Curated by Robin Reisenfeld, former curator of works on paper at the Toledo Museum of Art, and faculty member in modern and contemporary art at Christie’s Education, New York.
Giving VOICE: Native American Printmaking showcases recent Native American prints from Crow's Shadow Institute of Art, located on the Umatilla Reservation in northeastern Oregon. With its roots in collaborative practice and community, Crow’s Shadow was established in 1992 by James Lavadour (Walla Walla) and Phillip Cash (Cayuse and Nez Perce) to foster economic and cultural development for Native American artists. Since its founding the Institute has grown into an internationally acclaimed printmaking atelier that is widely recognized for its role in sustaining contemporary indigenous visual art.
Featuring 40+ works created by many of today’s leading artists, Giving VOICE portrays a variety of experiences and themes found within contemporary indigenous art. Created through diverse styles and processes, works range from Marie Watt’s recent woodcut designs that symbolically allude to the war protests and anti-hate content of the 1960’s, to Raven Chacon’s lithographic series of musical notations dedicated to Indigenous women composers. Other artists such as James Lavadour, Kay Walking Stick and Emily Arthur make the natural environment and the connection to the land their focus. Alternatively, Wendy Red Star’s and Jim Denomie’s ironic depictions address communal history and identity to reclaim their indigenous heritage and counter misunderstandings about Native people. Though highly individual in approach and content, collectively these works display what Choctaw/Chickasaw art historian heather atone has termed “an active sense of presence,” and attest to how Crow’s Shadow’s artists innovatively utilize printmaking to powerfully convey indigenous cultural and social values and a communal sense of belonging.
Gallery Hours
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday - Saturday: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed University Holidays
Join the C. Raymond Marvin Center for Student Leadership and Fraternity & Sorority Life for a one-day leadership conference. This event is free and open to all BGSU students. Register at www.bgsu.edu/leadBGSU.
This event is organized as a cultural showcase for interested BGSU students/faculties , and public. This program highlights importance of international culture in BGSU and gives a chance to experience Nepal in a short program. Learn more at http://bgsu.presence.io/event/nepali-cultural-night
You are invited to the "Namaste Nepal" event on Saturday, Nov. 5 from 5 - 8 p.m. in the BTSU Multipurpose Room (Room 228).
Enjoy the Nepali culture with delicious Nepalese dinner and various cultural performances such as dance, a fashion show and Nepali music.
Please text at 419-378-9494 for tickets and more details.
Frídọ̀mù Kọ̀nìfáìndì is beyond the Yorubalization of the
oxymoron confined freedom. It is a solo performance that
combines storytelling and movement exploration to show
the limitations of man in his society. The performer
carefully selects false and true memories from his past
to posit that freedom is merely a mirage that we struggle
with in the world of the living, dead, unborn. At the
centre of this piece is the Yorùbá concept of Eré
(performance) which motivates the performer to disrupt
hegemonic norms and standards while opening spaces
for dialogues. In this performance, we also get to see how
an African body engage with gaze, (dis)comfort, and most
importantly, freedom in confinement.
Directed and Choreographed by Samson Akanni