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Weaving Artist Spotlight: Carol Emarthle Douglas

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CAROL EMARTHLE DOUGLAS

Carol Emarthle Douglas considers herself a Traditional & Contemporary basket weaver

She creates baskets that tell a story by design, shape, and use of color. Coiling baskets is an extremely time consuming process, and the baskets she produces in a year’s time are one of a kind.

“My inspiration is taken from my Northern Arapaho and Seminole heritage. I have based some of my designs on the Plains style beadwork, ledger art, and parfleche designs from my mother’s tribe. My father is from the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and I also incorporate the colors and patterns of Seminole patchwork into my baskets. I am fortunate to have such a rich heritage to draw upon to inspire my work.” READ MORE…

CAROL EMARTHLE-DOUGLAS WEBSITE

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Chef Spotlight: Cezin Nottaway

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“Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Marie-Cecile Kakgoosh Nottaway-Wawatie. But everyone calls me Cezin, so can you. I am of Algonquin ancestry, born in Rapid Lake, but raised in the Parc de la Verendrye, QC. I come from a long line of strong Anishinabe First Nation women, who all have contributed to the proud and hard working person I am today. I called my business WAWATAY CATERING in honor of my ancestors, as it is believed that the northern lights are the colors of the spirits of our ancestors who continue to guide us from the spirit world.”

Podcast: Cezin Nottaway serves up indigenous food with a twist

Pikoodinigan Article with Recipe and Directions

 

RED CHEF REVIVAL

 

Article: Indigenous chef humbled by another appearance on Women In Business panel

 

WAWATAY CATERING

 

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‘Walk with Pride’, Santa Fe Indian Market Haute Fashion Show documentary (short film) Wins Regional Emmy

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 Walk with Pride, Santa Fe Indian Market Haute Fashion Show documentary (short film)

 Wins Regional Emmy

 On Saturday, September 19th, 2020 “Walk with Pride,” a short documentary about the popular Indigenous Fashion Show at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA), was awarded a Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy in the category of Special Event Coverage. The six-minute film was created by videographer Kaela Waldstein of Mountain Mover Media, who worked with SWAIA’s Fashion Show producer Amber-Dawn Bear Robe to highlight the stories behind the featured designers.

Still from the film Walk with Pride ©Mountain Mover Media

According to Bear Robe, “The show highlights Indigenous fashion designers who look to their cultural past to create clothing, jewelry, and accessories that embody the essence of ancestral memory while creative innovative designs representing the now.” In the film, Bear Robe provides an overview of the misconceptions surrounding Indigenous Art and the problematic nature of terms like “traditional” and “authentic” as well as how the show allows a platform for Indigenous designers to express themselves without the limitations that historically have defined them.

Included Indigenous designers are Jamie Okuma, Sho Sho Esquiro, Cody Sanderson, Maya Stewart, Yolanda Skelton, Shane Watson, Decontie & Brown, Pamela Baker, and Adrian Standing Elk Pinnecoose. Along with interviews with some of these designers, models and attendees also lend their voices, and there is a glimpse of World Champion Hoop Dancer Nakotah LaRance’s opening performance. Stunning and vibrant imagery of models walking down the runway wearing each of the designers’ work is shown throughout the video.

Before “Walk with Pride” was submitted for consideration to the Regional Emmys, the film made the rounds in the film festival circuit with 14 screenings across the U.S.  Walk with Pride won awards for Best Documentary at Fashion Film Festival Chicago and New Mexico Filmmakers Showcase and was nominated for awards at the Seattle International Film Festival and Borderscene Film Festival.

 In 2020, because a large in-person event was not possible, SWAIA and Bear Robe worked with Waldstein to create a virtual fashion event – a series of intimate bio-pics about seven Indigenous Designers, plus a pre-recorded intimate show of local designer Orlando Dugi’s 2020 capsule collection. The video streamed at this year’s Virtual Indian Market to great fanfare.

Bear Robe and Waldstein are currently applying for grants to produce additional films around the theme of how Indigenous designers of today are incorporating contemporary elements into their designs as they honor their cultural heritage(s).

