Snapped a few quick pictures of the dancers in the Rotunda, teaching local schoolkids some new moves. They'll be at the festival tomorrow and Sunday -- noon to 5 pm.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Choker Project
Here is a preview of the choker that kids will be making this weekend at the Children's Festival.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
T Dolls
We have legions of dolls waiting to be dressed and fixed up by little hands at this weekend's Children Festival.
I asked Cody why we sometimes call them Comanche dolls. "Because a Comanche lady taught me how to make them." she explained. The bodies of the dolls are made from tea-dyed muslin, just like in the old days. Kids will get to pick out their colors and dress them up.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Dance at the 2009 Children’s Festival May 16 and 17
Learn the rabbit dance, round dance, side step and double beat with the Tatuye Topa Dance Club and much more at this year’s Children’s Festival at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York. The free family event will take place on Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17 from 12 noon to 5 pm.
This year’s festival celebrates “The Art of Design” of Native nations. Young visitors will be invited to make a medallion necklace with artist Teri Greeves (Kiowa), decorate “parfleches” (replicas of Plains-style carryalls) with Kathleen Coleclough (Métis), make “Comanche” dolls with Cody Harjo (Seminole/Otoe), chokers with Angela Friedlander (Métis) and learn about tanning hides with Jeffrey Coleclough (Métis). The Tatuye Topa Dance Club, part of the Little Wound School of the Pine Ridge Reservation, will be represented by six female dancers who will also demonstrate powwow dancing styles. They will be teaching dance steps and leading dance games for young visitors.
This year’s Children’s Festival was inspired by the museum’s current exhibition, “Identity by Design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses,” that comprises 55 Native dresses from the Plains, Plateau and Great Basins regions. The exhibition continues through September 13, 2009.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional support has been provided by the Rudin Foundation and Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks.
This year’s festival celebrates “The Art of Design” of Native nations. Young visitors will be invited to make a medallion necklace with artist Teri Greeves (Kiowa), decorate “parfleches” (replicas of Plains-style carryalls) with Kathleen Coleclough (Métis), make “Comanche” dolls with Cody Harjo (Seminole/Otoe), chokers with Angela Friedlander (Métis) and learn about tanning hides with Jeffrey Coleclough (Métis). The Tatuye Topa Dance Club, part of the Little Wound School of the Pine Ridge Reservation, will be represented by six female dancers who will also demonstrate powwow dancing styles. They will be teaching dance steps and leading dance games for young visitors.
This year’s Children’s Festival was inspired by the museum’s current exhibition, “Identity by Design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses,” that comprises 55 Native dresses from the Plains, Plateau and Great Basins regions. The exhibition continues through September 13, 2009.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional support has been provided by the Rudin Foundation and Goldman Sachs Community TeamWorks.
Museum of Arts and Design Event
Leading art historians will discuss the controversial career of Fritz Scholder (Luiseño, 1937-2005) on Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Arts and Design. Scholder, the subject of a two-city exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, was best known for his revolutionary paintings of American Indians.
The discussion is a collaboration between the National Museum of the American Indian and the Museum of Arts and Design. Museum admission to the event only, which will be followed by a book signing of the recent publication "Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian," is free.
Participants will include Robert Hobbs, Virginia Commonwealth University; Robert Houle, artist and curator; Truman T. Lowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jolene Rickard, Cornell University; Aleta Ringlero, Arizona State University; Katy Siegel, Hunter College; and Paul Chaat Smith, National Museum of the American Indian. The discussion will be moderated by Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design.
The Museum of Arts and Design is located at 2 Columbus Circle in New York City and can be reached at (212) 299-7703 and at madmuseum.org. It is open from Wednesday-Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m, and is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.
The discussion is a collaboration between the National Museum of the American Indian and the Museum of Arts and Design. Museum admission to the event only, which will be followed by a book signing of the recent publication "Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian," is free.
Participants will include Robert Hobbs, Virginia Commonwealth University; Robert Houle, artist and curator; Truman T. Lowe, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jolene Rickard, Cornell University; Aleta Ringlero, Arizona State University; Katy Siegel, Hunter College; and Paul Chaat Smith, National Museum of the American Indian. The discussion will be moderated by Lowery Stokes Sims, Museum of Arts and Design.
The Museum of Arts and Design is located at 2 Columbus Circle in New York City and can be reached at (212) 299-7703 and at madmuseum.org. It is open from Wednesday-Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m, Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m, and is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.
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