LIVE & ONLINE TALK “Native Voices series” Voices in Contemporary Art
This upcoming VoCA Talk with artist G. Peter Jemison (Seneca, Heron Clan) and curator and VoCA Board Member Andrea R. Hanley (Navajo) will take place at 2pm ET on Sunday, September 10th at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. This event will feature a live conversation and audience Q&A.
Through his art, G. Peter Jemison (born 1945) has explored a variety of topics, from creating political works that portray contemporary social commentary to those that reflect his relationship with the natural world. Widely shown and collected, Jemison’s works are rooted in the framework of Native American art. This conversation will reflect on Jemison’s decades-long career, diverse accomplishments, and worldwide impact.
VoCA Talks is a series of public programs featuring artists and their collaborators in conversation about the challenges and rewards inherent in making, showing, and preserving contemporary art. VoCA Talk: Peter Jemison will be the inaugural program in our Native Voices series, supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. The initiative will illuminate the art-making practices and materials of Native American artists alongside their personal and social histories while advancing best practices for the long-term preservation of their important work.
This in-person program will be held in the auditorium in the Knox building, which is free and open to the public. If you would like to join virtually for the livestream of this event, please RSVP in advance; virtual access information will be provided upon registration.
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Pictured: A painting depicting a simplified map of the United States where the landmass is outlined but the interior state lines are unmarked. The righthand side of the map, indicating the eastern portion of the country, is covered with a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. The lefthand side of the map, indicating the western half of the country, is covered with a textured, sienna background with the words “ALL INDIAN” written in bold white capital letters. The two halves are split by a brown strip indicating the Mississippi River.
