The New World, the US, the West, the Northwest, and us have Native American artists in our midst. Meet them. Some are the inaugural visual arts show at the Reser Performing Arts Center in Beaverton. It is the first public event in the space.
Don Bailey, Rick Bartow, Joe Cantrell, Jonnel Covault, Ed Edmo, Joe Fedderson, Analee Fuentes, Sean Gallagher, Lillian Pitt, Pah-tu Pitt, Richard Rowland, Sara Siestreem, Gail Tremblay, and Richard York show. Marie Watt is another not in this show, and she does large public sculptures and installations.
There are talks with several of the artists 2PM, March 13, and April 30, see the link.
The announcement wins the copywriting award for the month: "Our lives flow in historic currents, sometimes direct and personal, others, more distant. As NChi’Wana (the Columbia River) runs through our communities, the past flows through us, literally, culturally, and figuratively, defining the lives of people connected to it. Wyam (Celilo Falls), sacred and primary to Indigenous people for hundreds of miles around, was destroyed by The Dalles Dam in 1957, obliterating a way of life, a thriving fishery, and far more than that. The flooded falls displaced those who celebrated and relied upon its essential life-giving forces, destroying a vital culture."
This new venue is right on the TriMet MAX train line.
Thereser.org/event/celilo-never-silenced at the The Reser - Patricia Reser Center for the Arts www.thereser.org 12625 SW Crescent Street, Beaverton Map 6PM-8:30 Free
