Events

Museum exhibits • Tours • Festivals

Meetings • Education • Conferences

■ NEW EXHIBITS Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, N.Y.—The new installation “Living Legacies: The Arts of the Americas” features the museum’s worldrenowned collection of indigenous art from North, Central, and South America, dating from about 3000 B.C.to the present. The installation is organized to illustrate the diversity and continuity of artistic traditions. It includes thematic exhibitions such as “Enduring Heritage: Arts of the Northwest Coast,” which features sculptural objects, and “Stories Revealed: Writing without Words,” which emphasizes the universality of the indigenous pictorial tradition. (718) 6385000 (New long-term installation)

Field Museum Chicago, Ill.—“Treasures of the Americas: Selections from the Anthropological Collections of the Field Museum” includes some objects that have rarely, if ever, been on public display. These magnificent objects, including an exquisitely crafted Ice Age spearpoint, and a buckskin dress embellished with thousands of beads, illustrate the diversity and sophistication of indigenous cultures across the Americas. (312) 922-9410, www.fieldmuseum.org (Through May 30)

■ CONFERENCES, LECTURES & FESTIVALS The Central States Anthropological Society (CSAS) 82nd Annual Meeting March 10–12, Miami University Marcum Conference Center, Oxford, Ohio. The meeting is open to cultural and physical anthropologists, archaeologists, linguists, applied anthropologists, and other interested scholars. It offers an excellent opportunity to present and discuss current ideas and research in the field. Call Joyce Lucke (812) 376-6717, www.iupui.edu/~csas

35th Annual Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference March 11–13, Atlantic Sands Hotel and Conference Center, Rehoboth Beach, Del. Anyone interested in the archaeology of the Middle Atlantic area is welcome.The conference will feature the latest information on a wide variety of archaeological sites ranging in time from the earliest Paleo-Indian to those of the 20th-century. www.maacmidatlanticarchaeology.org

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

George Gustav Heye Center,New York,N.Y.— The new exhibit “George Catlin and His Indian Gallery”includes more than 100 portraits, landscapes,and scenes of tribal life by the lawyer turned painter.Catlin traveled thousands of miles from 1830 to 1836,following the trail of the Lewis and Clark expedition,and visited 50 tribes living west of the Mississippi River from present-day North Dakota to Oklahoma. The exhibition includes Native American artifacts collected by the artist that have not been shown with the paintings in more than a century.(212) 514-3700,www.nmai.si.edu (Through September 5)

Museum of Man

San Diego,Calif.—A fascinating world of icy glaciers,snowy tundras,wooly mammoths,saber-toothed cats,Neanderthals,and Cro-Magnon people will be explored in the new exhibit “Frozen in Time: Life in the Pleistocene Ice Age,”a glimpse of life on earth more than 40,000 years ago.The exhibit explores how humans survived the extreme cold,how their cultural and social behavior was affected by climate,and how artistic expression became part of their daily lives.(619) 239-2001,www.museumofman.org (Opens March 5)

Events

St.Louis,Mo.—Created by the Art Institute of Chicago,the traveling exhibition “Hero,Hawk,and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South”explores the civilizations that flourished in the Ohio,Tennessee,and Mississippi river valleys between 2000 B.C.and A.D.1600.Their settlements transformed the region into a complex political and economic network often linked by waterways.Some of these settlements,such as Cahokia,were the first major urban centers in North America.The exhibit includes some 300 masterworks of stone,ceramic,wood,shell,and copper. Gallery talks with curator John Nunley will be held at 11 a.m.on March 22 and 6 p.m.on March 25.(314) 721-0072,www.slam.org (Through May 30)

Arizona State Museum

The University of Arizona,Tucson, Ariz.—More than 60 spectacular textiles fill two galleries for the exhibition “Navajo Weaving at Arizona State Museum: 19th-Century Blankets,20th-Century Rugs,21stCentury Views.”Admired the world over,Navajo textiles are among the most compelling of the native Southwest art forms.Beginning in the 19th century,the weaving of the Navajo people took on epic significance as representations of the land,people,culture,and way of life. Learn what significance the art form still holds for the Navajo people through the voices of 21st–century weavers.In conjunction with the exhibit,join Navajo weavers,artists, collectors,leading scholars, researchers,museum curators,and others for “Navajo Weaving Now! A Symposium”at the museum April 14–17.(520) 621-6302, www.statemuseum.arizona.edu (Through May 1) Old Pueblo Archaeology Center 11th Anniversary Celebration March 26, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center, Marana, Ariz. Old Pueblo will celebrate its 11th anniversary with guided tours of the Yuma Wash archaeological site, Native American arts and crafts, Tohono O’odham food vendors, artist demonstrations, children’s activities, and live music. This free event benefits Old Pueblo’s Children’s Archaeology Education Programs. (520) 798-1201, www.oldpueblo.org

70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology March 30–April 3, Salt Palace Convention Center and the Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown, Salt Lake City, Utah. This major conference features a wide variety of forums, symposia, workshops, poster presentations, and tours of local archaeological sites. (202) 789-8200, www.saa.org/meetings

Firehawk Powwow at Moundville Archaeological Park April 8–10, Moundville Archaeological Park, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Intertribal dancing, storytelling, flute playing, and demonstrations of various arts and crafts are featured throughout the powwow. Visitors can sample Native foods and purchase one-of-a-kind handmade items that represent the works of several different tribes. (205) 371-2234 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for California Archaeology April 21–24, Hyatt Regency Sacramento at Capitol Park, Sacramento, Calif. Following a Thursday evening reception and free public lecture on prehistoric climate change in California, the 2005 meetings will begin with a Friday morning Plenary Session entitled “Native American Influences on the Structure and Composition of Prehistoric Ecosystems.” A Saturday night banquet will feature a lecture by paleontologist Paul Koch of UC Santa Cruz on extinction of Pleistocene megafauna in North America. (530) 7563941, www.scahome.org/events/2005

American Rock Art Research Association Annual Conference May 25–30, Reno/Sparks, Nevada. This year’s conference will include rock art education and conservation workshops for students, presentations about recent and ongoing rock art research, and field trips to local sites. (888) 668-0052, www.arara.org

Colorado’s Archaeology and Historic Preservation Month Celebrate Colorado’s rich cultural and historic heritage at locations across the state throughout the month of May. This year’s theme is “Preserving Colorado’s Native Heritage.” (303) 866-3395, www.coloradohistory-oahp.org

California Archaeology Month Lectures, workshops, tours, demonstrations, and more events related to California archaeology will be held throughout the month of May at locations across the state. www.scahome.org/educational_resources/ index.html