Press Release: October 27, 2017
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Los Angeles, CA (October 19, 2017)— Celebrate contemporary and traditional Native art forms at the Autry's 27th annual American Indian Arts Marketplace. Discover one-of-a-kind artwork for sale from 200 artists representing more than 40 tribes during the largest Native arts fair in Southern California. The weekend also includes film, performances, poetry, informative demonstrations, family activities, and theatre.
The Marketplace offers something for everyone, with top artists from across the country selling sculptures, pottery, beadwork, basketry, photography, paintings, jewelry, textiles, wooden carvings, and mixed-media works and more. The Marshall McKay and Sharon Rogers-McKay Juried Competition will award 22 prizes in 11 categories, as well as a Best of Show prize and the Jackie Autry Purchase Award.
Activities include performances by Native dancers, musicians, and storytellers, plus artist demonstrations and hands-on crafts. Visitors can stay after the tents close on Saturday evening for a screening of Out of State (2017), a film by Ciara Lacy (Native Hawaiian) presented in partnership with Sundance Institute and UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center. On Sunday, join the Native Voices Artists Ensemble for the Native Voices Seventh Annual Short Play Festival: Seven Generations.
Beyond the Marketplace tent, try light and fluffy fry bread from the acclaimed Auntie’s Fry Bread. The Autry’s cafe, Crossroads West, will also be open, offering a full menu that honors the unique culinary traditions and flavors of the American West.
Co-produced by KCETLink Media Group and the Autry, this documentary explores and shares the environmental knowledge of Indigenous peoples across California.
Listen to readings from Native poets featured in Tending the Fire, including San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma), followed by a book signing with author and photographer Chris Felver.
This documentary by filmmaker Ciara Lacy (Native Hawaiian) tells the story of an incredible journey. Shipped thousands of miles away from the tropical islands of Hawai'i to a private prison in the Arizona desert, two Native Hawaiians discover their indigenous traditions from a fellow inmate serving a life sentence. Followed by Q&A with Lacy and light reception.
A core value of the Haudenosaunee people, the Seventh Generation principle compels us to consider the effects of our present-day actions on the next seven generations. Using this principle as inspiration, Native Voices playwrights explore what the future holds for Indigenous families, communities, and beyond.
Learn the art of hoop dancing from Terry Goedel, a world-champion hoop dancer raised on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, and his family.
Gather around the drum with Wildhorse Singers and Dancers, a group of talented American Indian youths from the urban Los Angeles area who will demonstrate traditional powwow dance styles and engage audiences in traditional songs.
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The Autry Museum of American West acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). We recognize that the Autry Museum and its campuses are located on the traditional lands of Gabrielino/Tongva peoples and we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
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