EVENTS OF INTEREST

Museums

Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North Pacific Coast. Listening to Our Ancestors explores how Native people along the coast of Washington State, British Columbia, and Alaska continue time-honored practices in an ever-changing modern world. The exhibition features more than 400 ceremonial and everyday objects, as well as commentary from representatives of eleven contemporary North Pacific Coast Native nations. The exhibition includes a wide variety of pieces, from intricately woven and ornamented dance blankets to halibut fishing hooks, finely carved and painted masks of supernatural creatures to spoons carved from the horns of mountain goats. Each object reflects the creativity of people whose art has been collected by museums worldwide for more than a century. September 12, 2007–July 27, 2008 George Gustav Heye Center, New York. More >>

Beauty Surrounds Us: This exhibition of 77 works from the museum's collection will inaugurate the new Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Cultures. Beauty Surrounds Us features an elaborate Quechua girl's dance outfit, a Northwest Coast chief's staff with carved animal figures and crest designs, Seminole turtle shell dance leggings, a conch shell trumpet from pre-Columbian Mexico, a Navajo saddle blanket, and an Inupiak (Eskimo) ivory cribbage board. The exhibition includes two interactive media stations, at which visitors may access in-depth descriptions of each object and, through virtual imaging technology, view and rotate a selection of the objects to examine them more closely. September 23, 2006–September 23, 2008 George Gustav Heye Center, New York. More >>

Living Legacies: The Arts of the Americas. Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor. This new installation in the refurbished Hall of the Americas presents the Museum's world-renowned collections of indigenous art from North, Central, and South America, dating from about 3000 b.c. to the present. Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, 11238-6052 Tel: (718) 638-5000 $8 More >>

Galleries

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2008, Courtney M. Leonard. Work by Courtney M. Leonard on view at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology REMIX: Indigenous Identities In The 21st Century. April 5 - August 31, 2008 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, within the Harvard campus 9 - 5 pm seven days a week. More >>

Remix: New Modernities in a Post Indian World. Featured works by Dustin Craig (White Mountain Apache/Navajo), Fausto Fernandez (Mexican/American), Luis Gutierrez (Mexican/American), David Hannan (Metis), Gregory Lomayesva (Hopi/Hispanic), Brian Miller (Mohawk), Franco Mondini-Ruiz (Tejano/Italian), Kent Monkman (Cree/English/Irish), Nadia Myre (Anishinabe), Alan Natachu (Zuni/Laguna), Hector Ruiz (Kickapoo/Mexican/American), Anna Tsouhlarakis (Navajo/Creek/Greek), Kade L. Twist (Cherokee), Bernard Williams (African American/Native Ancestry), Steven Yazzie (Navajo/Laguna/Welsh). June 7, 2008–September 21, 2008. George Gustav Heye Center, One Bowling Green NYC. More >>

American Abstraction: Dialogue with the Cosmos. An installation designed and made for the Montclair Museum, Montclair NJ by NAAR artist Kay Walking Stick. The installation includes 28 hanging oil on paper paintings based on northern plains indigenous women's parfleche bags. It is in the Laurie Art Stairway and can be seen from Bloomfield Ave. as well as inside the museum. It will be hanging for the entire year of 2008. Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue Montclair, New Jersey 07042-1747, (973)746-5555 Fax: (973)746-9118. Hours: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays. More >>

Kwa:ne Kuhseshe ha Yunekuhne - Many Winters Ago... Native American Children's Book Illustrations. February 1 - June 30, 2008. This exhibition features a selection of some of the leading Native American Children's book illustrators from across the United States and Canada. Bringing to life themes of cultural tradition, family life and respect for nature, these award-winning artists reflect bold and dynamic visual trends in today's children's book illustrations. Featured artists: Jonathan Warm Day, Taos NM, Ron Hall, Osoyoos British Columbia CN, Joseph Jacobs, Lewiston NY, The late Michael Lacapa, George Littlechild, Comox British Columbia CN, S.D. Nelson, Flagstaff, AZ, Erwin Pritnup Jr., Lewiston NY. Casteliani Art Museum of Niagara University, Niagara University, NY 14109-1938. 1-716-286-8200. More >>

Activities and Performances

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Jason Lujan (Chiricahua Apache) will present Fancy Dance Good Luck Lion, an experimental performance work that brings together Native American Fancy Dancers and Chinese Lion Dancers. Please join us after the performance for an artist reception in the Collector's Office. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP for the reception by Monday, July 8 at nyrsvp@si.edu or 212-514-3750. Thursday, July 10, at 5:30pm at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. One Bowling Green, New York, NY. Across from Battery Park. Subway: 1 to Southferry, 2/3 to Wall Street, R/W to Whitehall, bus stops located nearby. More >>

Kanatsiohareke Summer Festival. June 28th & 29th, 2008. 4934 State Highway 5 Fonda NY. 518-673-5356 More >>

