Twin Cities American Indian Arts Festival
June 11th and 12th
16th and Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404
http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/festival/
Original Green
Curated by Heid E. Erdrich
April 1st-June 17th at All My Relations Gallery
1414 E. Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612)235-4970
www.allmyrelationsarts.com
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT
Curated by Carolyn Lee Anderson and Emily Johnson
June 24th-August 5th at All My Relations Gallery
1414 E. Franklin Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612)235-4970
www.thisisdisplacement.com
www.catalystdance.com
www.allmyrelations.com
Carolyn Lee Anderson and Jim Denomie
July 1st-July 31st at the Black Dog Cafe
308 Prince Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 228-9274
http://www.blackdogstpaul.com/
Pretend the World
with Carolyn Lee Anderson, Julie Buffalohead, Jan Elftmann, Phillip Noyed, David Scott and Jes Lee Shimek
August 20th-September 30th at the Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
6666 East River Rd.
Fridley, MN 55432
(763)574-1850
www.banfill-locke.org
www.kathrynkysar.com
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT
at DiverseWorks in Houston April 28th-June 11th, 2011
For more information go to: http://diverseworks.org/2010/this-is-displacement/
The Minnesota Premiere of THIS IS DISPLACEMENT at The Edge Center Gallery
101 Second Avenue
PO Box 303
Bigfork, MN 56628
www.the-edge-center.org
(218)743-6670
Opening Reception: Friday, October 8th, 5 to 7 p.m. Runs through October 30th. Gallery hours: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 1 to 4 p.m.
Dance maker, Emily Johnson (Yup'ik) and visual artist, Carolyn Lee Anderson (Diné) have collaborated as co-curators of THIS IS DISPLACEMENT: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land & Identity, a group exhibit of work by contemporary Native artists, which features 2 and 3-dimensional art, short films/video, recorded sound art and written work that overtly or subtly relates to displacement. The exhibit includes works by several noted Minnesota artists including, Gordon M. Coons, Jonathan Thunder, Joe Geshick, Steven Premo, Jim Denomie, Gwen Westerman Griffin, Doug Limon, Andrea Carlson, and Project Preserve from Red Lake High School.
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT has exhibited at OutNorth in Anchorage, AK and at LivingArts in collaboration with OklaDADA in Tulsa, OK. After The Edge Center, the exhibit will travel to 3 venues in Minneapolis: Northrop Theater, The Plymouth Congregational Church, and All My Relations Arts from November 2010 - June 2011. In April 2011 the show will be exhibited in Houston, TX at Diverse Works.
I have worked to curate this exhibit because displacement is an especially challenging issue in my life. I was born and raised in Minnesota, but my maternal heritage is Diné. I feel at home in Minnesota, but I have an intense longing to be in the Southwest and to learn about my culture and language. It's as if half of my heart is here in Minnesota, and the other half is in Dinétah. ~Carolyn L. Anderson (Artist/Curator)
As an artist, I am supported, challenged, and strengthened by the work of other artists. My dances are empathetic responses to my environment, experiences, and questions. But, they are MY empathetic responses, and I know there is no ONE picture of displacement, no ONE story that matters most....I want to offer audiences a wide spectrum of images to contemplate. I want more artists' work to be seen in more places, and I believe that more we support one another as artists, the more we and our art is strengthened. ~Emily Johnson (Choreographer/Curator)
Official Contacts:
Emily Johnson
612-597-7400
emily@catalystdance.com
Carolyn Lee Anderson
651-214-0900
carolyn.lee.anderson@gmail.com
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT is a project of Catalyst. www.catalystdance.com
"As Long as the Grass is Green" by Wilma Whitaker
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT/The Thank-You Bar/Blackfish
Get your tickets for The Thank-You Bar/Blackfish/This is Displacement November 18-20 at Northrop Theatre in Minneapolis
The Thank-you Bar is designed for a very small audience, so there are a very limited number of tickets available. If you'd like to see the show and it's related activities: THIS IS DISPLACEMENT, Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land and Identity and BLACKFISH, make sure to call Northrop at 612-624-2345 or go to this website.
http://northrop.umn.edu/events/emily-johnson
THE THANK-YOU BAR is a new performance/installation of dance, live music, storytelling and visual image connecting ideas of displacement, longing, and language to history, pre-conceived notions, architecture, and igloo-myth. Created and performed by Alaska-born choreographer Emily Johnson with composers/musicians James Everest and Joel Pickard. Lighting design by Heidi Eckwall, beadwork by Karen Beaver, paper sculpture by Krista Walsh.
BLACKFISH is James Everest (Minneapolis, MN) and Joel Pickard (Portland, OR) performing live improvised duets in a surround-sound installation series of concerts that accompany live performances of The Thank-you Bar. Joel Pickard plays pedal steel guitar and James Everest plays nylon and steel string acoustic guitars through a myriad of effects and looping pedals to create spontaneous sounds and songs that span from the intricate and spare to massive, layered orchestral explosions. BLACKFISH is FREE with a purchased ticket to The Thank-you Bar!
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT is a group exhibit of work by contemporary Native artists considering displacement, land, and identity. It is curated by Carolyn Lee Anderson and Emily Johnson and includes work by Jay Bad Heart Bull, Karen Beaver, Gordon Coons, Jim Denomie, Nicholas Galanin, Shan Goshhorn, Priscilla Naungagiaq Hensley Holthouse, Doug Limon, Andrew Okpeaha Maclean, Star Wallowing Bull, Gwen Westerman Griffin, Wilma Whitaker, Jonathan Thunder, American Meredith, Daniel McCoy Jr., Tom Fields, Elizabeth Day and many more!
My wonderful friend and collaborator, Emily Johnson is an amazing and daring dance-maker/artist/ poet/storyteller. James Everest and Joel Pickard are phenomenally talented and creative musicians. The artists of the exhibit make my heart reel! In combination, there aren't words. Don't miss it!
Original Green at the Mill City Museum May 20th through November 21st, 2010
Opening Reception: May 20th 6pm-8pm
Curated by Heid Erdrich of All My Relations Arts, "Original Green" features work by Carolyn Lee Anderson, Gordon Coons, Gwen Westerman and Bobby Wilson. The artists' work highlights the St. Anthony Falls area and its related stories, especially in relationship of people to the environment. The exhibit is located in the museum's central Mill Commons, and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through Nov. 21.
This exhibit kicks off "Greening the Riverfront," a series of programs exploring our relationship with nature, past, present and future. The series will consist of a variety of programs, including lectures by national figures and local experts, cooking classes and demonstrations, family days and walking tours.
http://events.mnhs.org/calendar/results.cfm?TypeID=12&CFID=16390409&CFTOKEN=43281402
Foot in the Door at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts February 19th through June 13th, 2010
Held once every 10 years, "Foot in the Door" is an open exhibition for all Minnesota artists. This ever-popular exhibition celebrates the diversity and enthusiasm of Minnesota's visual -- and, new this year, audio/video -- artists. It's an important event for the arts community and a great opportunity for artists to display their work at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The sole curatorial criteria? Each submission must fit within one cubic foot.