Bringing It Home

“Artist Leadership Program Presentations, December 9, Live at the Museum in Washington and Online

On Wednesday, December 9, at 2 p.m., the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., presents artists Maura Garcia, Porfirio Gutiérrez, Linley Logan, and Theresa Secord talking about their art, their research at the museum, and their plans to share what they’ve learned with their communities. The four artists are in Washington as part of the museum’s Artist Leadership Program for Individual Artists. The forum, titled “Bringing It Home: Artists Reconnecting Cultural Heritage with Community,” will be moderated by Dr. Gabrielle Tayac (Piscataway Indian Nation), a historian at the National Museum of the American Indian. The program is free and open to the public. It will also be webcast live and archived on the museum’s YouTube channel.”

– From the  NMAI Blog

The Fellowship of the Artists

 

“Reconnecting cultural heritage” could serve as the mission statement for the Artist Leadership Program. The program for individual artists brings indigenous artists of the Western Hemisphere to Washington to do research in museum collections and to explore new artistic insights, skills, and techniques; the artists then return home to share with their cultural communities and the general public the value of Native knowledge expressed through art.” – National Museum of the American Indian Blog

Courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian

Photo Courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian 

From left to right:  Maura, Porfirio, Linley & Theresa