American Indian Art explores the traditional techniques and skill of American Indian art. Students take the knowledge they learn about these techniques to create original artwork.
Events:
Field Trip to the Weisman Art Museum on December 20th, 2007 to see the exhibit:
Changing Hands:
Art Without Reservation
Contemporary Native North American Art from the West, Northwest, and Pacific
From the political performance artist James Luna to the self-taught ceramist Pahponee, Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation features a diverse array of contemporary Native American artists whose work at once acknowledges and pushes the long tradition of Native American visual art. This exhibition, the second in the Changing Hands series organized by the Museum of Arts & Design, New York, features approximately 150 works of art by more than 130 artists from areas west of the Mississippi including the Plains, Plateau, West Coast, Western Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii.
http://www.weisman.umn.edu/exhibits/chands/home.html
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