ESSENTIALLY INDIGENOUS?: Contemporary Native Arts Symposium Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, 2011 National Museum of the American Indian in New York George Gustav Heye Center; Diker Pavilion One Bowling Green, New York, NY Register for this event. This two-day symposium will wrestle with questions about how we define Native art. Is there an essential quality? Is it a relationship to land or ties to traditional art forms? How do contemporary artists define their work as Indigenous? What role do communities play in establishing or enforcing standards? Presenters include: Robert Houle, Andrea Geyer, David Garneau, Ute Meta Bauer, Robert Janhke and Nicholas Galanin. Organized by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Mario Caro.

ESSENTIALLY INDIGENOUS?: Contemporary Native Arts Symposium
Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, 2011
National Museum of the American Indian in New York
George Gustav Heye Center; Diker Pavilion
One Bowling Green, New York, NY

Register for this event.

This two-day symposium will wrestle with questions about how we define Native art. Is there an essential quality? Is it a relationship to land or ties to traditional art forms? How do contemporary artists define their work as Indigenous? What role do communities play in establishing or enforcing standards? Presenters include: Robert Houle, Andrea Geyer, David Garneau, Ute Meta Bauer, Robert Janhke and Nicholas Galanin. Organized by Kathleen Ash-Milby and Mario Caro.