Have fun Native Individuals at The Briscoe’s FREE Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant
Get able to have fun Native Individuals: The Briscoe is busily preparing for his or her largest family-friendly, FREE, fall occasion of the 12 months – the museum’s annual Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant! To have fun the vibrancy and inventive traditions of Native American communities – and the native tribes who helped form San Antonio – the Briscoe Western Artwork Museum invitations everybody to its annual Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant, Saturday, November 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The occasion is free and contains admission to the Briscoe, making it an ideal option to have fun the necessary position Native Individuals performed in shaping the West whereas having fun with artwork and artifacts that spotlight Native American historical past throughout Native American Heritage Month.
Highlighting the continued vibrancy and inventive traditions of Native American communities – and the native tribes who helped form San Antonio – the Briscoe Western Artwork Museum invitations everybody to its annual Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant, Saturday, November 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The occasion is free and contains admission to the Briscoe, making it an ideal option to have fun the necessary position Native Individuals performed in shaping the West whereas having fun with artwork and artifacts that spotlight Native American historical past throughout Native American Heritage Month.
The free group pageant options storytelling, artist demonstrations, pottery and carving, in addition to Native American-inspired meals, together with REZR’vation Solely, a meals truck that includes Native American-inspired delicacies that’s owned and operated by a registered member of the Navajo Nation. The occasion begins with a Native American non secular blessing, adopted by a ceremonial drum circle that invitations everybody to affix.
“The American West wouldn’t be what it’s in the present day with out the contributions of Native Individuals. The Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant affords the chance to see, work together and have fun with Native American artists and performers – and honor their traditions,” stated Liz Jackson, President and CEO of the Briscoe Western Artwork Museum. “It’s an honor to share of their traditions and guarantee their storytelling is saved alive for future generations. The performances and artwork inform a narrative that’s compelling for all ages, making the occasion a real household affair.”
The annual occasion is called in honor of the Payaya individuals, who had been indigenous to the San Antonio space. “Yanaguana” was the phrase they used to explain what’s now often called the San Antonio River. The pageant highlights Native Individuals, each a core pillar of Western Artwork and featured within the Briscoe’s everlasting assortment. The pageant has been held yearly for the reason that museum opened.
Admission and all crafts and actions included within the pageant are free. The 2023 Yanaguana Indian Arts Pageant options:
A gap non secular blessing by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a bunch that works to present Native American individuals the chance to take part, apply, train and change tribal traditions amongst all tribes and to enlighten everybody in regards to the historical past and tradition of America’s first inhabitants.
A Pow Wow-style drum circle kicks off the day with United San Antonio Pow Wow and Enemy Horse Drumming demonstrating and explaining widespread pow wow dance kinds.
Stay music by Native American artists, together with Tim Blueflint Ramel. An enrolled member of the Unhealthy River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, a federally acknowledged American Indian Tribe, flute participant Blueflint Ramel has opened for and shared the stage with Grammy Award Winner Mary Youngblood and all kinds of artists. He’s additionally an completed flute and jewellery maker and can reveal his craft all through the day.
Stay music from San Antonio native up to date flute participant Ryan LittleEagle. Of combined Lakota/Taino and Latino heritage, LittleEagle is a multi-award-winning worldwide performer and musician.
Chikashsha Hithla dance troupe demonstrating conventional Chickasaw dance. Comprised of native individuals from Southeastern American Indian tribes, members of the troupe are Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole and Creek, who’re devoted to preserving their tradition and educating the general public via songs, storytelling and Stomp dancing.
Tales from Amy Bluemel, a Chickasaw storyteller and the great-granddaughter of Eastman Kaney, an unique Dawes Fee enrollee. Bluemel shares Chickasaw customs and people of different southeastern tribes via elaborate storytelling.
Native American artwork demonstrations, together with ledger artwork with artist George Curtis Levi, showcasing how ledger artwork captures a second in time. A sort of artwork that originated amongst the Cheyenne within the late 1840s, ledger artwork utilized pages of repurposed file books to depict on a regular basis life. A member of the Southern Cheyenne tribe in Oklahoma, Levi additionally has ties to the Arapaho and Oglala Lakota communities.
Kachina carving with Kevin Horace Quannie, a Hopi/Navajo up to date artist. Residing on the Hopi reservation, Quannie makes a speciality of carving up to date kachina dolls utilizing cottonwood roots.
Shane Hendren, a turquoise knowledgeable and a Diné/Navajo jewellery maker who’s a member of the Indian Arts & Craft Affiliation (IACA), a company dedicated to selling the integrity of supplies utilized in native jewellery. Hendren returns to share his experience of the turquoise gemstone.
Crafts and lectures that embody making your personal spin drum, creating bison conceal artwork, basket weaving, loom weaving, ledger artwork and leather-based stamping, in addition to a group weaving basket.
Anouk Masson Krantz: “American Cowboys”
Pageant guests may also get pleasure from free admission to the museum and its everlasting assortment of Western artwork and artifacts, together with exhibitions that spotlight the tales of the American Indian, cowboys, pioneering ladies and others that outline the West. The Briscoe’s fall exhibition, Anouk Masson Krantz: “American Cowboys”, shares an intimate take a look at America’s Western heritage. Almost 100 photographs captured on solo journeys throughout the American West by the celebrated photographer Anouk Masson Krantz spotlight the enduring traditions round ranching and rodeo life from an outsider’s perspective.
A French fine-art photographer and creator based mostly in New York Metropolis finest recognized for her American Western work, Krantz has logged greater than 125,000 miles touring the West by herself in her quest to disclose the genuine every day lives of humble and virtuous American cowboy. Krantz’s pictures has acquired worldwide acclaim, together with the 2023 Western Heritage Award for her newest artbook, “Ranchland: Wagonhound”. The exhibition is the biggest of Krantz’s work so far and is on view via Jan. 22, 2024.
Honoring Heritage All 12 months Lengthy
From its McNutt Sculpture Backyard to the museum’s fantastically restored historic dwelling inside the previous San Antonio Public Library constructing, the Briscoe’s assortment spans 14 galleries, with particular exhibitions, occasions and a unbelievable Museum Retailer, offering artwork, tradition, historical past and leisure. Museum hours, parking and admission particulars can be found on-line.