Press release and information courtesy of Amber-Dawn Bear Robe and Kaela Waldstein

https://mountainmovermedia.com/about

 

Media Inquiries:

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Audrey N Rubinstien

audrey@themettaagency.com

505-490-5029

 

 

SWAIA’s 2020 Virtual Gala is here!

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We invite our VIP members to gather with us virtually August 22 at 3pm MST, to kick off our 2020 Gala inside our all-new NDN World!

While we are saddened to be missing the opportunity to greet you all in person, we are also very much looking forward to the 2020 SWAIA Gala.

Not a VIP member yet? Upgrade your membership level prior to the event!

The Event

This year’s virtual gala will be held exclusively inside NDN World.
As you likely already know, this platform is brand new for SWAIA, and we have been excited to share this space with you!

Much of the format of this event will be as you’ve known it to be in the past. So come on inside NDN World, choose an avatar, and get ready to party!

Let’s go inside NDN World!

NDN World by Vircadia - VR for the 21st Century

How to download NDN World:

For Mac users:

For PC users:

Navigating inside NDN World:

Watch our video walkthrough, led by SWAIA’s Executive Director, Kim Peone, to learn more about how to navigate throughout the NDN world Platform!

 

BIDDERS, GET READY! AUCTIONS ARE LIVE 8/22!

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Saturday, August 22, join us for the livestreamed SWAIA Benefit Auction at 4pm MST, followed by the 2020 Award-Winning Art Auction at 6pm MST.

To participate in these NO BIDDER’S FEE auctions, you must be a member of SWAIA.
– 4pm SWAIA Benefit Auction: Memberships for the Benefit Auction start at just $25 (Crystal level). See a sampling of the available artwork for this auction now!
– 6pm Award-Winning Art Auction: For this auction, your membership level must begin at $160 (Coral Circle)
See a sampling of the available artwork for this auction now!

Not yet a member? Become a member of SWAIA at the appropriate level. (Crystal or above for the Benefit Auction; Coral Circle and above for both auctions)

Once you’re already a member, all you need to do is create an auction account with a user name and email and then follow these instructions on how to join us.

Thank you for continuing to enable us to support our truly talented artists.

We’ll see you there!

2020 Virtual Indian Market Winners!

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Glenda McKay (Athabascan) wins the 2020 Virtual Indian Market– Virtual Grand Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—August 17, 2020; Santa Fe, New Mexico: SWAIA is pleased to announce this year’s Virtual Grand Award winner, Virtual Indian Market Class Awards and Special Award Winners. For 98 years, Santa Fe Indian Market, the world’s largest and most prestigious Native American art market, has awarded Best of Show winners to the nation’s most exceptional Indigenous artists in a variety of juried categories.  Amid this year’s coronavirus pandemic, a virtual Indian market and reimagined awards program were devised to support Indigenous artists and to continue the almost 100-year-old tradition.

Virtual Grand Winning Art- Glenda McKay

Over 40 judges, experts in various mediums, reviewed and critiqued this year’s entries determining the winners. On Saturday, August 15, SWAIA Members with Select/Premium and VIP Access had the opportunity to attend the first-ever, live virtual awards program in “NDN World” on the Vircadia platform. The awards program was sponsored by JoAnn and Bob Balzer and awards were announced in 11 categories, including a newly designated Virtual Grand Award.

This year’s Virtual Indian Market Best of Class winners by classification are:

 

Virtual Indian Market Jewelry Award

Farrell Pacheco (Santa Domingo) “The Daughters of Mother Earth” 

Virtual Indian Market Pottery Award

Shirley M. Brauker (Little River Band of Ottawa) “Missing Sisters”

Virtual Indian Market 2D—Paintings/Drawings/Graphics/Photography Award

Everton Tsosie (Navajo) “The Last of the Pure” 

Virtual Indian Market Pueblo Wooden Carvings Award

Ronald Honyumptewa (Hopi) “The Message from a Butterfly”

Virtual Indian Market Sculpture Award 

Ira Lujan (Taos Pueblo) “Parrot” 

Virtual Indian Market Textiles Award 

Lola Cody (Navajo) “Two Gray Hills Navajo Rug” 

