EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS CAlendar MARCH/APRIL/MAY 2017
NATIVE/AMERICAN FASHION: INSPIRATION, APPROPRIATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY Saturday, April 22 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Diker Pavilion This special symposium, held in conjunction with the Native Fashion Now exhibition, will bring together Native and non-Native histo- rians, fashion designers and artists working in the fields of fashion, law and indigenous studies. Join us for a lively program as expert speakers address fashion as a creative en- deavor and an expression of cultural identity; issues of problematic cultural appropria- tion in the field; and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. The symposium is cosponsored with the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York.
ANNUAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL: DESIGNED FOR FUN! Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and 7 12 noon – 5 p.m. Museum-wide Everything starts with a design! Celebrate the ingenuity and innovation of Native games, toys and more with an afternoon of family- friendly activities.
AT THE MOVIES: CELEBRATING ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH Thursday, May 18 6 p.m. Auditorium Mele’s Murals (2015, 60 min.) United States. Tadashi Makamura Artists Estria Miyashiro (a.k.a. Estria) and John Hina (a.k.a. Prime), a group of Native Hawaiian charter-school youth and the rural community of Waimea are dealing with the ill effects of environmental change and encroaching modernization. Reflecting upon the resurgence of Hawaiian language and culture of the past 20 years, Estria and Prime show how their exploration of graffiti art has led to personal discovery of identity and responsibility as Native Hawaiian people.
60 AMERICAN INDIAN SPRING 2017
Jamie Okuma (Luiseno and Shoshone-Bannock), boots, 2013–14 (detail). Glass beads on boots designed by Christian Louboutin. Museum commission with support from Katrina Carye, John Curuby, Karen Keane and Dan Elias, Cynthia Gardner, Merry Glosband, and Steve and Ellen Hoffman. Peabody Essex Museum, 2014.44.1AB. ©2015 Peabody Essex Museum.
The Grandfather Drum.
IMAGE COURTESY OF THUNDERSTONE PICTURES
PHOTO BY WALTER SILVER
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