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In-Person and Virtual Artist Conversation with Geo Neptune and Lily Hope
Thursday, November 16, 6:30 p.m. Smithsonian American Art Museum
McEvoy Auditorium and SAAM's YouTube channel
Free | Registration requiredJoin Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 artists Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy) and Lily Hope (Tlingit) in conversation with Darienne Turner, curator of Indigenous Art of the Americas at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Neptune, a skilled basket maker and activist, explores themes of generational consciousness while incorporating sacred Native American mythology into their work. Hope is a designer and weaver whose contemporary works in textile and paper collage weave together Ravenstail and Chilkat design. She is one of the last living apprentices of her late mother, master Chilkat weaver Clarissa Rizal. These artists will discuss the importance of cultural identity and how it informs their creative practice.
Media sponsorship for Sharing Honors and Burdens: Renwick Invitational 2023 programing is provided by the American Craft Council. |
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Know Before You Go In-Person Attendees
The auditorium doors will close ten minutes after the published start time for the program, following introductory remarks. Latecomers arriving after this grace period will be admitted at the discretion of staff.
Virtual Attendees
Online participants must be subscribed to SAAM’s YouTube channel 24 hours in advance to participate in the chat and ask a question that may be answered live by the speaker during the program. |
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Thank you for ensuring that American art is available to all. |
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Image Credits:
Geo Neptune, photo courtesy of the artist
Lily Hope, still from "Artist in Action: Lily Hope"
Geo Neptune, Piluwapiyit: The Powerful One, 2018, black ash and sweetgrass with commercially tanned deer skin, brain-tanned deer skin, cochineal-dyed deer skin, 24-karat gold-plated beads, freshwater pearls, garnets, and charlotte-cut glass beads, 13 × 8 × 8 in., Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Luc Demers |
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