THE EITELJORG CONTEMPORARY ART FELLOWSHIP THROUGH SEPT. 23, 2012
INFINITY OF NATIONS: ART AND HISTORY IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUMOF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ONGOING
INDIVISIBLE: AFRICAN- NATIVE AMERICAN LIVES IN THE AMERICAS THROUGH SEPT. 30, 2012
UP WHERE WE BELONG: NATIVE MUSICIANS IN POPULAR CULTURE THROUGH AUGUST 11, 2013
CIRCLE OF DANCE OPENSOCT. 6
JULIE BUFFALOHEAD: LET THE SHOW BEGIN OPENSOCT. 20
C.MAXX STEVENS: HOUSE OF MEMORY OPENS NOV. 10
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP Thursday, Sept. 13 6 p.m. Angela Walton Raj offers step by step strategies in documenting Native ancestry in African American families using 19th 20th
century records.
OPEN HOUSE NEWYORK Saturday, Oct. 6 – Sunday, Oct. 7 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Join three Custom House agencies – the Gen- eral Services Administration, The National Archives and Records Administration and the National Museum of the American Indian – in a joint program celebrating our historic building. Building tours will be held at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
TAINOS ENCOUNTER COLUMBUS Thursday, Oct. 11 6 p.m. Jorge Estevez (Taino) shares through stories and images the history and the culture of the Taino people of the Caribbean.
STORYBOOK READINGS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITY Saturday, Oct. 13 1 p.m. Listen to stories about corn and giving thanks: Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival, by Daniel Pennington and Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message, by Chief Jake Swamp. Make a corn-husk doll to take home.
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TEACHING ABOUT NATIVE PEOPLE FROM NEWYORK: A WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS Thursday, Oct. 18 3:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Learn new ways to teach about the history, culture and contemporary stories of Native people from New York. Danielle S. Kleiner (Mohawk) and Marissa Corwin (Seneca) will model engaging lessons targeted to third, fourth and fifth graders that you can easily recreate in the classroom. Reservation required: (212) 514-3704.
C.Maxx Stevens, Dad’s House, 2012 (detail). Horse hair, feathers, cotton cloth, 9' x 3' x 6'.
C.MAXX STEVENS: HOUSE OF MEMORY Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 – June 16, 2013
C.Maxx Stevens (Seminole/Muscogee) is a visual storyteller whose eclectic constructions tell stories about places and people from her past. The sculpture, installation and prints in this exhibition address memory through cultural and personal symbols, and illustrate the complexities of the contemporary Native experience.
60 AMERICAN INDIAN FALL 2012
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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