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SUMMARY:First Peoples: A Celebration of Native artists in Southern California
DESCRIPTION:April 4– 22, 2017\nOpen Tuesday – Saturday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm\nAt the San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center\nGala Opening Reception, Saturday, April 8, 7:00 – 10:00 pm\nFIRST PEOPLES is a unique cultural exhibition showcasing the diverse artwork of 31 Southern California artists with indigenous roots North or South of the Border. Described as “interesting and important” by the UCLA American Indian Studies Center, an exhibition co-sponsor, FIRST PEOPLES presents myriad answers to the question: What does it mean to be a Native artist?\n \nPhotographs of Native Americans provocatively dressed as Hollywood icons.\nContemporary baskets and pottery made traditionally. A poignant video interview with a Native grandmother. Paintings, watercolors, prints and mixed media art that interpret Native life, spirituality and identity.\nAn elaborate buckskin dress made for a TV soap star by the family of fabled Comanche chief Quanah Parker.\nA “domestic installation” that comments on parallels between gang attire and native regalia. \nThis is but a small sampling of the 109 varied artworks on display (many of which are available for purchase). The generational range of participating artists—from university students to tribal elders—is as diverse as their art practices. Personal Artist Statements and detailed descriptive labels contextualize the art and communicate a unified theme: Far from having “vanished,” indigenous peoples flourish today and continue to be nourished by their Native cultures.\nThe gala opening reception on Saturday, April 8, from 7 to 10 pm, will feature a blessing by Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians Tribal President Rudy J. Ortega, Jr., performances by Native youth, and light refreshments. The public is invited.\nOrganized by Walter L. Meyer, a Los Angeles based independent curator with a special interest in cross-cultural projects, FIRST PEOPLES is being presented by the San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center (SFVACC), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.\n\nDownload Press Release (PDF)\n\n \n
URL:https://main.aisc.ucla.edu/events/first-peoples-a-celebration-of-native-artists-in-southern-california/
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