Dates
July 3, Thursday • 6-8pm, free
Artists’ Opening Reception 6-8pm, Performances and Spoken Word 8-9pm
Ras K’Dee / One Struggle • Nizhoni Ellenwood, open mike • Neshkinukat Directory Release • Potluck - ongoing
July 12, Saturday • 11am-5pm, free
Native Town Hall Meeting regarding a new facility 11am-1pm • Potluck, 1pm-onward • Performances and Spoken Word 2-3:30pm. Celeste Conners, Istuyee Montez, Reid Gomez, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Kim Shuck, and open mike
Artists’ Tools / Social 3:30 - 5 pm
July 23, Wednesday • 7-9pm, $5-10 donation
“Praise Song: 100 Years of American Indian Art,” slide presentation by Lee Swensen
July 31, Thursday • 6-9 pm, free
Artists’ Closing Reception, Potluck, Performances and Spoken Word 8-9pm
Besh Beni, Janeen for Muriel Antoine, Lorenzo Baca, open mike
Gallery hours 12-7pm Tuesday-Friday; 12-5pm Saturday. Closed July 4 and 5.
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Links
Advocates for California Language Survival
American Indian
Contemporary Arts
Bay Area
Indian Calendar
Bay Native Circle Radio
Wednesday 2pm, KPFA 94.1 fm
Crows on the Nose
surf maps, ocean art, and
the work of L. Frank
Honor the Earth
a voice for the earth.. a voice
for those not heard
Impacted Nations
Native American artists
respond to energy
development on tribal lands
Institute of American
Indian Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Neshkinukat
California Native Artists Network
Northern California Indian Development Council
San Francisco Art Openings
Photographs from art shows
San Francisco Arts Commission
Shumup Ko Hup
California Indian Arts & Crafts,
San Diego, CA
SOMARTS
South of Market Cultural Center
Speaking from the Earth
Recent art show exploring cultural diversity and biodiversity
Transparent Passion Trance
/ Real Faces
installation and performance at SOMARTS by deCoy99 |
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Artists
Dugan Aguilar (Maidu/ Pit River/ Paiute/ Irish) photography | bio | website
Muriel Antoine (Sicangu Oyate)
mask making | bio | website
Lorenzo Baca (Mescalero Apache/ Isleta, Santa Clara, Cochiti, and San Juan Pueblo descent)
sculpture, poetry | bio | website
Virginia Benavidez (Tarascan Tribe)
photography, mixed-media | bio
Jennifer Fox Bennett (Wikwemikong First Nation/ Bad River Band of Ojibways)
poetry | bio | website
Richard Bluecloud Castaneda (Salt River Pima-Maricopa)
photography | bio | website
Celeste Conners - deCoy99 (Chiricahua N'de)
beadwork | bio | website
Nizhoni Ellenwood (Nimi'ipuu / Apache)
dance, performance art | bio | website
Jennifer Foerster (Muscogee Creek)
poetry | bio | website
L. Frank (Tongva/Ajachmem
painting | bio | website
Scott Fulton
Reid Gómez ( Navajo)
photography | bio | website
Michael Horse (Pascua Yacqui/
Zuni/ Mescalero Apache)
ledger painting, jewelry | bio | website
Ras K'dee (Pomo/Kenyan)
spoken word | bio | website
Gary Kinson (Western Abenaki Sokokis)
drawing, painting | bio | website
Niki Lee (Arikara/Caddo)
painting, beadwork | bio | website
Bradley Marshall (Hupa)
jewelry, regalia
America Meredith (Cherokee Nation)
acrylic painting | bio | website
Istuyee Montez (Blackfeet)
poet, actress, writer | bio |
Emmanuel Montoya (Lipan Apache
Band of Texas)
printmaking | bio | website
Sean Levon Nash (Brulé Lakota/Choctaw)
painting | bio | website
Joaquin Newman (Yaqui)
painting | bio | website
Gilberto R. Oliveros
art | bio | website
Ernesto Hernandez Olmos (Mixteco/ Zapteco)
painting, music | bio | website
Paul Owns The Sabre (Hunkpapa Lakota)
watercolor painting | bio
Eric Paul
musician | bio | website
Pennie Opal Plant (Yaqui/ Choctaw/ Cherokee/ Algonquin)
poetry | bio | website
Mark Rivera (Ajachmem, Orange County)
chalk and charcoal drawing | bio | website
Canyon Sayers-Roods (Ohlone)
singer | bio | website
Kim Shuck (Cherokee/Sauk & Fox/Polish)
beadwork, poetry | bio | website
Summer Shuckahosee (Kickapoo of Kansas)
painting, assemblage
Kathleen Rose Smith (Coast Miwok/ Dry Creek Pomo)
watercolor painting | bio
Monique Sonoquie (Chumash/ Apache/ Yaqui/ Zapotec)
assemblage from recycled material | bio | website
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Navajo/ Seminole/ Muscogee Creek)
photography, assemblage | bio | website
Morningstar Vancil (Lenape/Delaware)
sculpture | website
Edward D. Willie (Pomo/ Paiute/
Wintun/ Walaiki)
oil painting, sculpture | bio
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Contact
Somarts Gallery
934 Brannan Street (at 9th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94103
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For more information about the Town Hall Meeting on July 12, contact: Fran at (323) 627.8291 or email: f hereth @ yahoo .com.
For exhibit info, contact Betsie at (415)552.2131 #7 or email: mrc @ somarts. org.
Curator: Janeen Antoine (Lakota), email: janeen antoine @ mac. com. Contact for information regarding the performances.
Prior to European colonization, California was home to hundreds of different tribes and languages. Today it is still home to 200 Native Californian tribes and a diverse group of indigenous peoples who have come from many parts of the Americas, contributing to a new diversity of indigenous artists. From the Four Directions showcases artists from varied Native cultural backgrounds that exist today in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have a multitude of indigenous artists from all of the Americas.
This exhibition is an opportunity to showcase many artists and celebrate Somarts' longstanding relationship with the Native community through opening and closing exhibitions, in addition to one day of artist networking, socializing, and sharing of ideas. At this social, we will also work on building our ongoing database of artists and resources. A town hall meeting will be held on the same day, July 12, to report back on the survey for a facility.
Lee Swensen will present Praise Song: 100 Years of American Indian Art, a slide presentation reflecting thirty years of his research. His presentation originally helped launch American Indian Contemporary Arts 25 years ago at Somarts.
Performances, potluck food and activities will be held at each event. The public is welcome to attend all events and experience the talent and diversity of indigenous artists.
Please come to our town hall meeting to discuss the next steps in the development of an American Indian Community and Cultural Center (AIC&CC) in San Francisco. Saturday, July 12th 11am-1pm at Somarts, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103. The San Francisco Mayor's Working Group on American Indian Issues has been working with a consultant on a feasibility study for a new AIC&CC for the past three months. The group will present their findings, discuss possible next steps and ask for input from the community. |
