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National Museum of the American Indian

Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (ET)

New York, NY

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Join us as we explore the National Museum of the American Indian!  Really cool things at this lil' museum ... Afterwards, we'll go eatin', drinkin', 'n merry-makin'.
**There will be NO guided tour: the Museum doesn't give them over the weekend.  It'll be just us lookin' around, but the people at the Museum told me everything is pretty self-explanatory and cool on its own.**
Exhibits
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian 

-- Features 135 paintings, works on paper, and sculptures drawn from major public and private collections

-- Organized around the artist's complex identity as a person of French, German, English, and American Indian ancestry. 

-- Includes the color-saturated canvases for which the artist is famous

-- Focuses on the artist's works from the 1980s and 1990s, when he stopped using overt Indian imagery and explored mythical beings, the afterlife, and the unknown.

 

Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses 

-- Brings together a vast array of dresses and accessories from the Plains, Plateau, and Great Basin regions of the United States and Canada

-- Examines the individual, communal, and cultural identity of Native women through their dresses

-- Explores how women, gifted with highly developed artistic skills, benefited not only their families, but the entire community

 

Beauty Surrounds Us 

 

-- 77 works from the museum's collection 

-- Features an elaborate Quechua girl's dance outfit, a Northwest Coast chief's staff with carved animal figures and crest designs, & Seminole turtle shell dance leggings

-- Includes two interactive media stations (yay interactivity!)

 

 

 

When & Where



National Museum of the American Indian
US Custom House
1 Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004

Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (ET)


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Do you live in New York City -- with tons of culture right in your own backyard -- but see Superman Returns and other blockbusters, stuff you could see anywhere? Culture for the Non-Cultured participates in 2-3 cultural activities per month -- including theater, art galleries, museums, walking tours, aquariums, and historical homes. Each event brings in 20-60 people. Usually, we eat afterwards ... because nothing builds community like sitting around a table full of calories! **It is policy that there are no refunds for events, unless they are postponed or cancelled, so make sure you can come to the event before you pay ...**