2014 Doris Sloan Memorial Program: UMMA Dialogue: Speaking of Past and Present: Changing Perceptions and Practices in Contemporary Native Art
Thursday, September 4, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I
Museum Apse

Join exhibition curator Ellen Taubman, U-M Associate Dean and Carroll Smith Rosenberg Collegiate Professor of History, American Culture, and Native American Studies Philip J. Deloria, and a panel of artists including mother-daughter pair of award-winning contemporary black ash basket weavers Kelly Church (UM class of 1998) and Cherish Parrish (current UM LSA student), Canadian-based new media artist Skawennati, and Michigan ceramics and mixed media artist Jason Wesaw. Changing Hands presents work by Native artists from North America in a wide range of media, exploring the diverse ways these works celebrate cultural heritage and confront issues at the forefront of indigenous art and politics today. This dynamic gathering will explore these themes, in particular the ways in which contemporary Native art engages or challenges today’s global art world.