PECHA KUCHA NIGHT V.15, INDIAN COUNTRY: ENDURING GIFTS
Thursday, December 3, 2009 – Seattle Art Museum Doors Open 6:00 p.m.
Presentations Begin 7:00 p.m.
Pecha Kucha Night Seattle and the Seattle Art Museum are proud to present INDIAN COUNTRY: ENDURING GIFTS. We’ve assembled an amazing roster of presenters from across the wide spectrum of the Pudget Sound’s Native communities. Please join us for this memorable evening, which is taking place during SAM’s Free First Thursday’s Art For All. Enjoy a nosh, meet new friends, explore the museum, and get ready for an evening of amazing presentations. WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!
The event will coincide with SAM's recent acquisition of The End of the Ancestors (1992) by Gerald Bruce Subiyay Miller with Art for All: An Evening of Skokomish Song and Dance in commemoration of the new work. The Skokomish song and dance group will perform at 5:30 p.m.
PRESENTERS INCLUDE:
The Honorable Cecile Hansen, (Duwamish) Chairwoman of the Duwamish Tribe
Jeff Smith, Administrator, (Makah) Inter-Tribal Canoe Journeys
Janeen Comenote, (Quinault/Hesquiaht/Kwakuitl/Oglala) Founder, National Urban Indian Family Coalition
JohnPaul Jones, (Cherokee/Choctaw) Principle, Jones & Jones -- The architect of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Tracy Rector, (Seminole) Founder, Native Lens
Marty Bluewater, (Shawnee) Director, United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
Barbara Brotherton, Curator of Native American Art, Seattle Art Museum
Chris Stearns, (Navajo) City of Seattle Human Rights Commissioner
Preston Singletary, (Tlingit) Artist
Roger Fernandes, (Lower Elwha Band of the S'Klallam Tribe) Storyteller
Victor Pasquale, (Navajo) Founder, DGTLNVJO Design Studio
inquiries:
pechakucha.seattle@gmail.com
website:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/seattle
EVENT DETAILS:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
6:00 p.m. Doors Open
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Presentations
Seattle Art Museum
Arnold Board Room
1300 1st Ave, Seattle
(206) 720-7222
website:
http://www.seattleartmuseum.org
Free
