Upcoming Events at Frist Art Museum
Sun Oct 27, 1:00 PM - Sun Oct 27, 5:30 PM
Frist Art Museum
919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Community: Nashville
Description
Celebrate the legacy, relationships, and power of women artists as we explore artwork from Native North America, spanning prehistory to the present.
Event Details
Visitors of all ages are invited to enjoy a FREE day of performances, gallery programs, and studio activities inspired by the exhibition Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists.
PERFORMANCES
Storytelling
1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Ramona Moore Big Eagle, Auditorium, Main Level
Ramona Moore Big Eagle is a professional storyteller, oral historian,legend keeper, and TEDx speaker. She is from the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina Reservation and lives in Charlotte. Join Ramona as she shares legends about powerful women from the Cherokee and Tuscarora Nations.
Traditional, Fancy, and Jingle Dancing
2:30 p.m.
The Robinson Family, Auditorium, Main Level
Siouxsan and Charles Robinson and their children celebrate their Native roots—Choctaw, Lakota, and Blackfoot—through traditional artforms like dancing. Witness the beauty of the traditional, fancy, and jingle dance, dances often performed at Native American Pow Wows across the USA & Canada.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Chitimacha Basketry
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Melissa Darden, Grand Lobby, Main Level
Melissa Darden is the chair of the Chitimacha Tribal Council and one of the few remaining basket weavers of the Chitimacha Tribe near Charenton, Louisiana. The artwork of Melissa’s ancestor Clara Darden can be seen in the exhibition Hearts of Our People. Visit Melissa to learn about the rich history and processes of Chitimacha basketry.
Presented in conjunction with Vanderbilt University’s Department of History
Choctaw Beadwork
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Sally Wells and Madison Dean, Grand Lobby, Main Level
Sally Wells is the vice president of the Native American Association of Tennessee, a master artist in the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, and the recipient of a 2019 Governor’s Arts Award for Folklife Heritage. Sally learned traditional Choctaw beadwork from her grandmother and is now sharing the legacy with her granddaughter Madison Dean. Stop by to see Sally and Madison’s beautiful examples of Choctaw jewelry and beading techniques.
MEET THE 2019 NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION PRINCESS!
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Maranda Frazier, Grand Lobby and Turner Courtyard, Main Level
Maranda represents the Mississippi Band of Choctaw as the good
PERFORMANCES
Storytelling
1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Ramona Moore Big Eagle, Auditorium, Main Level
Ramona Moore Big Eagle is a professional storyteller, oral historian,legend keeper, and TEDx speaker. She is from the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina Reservation and lives in Charlotte. Join Ramona as she shares legends about powerful women from the Cherokee and Tuscarora Nations.
Traditional, Fancy, and Jingle Dancing
2:30 p.m.
The Robinson Family, Auditorium, Main Level
Siouxsan and Charles Robinson and their children celebrate their Native roots—Choctaw, Lakota, and Blackfoot—through traditional artforms like dancing. Witness the beauty of the traditional, fancy, and jingle dance, dances often performed at Native American Pow Wows across the USA & Canada.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Chitimacha Basketry
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Melissa Darden, Grand Lobby, Main Level
Melissa Darden is the chair of the Chitimacha Tribal Council and one of the few remaining basket weavers of the Chitimacha Tribe near Charenton, Louisiana. The artwork of Melissa’s ancestor Clara Darden can be seen in the exhibition Hearts of Our People. Visit Melissa to learn about the rich history and processes of Chitimacha basketry.
Presented in conjunction with Vanderbilt University’s Department of History
Choctaw Beadwork
1:00–4:00 p.m.
Sally Wells and Madison Dean, Grand Lobby, Main Level
Sally Wells is the vice president of the Native American Association of Tennessee, a master artist in the Tennessee Arts Commission’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, and the recipient of a 2019 Governor’s Arts Award for Folklife Heritage. Sally learned traditional Choctaw beadwork from her grandmother and is now sharing the legacy with her granddaughter Madison Dean. Stop by to see Sally and Madison’s beautiful examples of Choctaw jewelry and beading techniques.
MEET THE 2019 NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ASSOCIATION PRINCESS!
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Maranda Frazier, Grand Lobby and Turner Courtyard, Main Level
Maranda represents the Mississippi Band of Choctaw as the good
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