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SUMMARY:“Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass” with Dr. Letitia Chambers
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Letitia Chambers will present a program discussing glass 
 art created by American Indian artists. Chambers is the curator of the 
 exhibit Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass\, which is 
 slated to travel to ten major museums around the U.S. over the next four 
 years. She also authored the beautifully illustrated book of the same 
 name\, which is now in its third printing. The exhibit includes 120 glass 
 art creations and tells the story of how glass art came to Indian Country. 
 \n\nInfluenced by Native arts\, leading glass artist Dale Chihuly created 
 his first Native-inspired glassworks in 1975. He also created and taught a 
 glass art curriculum to students at the Institute of American Indian Arts 
 in Santa Fe. The reciprocal nature of this relationship led to the creation 
 of an exceptional body of work over the past 50 years.  Chihuly’s first 
 Native-inspired works in glass incorporated glass threads fused onto the 
 surface of blown cylinders to create designs based on patterns in Navajo 
 weaving. Chihuly art currently on exhibition at The Community Library 
 features a series of these blown glass cylinders. \n\nThe glass art created 
 by American Indian artists not only is a personal expression of each artist 
 but also is imbued with their cultural heritage. Whether reinterpreting 
 traditional stories and designs in the medium of glass or expressing 
 contemporary issues affecting tribal societies\, Native glass artists have 
 created a content-laden body of work. These artists have melded the 
 aesthetics and properties inherent in glass art with their cultural ways of 
 knowing. The result is a stunning collection of artworks. Dr. Chambers’ 
 presentation on Native glass art will include slides with images from the 
 book she authored\, Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in 
 Glass\, as well as from the exhibit of the same name. \n\nThe program will 
 be livestreamed and available to view later. Click here to watch 
 online.\n\nDr. Letitia Chambers is a former chief executive officer of the 
 Heard Museum in Phoenix\, AZ. In positions in government\, Dr. Chambers 
 served as Staff Director of two U.S. Senate Committees and as U.S. 
 Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly. She also headed the 
 state system of higher education in New Mexico. Her private sector 
 experience includes serving for twenty years as President of a Washington\, 
 DC\, based public policy consulting firm. Dr. Chambers retired from the 
 Heard Museum in 2012 and now lives in Santa Fe\, NM\, where she maintains a 
 part-time consulting practice. She has served on over 25 boards of 
 directors over her career\, including the Vermont College of Fine Arts\, 
 the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe\, the Adams National Bank 
 in Washington DC\, Board Chair of the Santa Fe Botanical Garden\, and Board 
 Chair of the National Association of Tribal Archives\, Libraries\, and 
 Museums.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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URL:https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/9898799
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