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Indepth Arts News:
"50 Years of Pow-Wow"
2005-09-30 until 2006-01-08
Illinois State Museum
Springfield, IL,
USA United States of America
During the opening at Illinois State Museum in Springfield, Illinois, on September 30, 2005 see the Fifty Years of Powwow exhibition and meet
featured exhibition artists Norma Robertson,
Christine Redcloud, Nancy Bechtol, Mary Petracek,
and Robert Wapahi. Families can also enjoy an
authentic drum and dance presentation by members
of the American Indian Center of Chicago.
Exhibition curators
Jane Stevens of the
ISM Chicago
Gallery and Joseph
Podlasek, Nora
Lloyd, and Warren
Perlstein of the
American Indian
Center will be
available to answer
questions about the
exhibit.
Photographs, regalia, posters, and video footage document 50 years of powwow tradition in Chicago. The photographs in the exhibition celebrate a half century of the Chicago powwow experience, documenting drumming, singing, and dancing, and highlighting the four circles of a powwow. Selected objects such as moccasins, a beaded pouch, leggings, and a breastplate from the ISM collection provide additional insight. This exhibition was organized by the American Indian Center of Chicago and Jane Stevens of the ISM Chicago Gallery.
Nancy Bechtol is a Premiere Portfolio member at absolutearts.com, and is included in this major show with a video
“Let’s Powwow”. View more of her works at: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/n/nancybechtol/.
IMAGE
"Our Ancestors Land"
image design by Nancy Bechtol,
Composite original images by Stevens, Perlstein and Bechtol
From 2002 exhibition at Ceres Project Room
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