The Native American Arts Gallery at Humboldt State University is proud to host this exhibit, which runs Feb. 3 through April 29. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. with a welcoming by artist Lyn Risling and poet Julian Lang, whose work is featured in the exhibition. The public is invited to attend.
Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California was “a call to California Native artists and poets to share their cultural knowledge and life experience; leading all of us to understand how culture, history, ancestry, and story have shaped each one of us – Native and non-Native,” says exhibition curator Theresa Harlan. The exhibition features a combination of visual work from contemporary artists, such as Rick Bartow, Harry Fonseca, Frank LaPena, Judith Lowery and George Blake, and works by poets including Shaunna Oteka McCovey, Sylvia Ross, and Linda Noel.
The exhibition was installed by the HSU Museum & Gallery Practices class under the direction of Michele McCall-Wallace. The class is currently working on several events to compliment the exhibit which are planned for the last week in April including an exhibiting artists talk, poetry reading and performance by world-renowned artist and California Native James Luna.
The Native American Arts Gallery is located on the ground floor of the Behavioral & Social Sciences Building located on Union Street near 17th Street. Parking is available at meters; day permits are available for $3.50 at parking kiosks. Gallery hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12-5 p.m.; Thursday 12-7 p.m. and Saturday 10-2 p.m. For more information contact the gallery office at (707) 826-5814 or the Center for Indian Community Development at (707) 826-3711.
Partial funding and support for the exhibit and related events at HSU has been provided by Native Cultures Fund, HSU Center for Indian Community Development, United Indian Health Services, HSU Instructionally Related Activities Fees, HSU Native American Alumni Association, HSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and both the California Exhibition Resources Alliance and Poets & Writers Inc. through grants by the James Irvine Foundation.
The Sing Me Your Story, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California exhibition tour is organized by the California Exhibition Resources Alliance (CERA). The exhibition was developed in concert with Heyday Books and is made possible by generous grants from The James Irvine Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Columbia Foundation, LEF Foundation, the Fleishhacker Foundation and The Clorox Company Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.