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SUMMARY:National Museum of the American Indian - “Clearly Indigenous”: Family Art Day
DESCRIPTION:Bring the whole family to National Museum of the American Indian to enjoy games\, hands-on activities\, storytelling\, and music that celebrate and investigate Indigenous glass art in the Clearly Indigenous exhibition. Free\, Saturday\, May 16\, 11 AM–4 PM. Check out the full schedule of activities. \n11 AM\, 1 PM\, and 3 PM | Performances by Swil Kanim \n\n\n\nStoryteller Swil Kanim (Lummi) will perform\, sharing stories from the Pacific Northwest Coast. Throughout the day\, catch Swil Kanim playing the violin.\n\n\n12:15 PM\, 2:15 PM | Look\, Learn\, Create: Clearly Indigenous for Families\n\nJoin museum educator for a family-friendly interactive tour of the exhibition Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass. Visitors will look closely at three to four artworks and learn about them through guided discussion and shared observation. After finding inspiration from the artworks\, families are invited to the imagiNATIONS Activity Center classroom to create their own inspired Glyph Charm artwork to take home.\n\n\nOngoing | Hands On Activities: Mock Stained Glass and more\n\nVisitors are invited to find inspiration through the featured artworks in Clearly Indigenous to create their own designs in mock stained glass\, etching and stencils\, as well as button-making and bag designs.\n\n\n\n\nOngoing | Glass Working Demonstrations by Esteban Salazar\n\nLocal Brooklyn-based glass blower Esteban Salazar will demonstrate glass working techniques such as torch work on glass rods as well as the “sugar blowing” method\, employing melted candy as a stand-in for molten glass throughout the day.\n\n\n\nClearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass was originated by the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture\, Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, where it was curated by Dr. Letitia Chambers and Cathy Short (Potawatomi). The traveling exhibit was curated by Dr. Chambers and is toured by International Arts & Artists. Generous support for the exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian provided in part by Janet and David Offensend. This program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nThis program is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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LOCATION:Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian\, 1 Bowling Green\, New York\, NY\, 10004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Kids Activities,Tours,Visual Arts
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