Native American Heritage Month Celebration at Briscoe’s FREE YANAGUANA INDIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
The Briscoe Western Artwork Museum invitations the neighborhood to rejoice Native American tradition with its annual Yanaguana Indian Arts Competition on Saturday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free, family-friendly occasion honors the wealthy cultural traditions and creative expressions of Native American communities, showcasing artwork, music, dance, storytelling and extra. Happening alongside the scenic River Stroll, the competition gives the proper setting for households to return collectively and revel in a day of studying, creativity and celebration. Free occasion registration is on the market on-line.
A vibrant show of Native American heritage that brings collectively various tribes and artists from throughout the area, the free neighborhood competition options storytelling, artist demonstrations, pottery and carving all through the Briscoe’s campus, in addition to Native American-inspired meals. The celebration contains free admission to the Briscoe, making it an ideal approach to rejoice the necessary function Native People performed in shaping the West whereas having fun with artwork and artifacts that spotlight Native American historical past.
“Native People have performed a profound function in shaping the historical past, tradition and spirit of the American West. Their deep connection to the land, their traditions and their artwork have left an indelible mark on the area’s story. On the Briscoe, we honor these contributions by celebrating and preserving that heritage via exhibitions and occasions,” stated Liz Jackson, President and CEO of the Briscoe Western Artwork Museum. “It’s important that we acknowledge and honor Native American communities at this time, not only for their historic significance, however for his or her ongoing affect on the tradition and identification of the West.”
Named 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 known as the San Antonio River. The competition has been held yearly because the museum opened. Guests can register on-line to attend the free occasion.
Expertise Native American Tradition Via Artwork, Music and Dance
The Yanaguana Indian Arts Competition presents a novel alternative to expertise Native American tradition firsthand. All through the day, attendees can get pleasure from:
Dwell Performances: Conventional Native American dancers, musicians and drummers and can share their cultural heritage via mesmerizing performances. From highly effective drum circles to the soulful great thing about the Native American flute, these performances are positive to captivate audiences of all ages.
Storytelling Classes: Participating storytellers will share conventional Native American tales, providing perception into the values, beliefs and historical past of Native communities.
Fingers-on Actions: Households can take part in hands-on artwork and craft workshops, permitting kids and adults alike to create their very own art work impressed by Native American traditions.
Artisan Market: Browse a curated choice of Native American art work and speak with the artists as they demonstrated their crafts, together with jewellery, pottery, beadwork and textiles.
The competition’s give attention to artwork and tradition aligns completely with the Briscoe’s fall exhibition, Storytellers: Narrative Artwork and the West. This particular exhibition explores how Native American and Western artists use narrative artwork to convey historical past, tradition and identification. It options works that inform highly effective tales of the American Southwest, mixing conventional Native American artwork varieties with up to date views.
Free Crafts & Actions
Admission and all crafts and actions included within the competition are free. The 2024 occasion options:
A non secular blessing by United San Antonio Pow Wow, Inc., a bunch that works to present Native American individuals the chance to take part, follow, educate and change tribal traditions amongst all tribes and to enlighten everybody concerning the historical past and tradition of America’s first inhabitants.
A Pow Wow-style drum circle with United San Antonio Pow Wow and Enemy Horse Drumming demonstrating and explaining frequent pow wow dance kinds.
Dwell music by Native American artists, together with Tim Blueflint Ramel. An enrolled member of the Dangerous 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 achieved flute and jewellery maker and can display his craft all through the day.
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 focuses on carving up to date kachina dolls utilizing cottonwood roots.
See conventional pottery methods of the Caddo Nation with Chase Kahwinhut Earles, a famend Caddo pottery maker who has devoted his craft to reviving and preserving the normal pottery methods of his Caddo Nation ancestors. Earles’ creates intricate, traditionally correct pottery that displays the deep cultural heritage of the Caddo individuals, whose pottery custom dates again centuries. His works are celebrated for his or her authenticity, craftsmanship, and connection to Caddo historical past and spirituality.
Shane Hendren, a turquoise professional and a Diné/Navajo jewellery maker who’s a member of the Indian Arts & Craft Affiliation (IACA), a corporation dedicated to selling the integrity of supplies utilized in native jewellery. Hendren returns to share his experience of the turquoise gemstone.
Crafts and enjoyable for all ages together with making your individual mosaic, leather-based medallions, basket and loom weaving, ledger artwork, a neighborhood weaving basket and creating your individual parfleche case, a pouch usually made with rawhide that’s painted with photographs or geometric designs. Plains Indians created the parfleche due to its utility, magnificence and comfort. Different tribes in North America then adopted its use.
Competition guests additionally 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 girls and others that outline the West.
Honoring Heritage All Yr Lengthy
From its McNutt Sculpture Backyard to the museum’s superbly restored historic house 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.
About The Briscoe Western Artwork Museum:
Preserving and presenting the artwork, historical past and tradition of the American West via participating exhibitions, instructional applications and public occasions reflective of the area’s wealthy traditions and shared heritage, the Briscoe Western Artwork Museum is situated on the San Antonio River Stroll at 210 W. Market Road within the superbly restored Thirties former San Antonio Public Library constructing. Named in honor of the late Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. and his spouse, Janey Slaughter Briscoe, the museum contains the three-story Jack Guenther Pavilion, used for occasion leases and applications, and the out of doors McNutt Sculpture Backyard. Observe the Briscoe on social media, @BriscoeMuseum.