Tuscarora Beadwork and Crafts June - September. Prospect Point Park, Niagara Falls, NY.
Tuscarora Community Field Days. Tuscarora Nation, New York. Tuscarora school grounds, July 11 - 12 Walmore Rd and Mt. Hope Rd.
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Annual Border Crossing, July 19th Hyde Park, Niagara Falls, NY 716-380-2564
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Seneca Allegany Veterans Pow Wow. July 19th - 20th Veterans Park - Broad Street, Salamanca, NY 716-945-8558 More >>

Iroquois Dance Weekends- 4 Dance Weekends: June 21 - 22, July 12 - 13, August 9 - 10, August 30. 518-296-8949 info@iroquoismuseum.org 324 Caverns Road Howes Cave, New York 12092
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Coatlique Theatre Company (Hortencia & Elvira Colorado) invites performers, artists, and community members to a workshop "Stories: The Heart of Our Community." Workshops June 23 - 26, 7pm tp 10pm. Workshop demonstration June 27, 8pm at the American Indian Community House 11 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York City. 212-598-0100 x237 to sign up. More >>

One night only! Silver Summit's Record Release Show! Silver Summit. Performances by: The Dust Dive (Bryan Zimmerman, Laura Ortman, Ken Switzer...and other guests from Latitude/Longitude!) , Silver Summit (Sandra Au, Shawn Bosler, Laura Ortman, Daniel Schubmehl, Alexandra Drewchin, Margie Wienk... and other guests) , Anti-Magic and White Hills. The show is July 3rd 2008, 9pm at The Grasslands 289 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY (between south 1st and south 2nd) Directions: The L train to the first stop in Brooklyn (Bedford Ave) Or the JMZ to the first stop in Brooklyn (Marcy Ave). 5 minute cab ride from the lower east side and just a few blocks from the Williamsburg Bridge. More >>

A Native American Celebration - R. Carlos Nakai, Black Lodge Singers. and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, Music Director. Sunday, July 20th, 3pm ArtPark - Lewiston, New York. 716-885-0331 More >>

Ganondagan Music Festival, July 26th and 27th 2008. 10 to 6 pm Ganondagan State Historical Site, 1488 State Route 44, Victor NY. 585-924-5848 More >>

Film

March Point AT THE MOVIES celebrates Native stories and the work of indigenous directors, actors, writers, musicians, and cultural activists. Reservations recommended: FVC@si.edu or (212) 514-3737. Free Admission. Thursday, July 10, 6:00 pm. Saturday, July 12, 2:00 pm. March Point (2008, 56 min.) US. A Native Lens film by Longhouse Media. Discussion follows with the directors. New York premiere. Three teenagers from the Swinomish Reservation in Washington State are asked to make a film about two oil refineries that are harming the health of the people, the land, the water and the traditional way of life. As they take on the responsibility of making a documentary film about an issue that affects their community, Cody, Nick and Travis gain a new sense of themselves. Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. More >>

Music

Pocahontas at the Court of King James I by composer George Quincy Libretto by Thayer Burch, Roberta Gumbel (Pocahontas/ Lady of the Court), Marshall Coid (King James I). The Queen's Chamber Band. Part 1 premiered in 2006, Part 2 in 2007. Both parts of Pocahontas were performed at the Indian Wing at the Smithsonian in 2007. The CD includes Choctaw Diaries which has never been performed in public. Featuring Timothy Archambault on Native flute and the Bronx Arts Ensemble. Available at amazon.com
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The twice Nammy nominated Jimmy Wolf has released a new Rock & Blues record. His sixth album, Deep Downtown, is now available through emailing Jimmy Wolf directly at jimmywolf23@hotmail.com or through cdbaby.com. More >>

We're happy to announce that Own Records has released The Dust Dive's new album Claws of Light November 16 2007 in Europe! Band members include Bryan Zimmerman (vocals, samplers, musical saw), Laura Ortman (violin electric guitar, organ, vocals, samplers piano), and Ken Switzer (vocals, magnus chord organ). More >>

Selected poems from the book Confessions of a Madwoman read by MariJo Moore accompanied with original music by Doll Imago - piano infused with electronic soundscapes and organic rhythms setting the mood and enhancing the meaning of the words More >>

Ghosthorse - KSA featuring musicians (Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Charley Buckland & Dan Grigsby) has been nominated for 10 Native American Music Association "Awards" for the year 2008. Tiokasin would like to ask you to vote either as "the public vote" or become a member of the Native American Music Association and have your favorite Native/Indigenous music artists finally win for all the hard work as host of First Voices Indigenous Radio on WBAI New York 99.5 FM. Tiokasin has volunteered tirelessly for 16 years, since 1992, to bring Native American/Indigenous thinking to the airwaves. More >>

