This exhibition includes work that is visually and emotionally powerful, but may not conform to the expectations of the American Indian art market. Rather than pandering to preconceived, if not stereotypical, notions of what Native art should look like, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artists in this show have created work out of analeptic necessity. They hope to expand understanding and acceptance of contemporary Native art among the public of the dominant American Society.

Artists: Nikki Bucktooth, David Hill, Hal Homer, Otatdodah Homer, Charlie Huff, Kali Huff, Tom Huff, Frank Hyde, Clint Shenandoah, Zenja Hyde.

Curated by Carol Ann Lorenz, in consultation with Zenja Hyde and David Hill.

Opening reception: Thursday, September 21, 2000, 4:30 pm.

"Twizzler Art" showing works by Otatdodah Homer, Hal Homer and Frank Hyde Photography by Warren Wheeler

October - December 2000

Exhibition – "Arturo Lindsay: Santuario / Sanctuary"

This exhibition shows exciting new work by the internationally known Panamanian-American artist Arturo Lindsay of Spelman College in Atlanta whose exploration of African spiritual and aesthetic retentions in the Americas has promted him to create works that are, in his words, "creolized sacro-secular art objects."

Opening Events: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
4:30 pm - Artist's Lecture, "Reflections on the Santuario Series," Persson Auditorium
5:45 pm - Reception, Longyear Museum.
8:00 pm - Related lecture by Melanie Pavich-Lindsay, "Retreat: Palimpsest of a Georgia Sea Island Plantation," ALANA Cultural Center.

"Santuario/Sanctuary" Gallery View of Entrance and North wall. Photography by Warren Wheeler

January - March 2001

Exhibition – “Russia in Transition 1973 to 1998.”

An exhibition of photographs by Russian and foreign photographers visually documents the social and economic changes that took place in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia from 1973 to 1998. The photos were selected from a collection amassed by Jason Eskenazi, an American photographer who saw a nation with a distinctive character become, in his view, as commercialized and materialistic as any Western nation.

Show Opening on Thursday, February 22, 2001. Mr. Eskenazi will offer a slide-illustrated talk in 110 Alumni Hall at 4:30 pm, followed by a catered reception at the Longyear Museum.

April - June 3, 2001

Exhibition - "Elemental Creation: Recent Work by Christin Dennis."

Native artist Christin Dennis uses a mixed media approach in this series of works. Combining photography, watercolor, ink, and various printing techniques, he has created a body of work that explores and embraces his Anishnaabe heritage. A spiritual healer as well as an artist, Christin Dennis stresses the importance of traditional teachings and spiritual growth, while using modern technology to make a statement about the distinctive place of ancient aboriginal cultures in a complex contemporary world. Christin Dennis' work was donated to the Longyear Museum by the Museum Placement Service of Canada.

Opening reception: Monday, April 16, 4:30 pm.

Christin Dennis Grandmother, Mother, 1998 Mixed Media, 22" x 30" Donated by Mr. Jim Reynolds courtesy of MPS, 1999. Photography by Warren Wheeler

Christin Dennis Petroglyphs, 1997 Watercolor and graphite, 22" x 30" Donated by Mr. Jim Reynolds courtesy of MPS, 1999. Photography by Warren Wheeler