3rd Annual Powwow
Native American Student Union at UVA
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Visiting Fellow Raymond Bulambula guides a UVA art student in making a "Marratjirri" Morning Star Pole.
Fayerweather Hall, McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia
The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia
New Summer Course at the Rare Book School
The Rare Book School has added a new course, The History & Construction of the Mesoamerican Codex, 600–1550, to be offered 16–21 July at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The course will we taught by John Hessler, Curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection of the Archaeology and History of the Early Americas at the Library of Congress. A brief description is below:
Janet Fieldhouse: Artist-in-Residence at Kluge-Ruhe
Sunday, April 9, 2017
'Body Ornaments' by Janet Fieldhouse - Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
From March 10 to April 9, 2017, Janet Fieldhouse will visit Charlottesville as an artist-in-residence at the Kluge-Ruhe Collection. While here, she will develop ideas for new bodies of work, teach sculpture classes at UVA, give tours of the exhibition and present an artist talk at the museum, and provide a workshop at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
Read more about the artist and exhibition here.
IHGC - Mellon Fellows Symposium
Friday, February 10, 2017
Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures presents the Mellon Fellows Symposium
9.30am - 1.30pm
142 Wilson Hall
University of Virginia
Symosium Schedule
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Hanadi Al-Samman, Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
"Queering the Arab Closet"
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Jack Chen, Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
"Towards a Literary History of Information in Traditional China"
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Camilla Fojas, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies
"Techno-Domestics, Telecommunications, and Surveillance across the American Pacific"
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Mary Kuhn, Assistant Professor, Department of English
"'The vulgar short leaved pine': Forest Industries and the U.S. Literary Landscape in the Late-19th Century"
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Info Session - Museum Internship Grants
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
3-4 pm - Multicultural Student Center, Lower Level, Newcomb Hall
Join Mellon Indigneous Arts Program Coordinator Amanda Wagstaff to find out more about Mellon Museum Internship Grants - $3500 grants to support UVA students who secure unpaid internships at museums, historic sites, or archives.
Who is eligible?
- Rising second, third, and fourth year students in all fields of study
- Students in good academic standing (3.0+ GPA)
- Students who identify at African American, Hispanic American, Native American, Alaska Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or students with disabilities.
Curatorial Lab @ UVA
The Curatorial Lab @ UVA is a new object-based experiential learning initiative at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection. Under the guidance of Mellon Indigenous Arts Curator, Henry Skerritt, students from the art history and anthropology departments have been invited to curate an exhibition from the world-class collections at Kluge-Ruhe.
Richmond to host American Indian Film Festival - and Francis Ford Coppola might attend
Richmond Times Dispatch
The city is already rich in film festivals, and Richmond will soon be adding more to its repertoire by boasting some of the best of Native American cinema .
Organizers of the first American Indian Film Festival of Virginia, set for Nov. 17-19 at the Byrd Theatre, are aiming to make their inaugural event the biggest of its kind on the East Coast. They’re hoping to create a forum for telling stories of cultural affirmation, resistance and survival of Native Americans in the commonwealth and beyond.
Sneak Preview: American Indian Film Festival of Virginia
Sunday, February 5, 2017
The Byrd Theatre, 2908 W Cary St, Richmond, VA 23221, USA
The schedule for the Feb. 5 sneak preview of the American Indian Film Festival of Virginia:
1 PM - Doors open
1:15 PM - George Aguilar presents a "Master Class: Acting Experiences from Both Sides of the Atlantic, a Native American Perspective"
2 PM - Chris Eyre presents "Smoke Signals"
4 PM - Georgina Lightning presents "Older Than America"
In addition to the screenings and presentations from these three talented filmmakers and actors, there will be dancing, music, and celebration from representatives from Virginia Indian tribes!
Lunchtime Talk
Object Study Gallery with Adriana Greci Green & Henry F. Skerritt
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
12-1 pm, The Fralin Museum of Art
Join Mellon Indigenous Arts Curators Adriana Greci Green and Henry F. Skerritt for a Lunchtime Lecture at The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA. The curators will discuss objects currently on display in the Object Study Gallery.
Image: Pre-Columbian, Colima, Mexico; Dog Effigy, 200 BC – 300 AD; Redware ceramic with red and black fire-clouding on cream slip paint; 8 7/16 x 13 3/4 x 6 1/8 in (21.5 x 35 x 15.5 cm); Gift of Eric M. Heiner, 1980.76.2
Awakening Objects and Indigenizing the Museum: Stephen Gilchrist in Conversation with Henry F. Skerritt
A conversation with Mellon Indigenous Arts curator Henry Skerritt in Contemporaneity.
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