Native American Artists & the Field of Folklore

NATIVE AMERICAN ARTISTS & THE FIELD OF FOLKLORE
Exploring Commonalities & New Ideas

NEFA's Native Arts program is hosting a convening of Native American artists and regional folklorists to discuss ways in which our work and our projects intersect. This will be an opportunity to:

• connect and share ideas with folklorists and Native artists in New England.
• discuss current issues related to tradition, folk and traditional arts, contemporary arts expressions, a continuum of native artistic practices, etc.
• gain understanding of each other as resources, develop understanding of other approaches to our work, and possibly create new ideas for collaboration.

When
April 20-21, 2012

Where
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center | Mashantucket CT

Who should attend
Native American artists and folklorists (both Native and non-Native)

Cost
Free (includes lunch and dinner, and breakfast on day two). 

RSVP deadline extended!
Complete the five-question survey to RSVP by April 12, 2012. 

Complete survey to RSVP

Limited travel support is available.
Contact Dawn Spears for details.

Hotel Accommodations 
Hotel accommodations are available at La Quinta Inn & Suites for a discounted rate of $99.00 per night. To reserve a room, call the hotel at 860.599.2400 and mention NEFA by Friday, April 13.

La Quinta Inn & Suites Stonington
349 Liberty Street | Pawcatuck, CT 06379

Schedule (subject to change)
Day 1

• 11:00AM     Registration & Lunch
• 12:00PM     Welcome & Introductions (NEFA Staff & Betsy Theobald Richards, Opportunity Agenda
                    Creative Fellow (Cherokee))
• 12:15PM     Field of Folklore with Maggie Holtzberg, Folk Arts & Heritage Program Manager,
                    Massachusetts Cultural Council; Winnie Lambrecht, Independent Folklorist & Faculty,
                    Rhode Island School of Design; Pauleena M. MacDougall, Director, Maine Folklife
                    Center and Faculty Associate in Anthropology
• 1:30PM       Introduction: Storytelling as Traditional Art with Trudie Lamb Richmond, NEFA board
                    member (Schaghticoke)
• 2:15PM       Break
• 2:30PM       Traditional & Contemporary Native Arts with Brenda Hill, artist (Tuscarora); Jennifer
                    Kreisberg, artist (Tuscarora); Elizabeth Perry, artist (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
• 3:45PM       Contemporary Storytelling with Thawn & Eleanor Harris, artists (Narragansett)
• 4:30PM       Film: Preston Singletary: Echos, Fire, and Shadows (Museum of Glass) 
• 5:00PM       Closing Comments
• 6:00PM       Cocktail & Dinner Reception at Shelter Harbor Inn (10 Wagner Road, Westerly, RI
                    02891)

Day 2

• 9:30AM       Breakfast
• 10:15AM     Commonalities in Collaboration with Watie Akins, artist (Penobscot); Pauleena M.
                     MacDougall, Director, Maine Folklife Center and Faculty Associate in Anthropology;
                     Lynne Williamson, Director, Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program at the
                     Institute for Community Research (Six Nations)
• 11:15AM     Film: The Boy Who Visited Muin'skw
• 11:45AM     Traditional Expressions with Brenda Hill, artist (Tuscarora); Maggie Holtzberg, Folk
                     Arts & Heritage Program Manager, Massachusetts Cultural Council; Elizabeth Perry,
                    artist (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
• 12:45PM     Closing Comments

Contact 
Dawn Spears (Native Arts Program Manager) | dspears@nefa.org | 617.951.0010 x525

NEFA's Native Arts Folk & Traditional Arts Convening is made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.