Mellon Indigenous Arts Program

Diversity in Museums and the Arts

Career Exploration Info Session

Wednesday, October 18, 5:30-7:00pm

Fayerweather Hall Lounge, Room 102

Dinner Included.

Open to UVA undergraduate students from all fields of study who are interested in careers in museums or the arts.

• Meet graduate students, faculty, and staff with experience in museums and the arts.
• Learn about PAID internship opportunities for African American, Hispanic American, and Native American students.
• Get access to career development resources at UVA.

RSVP via Handshake: https://virginia.joinhandshake.com/events/82818/share_preview

Questions? Contact Amanda Wagstaff, aw2pz@virginia.edu

This Career Exploration Series is supported by Mellon Indigenous Arts, the McIntire Department of Art, and Career Services at UVA. 

Film Screening & Discussion

with filmmaker Shelley Niro and musician ElizaBeth Hill

Hosted by ARTH 3595: Indigenous North American Arts with Adriana Greci Green

Robert’s Paintings is about artist Robert Houle. Like many of his generation, Houle was schooled in the residential school system. He expressively talks about his experiences there. He has created a body of work encapsulating his memories from childhood. As an adult and teacher, he uses this opportunity to give witness to his life and the many others who passed through the corridors of what is now known as Canada’s shame.

In the film we will meet friends and family who will share stories about Robert and what his paintings mean to them. This film is about not forgetting and contributing to the collective memory of a nation. It is a celebration.

FREE, open to the public. 

Sponsored by Arts Enhancement Fund for 2017-18 from the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts

Schedule of Events

10:00am - Meet-and-greet with Raymond & Joyce
Bodo's Bagels and coffee provided.

10:30am - Artist Talk 
Artist Raymond Bulambula, artist Joyce Naliyabu and art center manager Chris Durkin will discuss bark paintings and other artworks from their community of Milingimbi.

11:15am - Weaving Demonstration
Joyce Naliyabu is a weaver of fish traps, dilly bags and mats, and she will give a weaving workshop following the artist talk. The workshop is free, open to the public, and open to ages 10 and up, but registration is required. REGISTER HERE.

The Fralin Museum of Art, the Mellon Indigenous Arts Initiative, and the McIntire Department of Music of the University of Virginia present ElizaBeth Hill in Concert.

ElizaBeth Hill (Mohawk) is a singer-songwriter whose music reflects both her Native background and her past experience living and working in Nashville, Tennessee. Hill writes lyrics in both English and Mohawk and composes music for dance, theatre, and film. Hill is visiting the University at a Mellon Indigenous Artist in Residence along with fellow artist Shelley Niro (Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Kanien’kehaka Mohawk Nation). 

This event is free and open to the public.

Please RSVP 434.243.2050

Join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of Julie Gough’s exhibition, Hunting Ground, Friday, September 8, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Julie Gough's exhibition explores the absence of signs and monuments memorializing the history of genocide and massacres that occurred throughout Tasmania.

The opening will also include a brief performance of traditional Yolngu singing by artist Djambawa Marawalu AM and Wäka Mununggurr, both Yolngu ceremonial leaders, who are currently visiting the Kluge-Ruhe as curatorial researchers working on an upcoming exhibition of Yolngu bark paintings.

Refreshments will be provided, no reservations are needed.

http://www.kluge-ruhe.org/events/opening-reception-for-julie-gough-s-hunting-ground