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Steven Yazzie (Diné/Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico/European descent), Orchestrating a Blooming Desert, 2003, oil on canvas, Collection of Christy Vezolles. © 2003 Steven J. Yazzie. All rights reserved. Image: courtesy of the Heard Museum, photo by Craig Smith

Open House: The Land Carries Our Ancestors

Open Houses

  • Sunday, September 24, 2023
  • 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
  • East Building, Multiple Locations
  • Festivals
  • In-person

Experience this exciting exhibition on opening weekend and meet some of the featured artists in person.

Performances

Weaving Dance: A Performance between Eric-Paul Riege and jaatłoh4Ye’iitsoh [3-4]

East Building, Upper Level, West Bridge, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Experience this weaving dance performed by artist Eric-Paul Riege (Diné) with his work jaatłoh4Ye’iitsoh [3-4] (“earring for the big god”), a pair of large, soft-sculpture earrings made of natural and synthetic fibers. Featured in The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans, these suspended sculptures are a meditation on states of being for the artist, connecting him to his Diné ancestors and serving as totems of memory for his past, present, and future self.

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Talks

The Land Carries Our Ancestors Gallery Talks

East Building, Upper Level, West Terrace, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Please join us at the entrance of The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans for conversations with three exhibition artists as they discuss their works and artistic practice.

1:00 p.m. Marwin Begaye, printmaker and painter on Columbia River Custodian

2:00 p.m. Brenda Mallory, mixed media sculptor on The Plural of Nexus.

3:00 p.m. Melissa Cody, textile artist on World Traveler.

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Performances

Honoring the Land: Warpaint Singers

East Building, Atrium, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, and 3:45 p.m.

Join us for performances by the Warpaint Singers during the opening weekend of The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans.  This honored drum group—comprised mainly of Kahtehnuʔá·ka·ʔ Tuscarora from the Lumbee Tribal Nation—showcases traditional songs, dances, and stories of its people. 

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