Virtual Indian Market Diverse Arts Award

Glenda McKay (Athabascan) “Harpoon Head with Sheath and Emergency Whistle” 

Virtual Indian Market Beadwork/Quillwork Award

Bill Mendoza (Oglala Lakota)
“Elk Medicine – Teachings of Lakota Love and Commitment” 

Virtual Indian Market Basketry Award
 

Teresa Secord (Penobscot) “1920 Replica Woven Glove Box”

Virtual Indian Market Youth Award

TobieMae Patricio; 15-years- old (Acoma Pueblo) “Hunting Canteen”

Virtual Grand Award 


Glenda McKay (Athabascan) Diverse Arts: “Harpoon Head with Sheath and Emergency Whistle”

 

Special Awards Winners:

Elaborate Face Masks Award:
  Cristal Ratt (Algonquin) “Kiga Jabwiimin”

 

Solidarity in our Current Times Award:
Shirley M. Brauker (Little River Band of Ottawa) “Missing Sisters”

 

 

Executive Director’s Award: Honoring Your Mother and Father”

Beverly Bear King Moran (Standing Rock Sioux) “Seen by her Nation”

 

To view the entire award’s video, HERE.

 

From August 8-12, SWAIA members were given access to a digital exhibit of all art submitted by Virtual Indian Market artists for consideration, as well as the ability to cast a vote for People’s Choice. The winner will be announced on August 25, 2020.

 

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About Virtual Indian Market:
Virtual Indian Market is a SWAIA initiative to support Native arts by establishing a global presence for artists through virtual platforms. Virtual Indian Market is supported by the Clark Hulings Fund, ArtSpan, and other organizations that have helped connect SWAIA with innovative marketing efforts designed to expand the organization’s existing marketplace. For complete information visit, www.swaia.org

 

About SWAIA’s Virtual Awards Program:  

All Virtual Market artists were eligible to compete by submitting works digitally. From those images, judges selected the top five contenders in each of the ten classifications. Those were delivered to Santa Fe for in-person, socially distanced judging. The finalists competed for the top prize of $2,500 in their classification and then for the Virtual Grand Award ($10,000), along the lines of Best of Show in the traditional market. Three Special Awards were also given; $500 for “Solidarity” and “Elaborate Masks” and $1,000 for the Executive Director’s Award, “Honoring Your Mother and Father.”

 

 

The National Museum of the American Indian Presents a Native Cinema Showcase Selection at the 2020 Virtual Indian Market

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—August 17, 2020; Santa Fe, N.M.: The Southwestern Association of Indian Art is pleased to announce, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will present a Native Cinema Showcase selection during this year’s Virtual Indian Market. The film, More than a Word is directed by Kenn and John Little (Hunkpapa Lakota) and the film will be accessible via americanindian.si.edu on August 28 and 29, 2020.

More Than a Word analyzes the Washington football team and their use of a derogatory mascot. Using interviews from both those in favor of changing the name and those against, this documentary presents a deeper analysis of the many issues surrounding the Washington team name.

Photo Courtesy Kenn + John Little

 

NATIVE CINEMA SHOWCASE: MORE THAN A WORD

August 28, 2020 | 5 p.m. Mountain Time, 7 p.m. Eastern

August 29, 2020 | 1 p.m. Mountain Time, 3 p.m. Eastern

(USA, 2017, 70 min.)

Free and Open to the Public.

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Special support for More Than A Word is provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Additional support provided by the New York State Council on the Arts under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council Initiative, and by The Walt Disney Company.

 

MEDIA INQUIRIES:

Audrey N Rubinstien | M E T T A
audrey@themettaagency.com 505.466.6992 or 505.490.5029

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About Virtual Indian Market:
Virtual Indian Market is a SWAIA initiative to support Native arts by establishing a global presence for artists through virtual platforms. Virtual Indian Market is supported by the Clark Hulings Fund, ArtSpan, and other organizations that have helped connect SWAIA with innovative marketing efforts designed to expand the organization’s existing marketplace. For complete information visit, www.swaia.org

About the Museum

The National Museum of the American Indian is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present and future—through partnership with Native people and others. For information about the museums, including hours and directions, visit americanindian.si.edu. Additional information is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

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