July 28, 2016Comments are off for this post.

First Exhibition at UNCP Entrepreneurship Incubator

Artists Jessica Clark, Ashley Minner, Isaac Dial, and Dayona Johnson teamed up to produce the first ever art exhibition at the UNCP Entrepreneurship Incubator in downtown Pembroke, North Carolina during Lumbee Homecoming 2016. Works by all four artists, as well as Panamanian artists Gustavo Esquina de la Espada and Manuel Golden, were installed.

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The opening reception on July 1, 2016 was well attended. An art market featuring the work of local artists will now take place in the space on a monthly basis.

March 29, 2016Comments are off for this post.

Contemporary Southeastern Native Artists Panel

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As part of UNC Pembroke’s Native American Speakers Series, a panel of American Indian artists will discuss the topic of Southeastern Native art on Thursday, March 31 at 7 pm in the University Center Annex. The panel includes:

- America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), a painter, printmaker, educator, and editor of First American Art Magazine;
- Jessica Clark (Lumbee), a Robeson County painter and educator;
- Ashley Minner (Lumbee), a community-based visual artist and scholar from Baltimore, Maryland; and
- Terry White, a Lumbee artist from Robeson County.
Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

The event is hosted by the Department of American Indian Studies and the Southeast American Indian Studies Program, and sponsored by PNC Bank.

For more information:
Phone: 910.521.6266
Email: ais@uncp.edu
Web: www.uncp.edu/ais

May 6, 2015Comments are off for this post.

Art to End Hurt 2015 “Heal Our Land”

I am pleased and honored to have won the Sentinel Prize at this year's Art to End Hurt "Heal Our Land" benefit for the Southeastern Family Violence Center in Lumberton, North Carolina.

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October 9, 2014Comments are off for this post.

Hard Workin’ Pilgrims Come Home to BAIC

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND The Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum proudly presents Hard Workin’ Pilgrims: Lumbee Indians in Baltimore City Industry. The exhibit, which features photographs, oral histories and material cultural artifacts of Baltimore’s first generation of Lumbee residents, opened on October 4, 2014.

On Saturday, October 11, 2014 there will be a reception and panel discussion with Lumbee Elders from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. (panel 2-3 p.m.).

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John Walker (Lumbee) shines his truck, which was leased to Cycles Limited. Baltimore, 1960's

Previously at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, please join us to welcome this exhibit home to the heart of our community, the Baltimore American Indian Center Heritage Museum.  Admission to the reception and panel discussion is FREE to the public. Admission to the Museum during the month of October is FREE in connection with Free Fall Baltimore.

This exhibit and public program was funded by the Maryland State Arts Council Maryland Traditions Program and the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.

Museum hours are Thursdays and Saturdays 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.  The Heritage Museum is located within the Baltimore American Indian Center at 113 South Broadway Street Baltimore, Maryland 21231. Street parking.