Exhibitions 1999 - 2000 |
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August 25
– October 1, 1999
Exhibition – “One Song, Many Voices: The
Asian Pacific American Experience.”
This exhibition
represents a pictorial account of 200 years of the history of
Asians and Pacific Islanders in Washington State, detailing their
immigration and settlement, community life, cultural traditions,
and contributions to economic growth in their new home. This
exhibition was produced by the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle,
Washington, and is circulated by Exhibit Touring Services (ETS)
at Eastern Washington University.
October 25
– December 17, 1999
Exhibition – “Imaging/Imagining Our Stories:
Haudenosaunee Visual and Verbal Arts.”
This exhibition
demonstrates how Haudenosaunee or Iroquois artists use
traditional stories as a resource in their work, sometimes
illustrating the stories, reinterpreting them, or investing them
with new meaning for life on the threshold of the twenty-first
century.
Artists: Sis
Falcone, David Hill, Michael T. Hopper, Tom Huff, Frank Buffalo
Hyde, Zenja Hyde, G. Peter Jemison, David John, Randy Johnson,
Peter B. Jones, Shelley Niro, Bev Powless, David Quinn, Diane
Schenendoah, Clint Shenandoah, Kyle Shenandoah, Bert Smith, Eli
Thomas, Tracy Thomas
Curated by Carol Ann
Lorenz, in consultation with Tom Huff.
Opening, Wednesday,
November 3:
4:30 p.m.
Lecture by Gerald
McMaster, Plains Cree Artist and Curator, Canadian Museum of
Civilization. “Life on Reservation X.” Persson
Hall Auditorium.
5:45 p.m. Reception, The Longyear Museum, Alumni Hall.
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February 22
– March 31, 2000
Exhibition – “Musical Instruments of India from the Collection of William Skelton.”
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the collection of William Skelton, who has run the
Colgate Study Abroad to India for many years, this
exhibition displays the richness and variety of both
North and South Indian musical traditions. Curated by Carol Ann Lorenz. Opening,
Tuesday, February 22: 7:00 p.m. Gallery talk and demonstration by William Skelton, The Longyear Museum, Alumni Hall. |
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April 12 –
June 4, 2000
Exhibition – “Latin American Painters in New York City: Global Art in the Year 2000.” The Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Alumni Hall, and the Department of Art and Art History Gallery, Dana Arts Center.
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This multi-gallery exhibition showcases the exciting new work of eleven artists whose origins are Latin American, but who have lived and worked in New York City for varying amounts of time – from a few years to two decades. They include emerging as well as established artists who are primarily painters, although the paint may be applied to canvas, paper, fiber pulp, wood panels, or three-dimensional wooden constructions. |
| Artists: Grimanesa Amoros (Peru), Humberto Aquino (Peru), Berta Arias (Panama), Norma Bessouet (Argentina), Carlos Chavez (Peru), Huguette Franco (Peru), Edgar Marin (Ecuador), Jorge Posada (Colombia), Melcina Rosas (Panama), Jairo Toro (Colombia), Alirio Vargas (Colombia). |
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Curated by Carol Ann Lorenz, in consultation with Jaime Lallemand.
Opening, Wednesday,
April 12:
3:30 p.m. Reception,
The Gallery of the Department of Art and Art History, Dana Arts
Center. Light refreshments will be served.
4:30 p.m. Panel
Discussion, Persson Hall Auditorium. “The Global
Outlook of Contemporary Latin American Artists”
5:30 p.m. Reception,
The Longyear Museum, Alumni Hall.
