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| Saturday, November 21, 2009 |
 | Navajo Weaving Workshop with Lynda Teller Pete, Master Navajo Weaver (Multi-Day Event)
All Day
Refresh your spirit and creativity in these classes with the tranquil art of Navajo weaving. Beginning students will have the opportunity to learn the art of weaving from Master Navajo Weaver, Lynda Teller Pete. Lynda, a 5th Generation Navajo Weaver, has garnered two First Place Blue Ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market for her Navajo tapestries. While instructing and demonstrating, Lynda will share her personal stories and experiences, allowing participants the chance to gain fascinating insights into the world of Navajo weaving. |
 | Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
In May of 2009, the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will open a new exhibition entitled Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes.
Presented in three iterations of 20-30 Navajo textiles each, the
exhibit will showcase the breadth and depth of the Museum's Joe Ben
Wheat Southwestern Textile Collection, considered to be one of the
world's best collections of Navajo textiles.
A full slate of public and school programming will accompany
the exhibit, including a grand opening event; hands-on workshops for
adults, parents and children; guided tours; movie showings featuring
movies with Navajo directors, producers, and actors; and programs and
demonstrations on natural dyes and textile conservation.
Judy M. Newland, Faculty Associate and Exhibit Developer at the Arizona
State University Museum of Anthropology is the Guest Curator for the
exhibition. |
 | Weaving Memory: Monotypes by Melanie Yazzie
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Artist Melanie Yazzie's prints are inspired by the textiles from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History's Joe Ben Wheat Collection and by memories from Yazzie's childhood with her grandmother Thelma Baldwin, a weaver in Wide Ruins, Arizona. |
 | Kids in Space
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Interstellar traveler Captain Ann Dromeda and her crew of kids in space. Go along for the ride as the planetarium turns into a spaceship and explore our solar system. |
 | Laser: Perseus and Andromeda
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
First, enjoy a live presentation about the stars and constellations, then sit back and experience the story behind the constellation Perseus and Andromeda illustrated with music and Fiske lasers. |
 | Gifts from Unknown Islands, a multi-media collaboration
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
A collaboration of performance art, sound, design and technology which includes animated projected imagery; shaped, sculptural projection screens; biological images captured by microscope and more. The approximate 1.5-hour evening includes a talkback/ discussion with the artist/producer. |
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