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Michael Kabotie
Native American Arts Festival
July 6–July 11, 2008
Overview
The week-long Native American Arts Festival, designed
to enhance and add depth to the hands-on workshops, includes
formal presentations, lectures, and informal discussions
with a distinguished group of artists, tribal elders,
scholars and archaeologists. In addition, the Festival
Week offers a way for those not enrolled in a workshop
to participate and learn about the most current issues
and theories concerning Native American artists, art,
archaeology and culture.
The Workshops
The Native American Arts Workshops are designed for adults
at all levels of experience and knowledge. Working closely
with master artists and cultural specialists, students
have the rare opportunity to learn traditional and contemporary
Native American art forms and to gain an understanding
of the rich cultural foundation which inspires and motivates
each artist.
The Lectures
and Presentations
“The spirit of this annual series is to
bring the scientific, intuitive, and trickster voices
together for a balanced and provocative learning experience.
This summer, scholars and artists will look at ingenuity
and creativity in ancient and recent Native American arts
and cultures. The week will open with the premiere of
the documentary film Sing Birds: Following the Paths
of Cahuilla Power; an Acoma elder will discuss the
traditional mythic origins of his culture; an archaeologist
will present ground breaking research on the Ancient Americas;
and the week will finish with a special performance of
Native Voices at the Autry’s THE RED ROAD, written
and performed by Arigon Starr (Kickapoo, Creek), directed
by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw), executive producers Jean
Bruce Scott and Randy Reinholz.
Jonathan Haas
Guests:
Michael
Kabotie- Hopi Artist; Consultant to this program
Joe
Baker - Delaware Tribe, Consultant to this program,
Director of Community Engagement, Herberger Collage of
the Arts, ASU
Janet
Berlo - Professor of Art History and Visual and Cultural
Studies at the University of Rochester
Nephi
Craig - Navajo/White Mountain Apache, Founder/Director,
Native American Culinary Association
Jonathan
Haas - MacArthur Curator, North American Anthropology,
The Field Museum
Jacobo
Angeles Ojeda - Oaxacan Artist
Arigon
Starr - Kickapoo/Creek, actor, musician, writer
Mark
Tahbo - Hopi Tewa Potter
Ernest
Vallo, Sr. - Acoma Pueblo Elder, Tribal Council Member
Additional guests to be announced.
Arigon Starr
Events
Open to the Public
Each day, the visiting scholars and artists will discuss
a wide range of topics dealing with art, archaeology and
anthropology in Native America with slide lectures, presentations
and demonstrations. Summer
Events
Sunday, July 6
7 pm. Opening Event - TBA
Monday, July 7
7 pm. Artist Demonstration: Jacobo Angeles Ojeda
8 pm. Exhibition Opening/Reception
Tuesday, July 8
12-1 pm. Brown Bag Lecture: Jonathan Haas
Ancient Americas: Ingenuity, Creativity and Complexity
Includes Nephi Craig's Native food tastings.
7 pm. Lecture: Jonathan Haas
The Origins of Andean Civilization: the Norte Chico 5000
to 4000 B.C.
Wednesday, July 9
12-1 pm. Brown Bag Lecture: Ernest Vallo, Sr.
Mythic Origins of the Keresan People
Includes Nephi Craig's Native food tastings.
Thursday, July 10
12-1 pm. Brown Bag Lecture: Janet Berlo, Three Hundred
Years of Creativity and Ingenuity in the Arts of Native
American Women
Includes Nephi Craig's Native food tastings.
Friday, July 11
6:30 pm. Performance: Native Voices at the Autry's THE
RED ROAD Written and Performed by Arigon Starr (Kickapoo,
Creek), Directed by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw), Executive
Producers: Jean Bruce Scott and Randy Reinholz. For more
information about this performance see the Native Voices
site
or their myspace.
The
Workshops
The workshops offered during the festival include:
Cahuilla
Basketry
Hopi
Tewa Pottery
Native
American Flute Making
Navajo
Weaving I & II
Navajo
Inlay Jewelry
Oaxacan
Carving
See the
Adult Courses page for complete descriptions of these
workshops, and additional workshops offered June
22 - July 20.
Hopi
Jewelry
Kichwa
Pottery
Mata
Oritz Pottery
Native
American Cuisine
Southern
California Native Cultures
Janet Berlo
Workshop
Schedule
9–12 pm. Intensive Workshops
12–1 pm. Brown Bag Lecture (Tuesday-Thursday)
1–4 pm. Intensive Workshops continue
7–9 pm. Evening Exhibitions/Activities
