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18th Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture
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The Museum of Northern Arizona and the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center at Zuni Pueblo are collaborating to bring back the annual Zuni Festival last held in 2003. After a four-year hiatus, this festival returns with new vitality and excitement. Photo Credit: Nawetsa Dancers © Museum of Northern Arizona A broad, scenic valley with red mesas and an expansive blue sky is home to the A:shiwi, or Zuni people. This ancient and proud people live at Zuni Pueblo where their ancestors have lived for thousands of years, about 150 miles west of Albuquerque at an historic crossroads of travel and trade. On Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, the 18th Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff will explore A:shiwi philosophy, emergence and migration beliefs, worldviews, values, and current day issues on the Zuni Indian Reservation. Humanities Insights programming, fine arts, music, and dances will serve as windows into the ancient and vibrant Zuni culture. Zuni Pueblo is the largest of nineteen New Mexican pueblos, with eleven thousand members spread out over 600 square miles. They are often considered the most traditional of all of the Southwestern pueblo people, having managed to preserve their core beliefs and identity while integrating useful parts of the modern world. Since 2003, MNA has worked to develop a deeper relationship with the Zuni Tribe. This festival is, in the words of A:shiwi A:wan Director Jim Enote, ¡°¡more than an event about Zuni, it is a very public gesture, acknowledging Zuni presence and influence on the Colorado Plateau.¡± Heritage Insights Programming A:shiwi A:wan Director Jim Enote will give two presentations. His talk ¡°The A:shiwi Map Art Project¡± will describe how art is used to evoke reactions and memories about cultural places. Enote says, ¡°Indigenous people have always had maps. We¡¯ve had maps created as songs, prayers, migration stories, shell arrangements, drawings on hides, drawings on wood and stone.¡± His second presentation will be a panel discussion and open conversation with the audience that focuses on ¡°The Challenges of Bilingual Education.¡± Dan Simplicio, a Zuni tribal member, educator, and jeweler will present ¡°Zuni Traditions of Art and Community.¡± The Nawetsa Family Dancers bring the pageantry of traditional Zuni social dancing. Olla Pottery Maidens, decorated with turquoise jewelry and traditional woven outfits, dance while carefully balancing water pots on their heads. The Zuni Pueblo Band, scheduled to play both festival days, is one of the few remaining American Indian community bands in the U.S. today. Zuni Artists and Demonstrators Zuni artists are known for some of the most sought after Native works of art. Through their distinctive sense of color and patterns, intricately crafted designs, and traditional symbols, they represent an ancient people. The following award-winning and emerging artists will present their work at this year¡¯s festival: Colin Coonsis - inlay jewelry Kenneth Epaloose - pottery Rolanda Haloo - jewelry Silvester Hustitio - painting Otto Lucio - jewelry Claudia Peina - fetish carving Lynn Quam - fetish carving Octavius and Irma Seowtewa - needlepoint jewelry Margia Simplicio - beadwork Noreen Simplicio - pottery. In addition, demonstrators will create artwork and talk with visitors about materials and designs they use. Raylan and Patty Edaakie make silver jewelry with multiple stone inlays of lapis, sugilite, coral, and turquoise. Lorandina Sheche creates traditional animal fetish carvings from stone and Todd Westika makes contemporary fetish carvings, which are naturalistic and lifelike. The Museum of Northern Arizona is located three miles north of downtown Flagstaff on Highway 180. The Zuni Festival is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Admission is $7 adults, $6 seniors (65+), $5 students, $4 Native people, and $4 children (7¨C17). More information about MNA is at www.musnaz.org or call 928-774-5213. To read a full length article about this event click Zuni Art Festival. |
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When: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Where: Museum of Northern Arizona, Hwy 180, Flagstaff Phone: 928-774-5213 Contact: www.musnaz.org Don't keep it to yourself. Tell everyone you know! Subscribe now! Get Sedona news and events delivered right to your email. (Your privacy is protected. No spam ever, and you can unsubscribe at any time.) |
