Baltimore Revisited is hot off the press! Get your copy at our release party on 9/7/19, 7 PM. RSVP here.
August 21, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.
RELEASE PARTY Baltimore Revisited: Stories of Inequality and Resistance in an American City
August 21, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.
800–1000 Words Toward Decolonization
April 26, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.
A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian “reservation”
Published on The Conversation April 23, 2019. Check it out and share!
February 27, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.
It’s More Than History Lecture Series
The Baltimore National Heritage Area presents the lunchtime lecture series,”It’s More than History,” at the Peale from February 15 – April 12 2019. All talks are from 12 – 1pm and are free (lunch not provided). Bring your lunch and join us!
March 15, 12:00 – 1:00pm: Baltimore’s Native Americans, The Lumbee Tribe Settlement
Presenter: Ashley Minner is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and folklorist for the Maryland State Arts Council.
Following WWII, Lumbee Indians from rural North Carolina moved to Baltimore, forming a large satellite community with numbers reaching into the thousands. Baltimore’s Lumbee community is absent from popular narratives of the city, and has even been referred to as “invisible.” The March lecture will shed light on this Baltimore community and its people and places.
February 27, 2019 — Comments are off for this post.
WE NEVER LEFT: Artists of Southeast Indian Tribes Exhibition Catalogue
View the digital exhibition catalogue for WE NEVER LEFT: Artists of Southeast Indian Tribes at the Museum of Arts and Sciences at Daytona, curated by Walter Meyer.
July 10, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
Unique As We Are Alike at CSAS
This fall, the Exquisite Lumbees will be making an appearance at the Center for the Study of the American South, at UNC Chapel Hill.
Featuring work by Lumbee artists Ashley Minner and Alisha Locklear Monroe, "Unique As We Are Alike is a multidimensional exploration of contemporary Lumbee identity that focuses on the experiences of Lumbees defining themselves and their commonalities despite years of being defined by others. This process, through symbolism and portraiture, creates a feeling of connectedness, compassion, and empathy, which showcases the uniqueness of Lumbee identity while underscoring certain commonalities of the human condition.
Join us for the opening reception:
Spend the evening with us on Friday, September 14, at 5:30 pm for the opening of Unique As We Are Alike.The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. Light snacks and drinks will be served. Both artists will be present. The evening will showcase another dimension of Lumbee excellence as well, as we celebrate the publication of The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle, by our director, Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery, who will be reading excerpts from her new book.
This exhibit will remain on display through December 12, 2018.
Parking is free after 5:00 pm in the Park Place parking lot, approximately two blocks from the Center.
Special thanks to our co-sponsors, UNC’s American Indian Center, Department of American Studies, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Art & Art History, and UNC Press.
February 8, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
Retracing the Reservation: A Walking Tour of the Historic Lumbee Indian Community of East Baltimore
I was featured as a guest blogger for Maryland Humanities today. Check it out!
Photo by Colby Ware
January 22, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
You, if no one else at Arlington Arts Center
Portraits from the Exquisite Lumbee series on are on view as part of You, if no one else at the Arlington Arts Center.
"Featuring ten contemporary artists and artist collaborations, You, if no one else, looks at the ways in which artists record, reflect, contribute to, rail against, and engage with politics and civic life, bringing dialogue, beauty, and nuance to their involvement in the public sphere. The title of the exhibition was inspired by poet Tino Villanueva, whose poem of the same name was included in his 1994 collection Chronicle of My Worst Years.
The artists included in the exhibition engage with communities, contribute to civic discourse, document political activity, highlight social injustice, and incorporate the architecture of political protest into their work. At a time of substantial turbulence, You, if no one else champions the role artists can play in supporting and expanding our democratic traditions and political institutions."
January 22, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
Point of Entry featured in Baltimore Magazine
Baltimore Magazine featured Point of Entry, a series Sean Scheidt and I have been working on for the past year, in their February City of Immigrants issue. It's on the stands now. The full series is up on both ashleyminnerart.com and seanscheidt.com. Photos by Sean, interviews by me. And the photo in this post was taken by Amanda White-iseli of Baltimore Magazine.
January 16, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
Out of the Blocks: 100 S. Broadway
I was honored to serve as a field producer / community liaison for the Out of the Blocks episode on 100 S. Broadway. Part I, featuring members of Baltimore's American Indian community, is now live! Check us out.
"Baltimore became a second home to members of North Carolina’s Lumbee tribe when they immigrated to the city after World War II, trading in farm work for factory and construction jobs. Since then, the Baltimore American Indian Center on the 100 block of S Broadway has been a cultural hub for the transplanted Lumbee people and other Native Americans in the city. In this episode: Conversations with Urban Indians about family, spirituality, and identity.
Funding for podcast production provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PRX, the Public Radio Exchange. Out of the Blocks is produced with grant funding from the Cohen Opportunity Fund, the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund (creator of the Baker Artist Portfolios), Sig and Barbara Shapiro, Patricia and Mark Joseph, Jonathan Melnick, The Andy and Sana Brooks Family Foundation, The Hoffberger Foundation, Associated Jewish Charities, The John J. Leidy Foundation, The Kenneth S. Battye Charitable Trust, and The Muse Web Foundation.