Events Museum exhibits • Tours • Festivals • Meetings • Education • Conferences
National Museum of the American Indian
New York, N.Y.—The spectacular, permanent exhibit “Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian” showcases some 700 works of art from throughout pre-Columbian North, Central, and South America, demonstrating the breadth of the museum’s renowned collection and highlighting the historic importance of many of these iconic objects. Chosen to illustrate the geographic and chronological scope of the museum’s collection, the exhibit opens with a display of headdresses. Signifying the sovereignty of Native nations, these works include a magnificent macaw-and-heronfeather ceremonial headdress. (212) 5143700, www.nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/ newyork (Long-term exhibit)
Museum of Western Colorado
Grand Junction, Colo.—The colorful new exhibit “Diné Bits’aa’ Bahawe: The Story of Navajo Baskets” explores Navajo basketry and traces early Diné history and how the first baskets were made, explaining the intricate symbolism of the basket designs and their meanings. Other Diné art forms will also be featured, including Navajo looms and rugs, exquisite silver jewelry, and historic woven artifacts. (970) 242-0971, www.museumofwesternco.com/exhibits (Through October 17)
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Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Santa Fe, N.M. — During 2007 and 2008, flying at alarmingly low altitudes and slow speeds, Adriel Heisey leaned out the door of his light plane and, holding his camera with both hands, re-photographed some of the Southwest’s most significant archaeological sites that Charles Lindbergh and his new bride Anne photographed in 1929. For the first time, large format prints of Heisey’s stunning aerial images will be paired directly with the Lindberghs’ images in the new exhibit “Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography, and Time.” Heisey was commissioned to recreate current aerial photographs corresponding to their perspective and time of year and day, graphically displaying changes that have taken place at these important places over the last 80 years. The exhibit pairs large-scale then-and-now photographs, revealing the layers of civilization that have shaped the American Southwest from a vantage point few of us will ever experience in person. (505) 476-1269, www.indianartsandculture.org (Opening October 25, 2015)
v CONFERENCES, LECTURES & FESTIVALS Iroquois Indian Festival
September 5-6, Howes Cave, N.Y. This annual festival includes Sky Dancers from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, who perform traditional Iroquois social dances, and an all Iroquois Indian Art Market showcasing both traditional and contemporary arts. The children’s area features arts and crafts activities such as beadwork and cornhusk doll making. There will also be traditional Iroquois storytelling and foods, and demonstrations of early technologies such as flintknapping. (518) 296-8949, www.iroquoismuseum.org
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adriel heisey / courtesy Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
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