Books

Just finished book #8. It's titled They Call It Graffiti It will be available for sale at lulu.com on March 10th, 2008. This book also signals a change of plans. There will be no book #9 or #10 for now anyway. Since the 1st of January I planned, designed, photo shopped and created 8 quality books. Some days that required 15 hours in front of the computer. Enough is enough, now I have to market these books and hopefully some of my fans will order them and justify my efforts to create something new and expose them to decades of high quality photography, art and social insight. Thanks, - Ernie
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The Truth book # 7 of 10 books for 2008. It is called "The Truth", maybe somebody cares, maybe not, but care or not the book is done. Perhaps someday someone will say "A man set out to do ten magical books in ten weeks. Ten books that reflected his vision and his art. Ten books that reflected his experiences of over 35 years of documenting his life, his world, his reality." Then again, maybe not. If you care, thank you, if not perhaps one day you will. An artist is usually many years ahead of his audience. - Ernie
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Can't stop, won't stop on my quest to make ten books in ten weeks. Take a look at some of the images from the sixth book called Punk Life. I was fascinated with the emerging Punk Rock culture in New York City during the 1970's and how it intertwined with the graffiti and music scene that was being developed further uptown. Their energies were similar even though their looks were often polar opposites. These are flicks from the days of CBGB and the little rock bars that dotted the lower east side of Manhattan before those neighborhoods became too hip and cool for the punks. My work in this book tells so many different stories… Iconic imagery of the pre-punk rock and post-punk rock eras along with the past and future New York City. These books are time capsules to a period that is long gone and whitewashed in this city that now looks like a branded piece of corporate capitalism. DisneyWorld North. Don't ever forget what this city used to be. What rebel rock music used to be. Fuck the emo bullshit. - Ernie
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Ernest Paniccioli just finished publishing his fifth book in 2008. Deeper includes a touching poem by spoken word Legend Jessica Care Moore as well as 80 photos culled from 35 years of his images. "...my best book ever... It is unlike anything I have done before. It is comprised of those photos that contained magic, power and a dream like quality." - Ernie More >>

Rap Pop and Soul Headshots Vol. 2 picks up where volume one left off. John Trudell, Ossie Davis, Kwame Ture, Queen Mother Moore, Melvin Van Peebles, Sam Greenlee, John Singleton, Spike Lee, Jesse Jackson, JFK JR, Nancy Wilson, Anita Baker, Lou Rawls, BB King, Stevie Wonder, Melle Mel, Michael Jordon, Shaq, Berry Gordy, George Clinton, Dick Gregory, Prof. X, Jam Master Jay, Bobby Brown, Wesley Snipes, Kurtis Blow, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, Buju Banton, Wyclef, Damien Marley, Kanye, Babyface, Shabba Ranks, Nas, DMX, Slick Rick, Usher and a total of about 70 folks. This is a series of 10 self published books in 10 weeks from NAAR artist Ernest Paniccioli. More >>

Ernest Paniccioli just finished his third book in 2008, Rap Pop and Soul Headshots and has intimate close up headshots of 68 stars of music, art and beyond. Including Latifah, 50 Cent, Andy Warhol, Ricky Martin, The Dalai Lama, Sting, Blondie, Grandmasters Caz and Flash, Big, Tupac, Pavarotti, Faith Evans, Lyte, Aaliyah, Eazy E, Ice Cube, Snoop, Missy, Johnny Depp, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Q Tip, Mike Tyson, Paul Mooney, Afrika bambaataa, Bootsy Collins, Richie Havens, Shakira, Mya, Real Roxanne, Whitney Houston, Tito Puente, Kane, Kid Rock, Kid, Tracy Chapman, Erykah badu, L'il Kim, Foxy Brown, Mariah Carey, Lauren Hill and dozens of others. More >>

4 Decades of Color Artwork 1962-2007 by famed photographer Ernie Paniccioli author of Best Selling Award Winning book "Who Shot Ya?" This is the second book in a five volume set of the 5 Elements of Hip Hop and conatains 45 drawings, paintings and watercolors. In the coming months several other books will be printed covering Ernie's photography from the 70's through the year 2007. Other volumes beyond the 5 Elements of Hip Hop will include his images of The Dalai Lama, JFK Jr., Andy Warhol, Richie Havens, Frank Sinatra and many more. Paniccioli will also be publishing a rare edition of his collage artwork done between 1967-1973. These images have only been seen by a handful of people and the response has always been one of amazement and it is his pleasure to make them available in book form. More >>

Four Decades of Artwork By Ernie Paniccioli a limited edition (25 copies) collectors edition. The price is based on the fact that it is a unique limited edition. It contains 50 drawings that Paniccioli did from 1967-2007. This is a self released book available through www.lulu.com and the first in a five volume set of the 5 Elements of Hip Hop over a thirty year period. Three books of artwork, one of black and white drawings, one of color images and a book of Ernie's collages created from 1967-1971. More >>

Radio

First Voices Indigenous Radio - Tiokasin Ghosthorse hosts, WBAI 99.5 FM Thursdays, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Email address: firstvoices@wbai.org Voicemail:(212) 209-2979 More>>

Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond - Tuesdays 4-5pm EDT 88.1 fm, Middletown, CT Listen online LIVE: www.wesufm.org More>>

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