April is filled with events at Maidu Museum & Historic Site!
Campfire: Friday, April 19 from 7:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
Sit under the stars at our outdoor amphitheater to enjoy native stories around the campfire. They’ll provide roasting sticks and marshmallows for a sweet program’s end. Museum doors open at 7p.m. Free admission if you show your Roseville Public Library card. $5 per person, $16 family of four, under 2 are FREE.
Night Out at the Museum: Saturday, April 20 from 6:30p.m. to 8:30p.m.
Join Maidu for a FREE Night Out at the Museum, part of the 3rd Saturday Art Walk. Artists Michael Rowden d'Portola and Patricia Mills will be speaking about their collaborative painting "I Am Your Chief" which depicts the Northern California Modoc War of 1873. This exhibit will be on display through June. Museum doors open at 6:30p.m. Program starts at 7p.m. Light refreshments will be available. Also on display will be the Annual Native Youth Art Show. Students from the United Auburn Indian Community and the Sierra Native Alliance will showcase recent artwork.
Yomen: A Spring Celebration - Sunday, April 28 from 10a.m.-3p.m.
Celebrate and experience California Indian culture at our biggest event of the year! Spend the whole day with your family and enjoy the opening blessing, tribal dance groups, traditional art and craft demonstrations, native storytelling, Indian hand games, guided tours of the historic site and fun children’s activities. Shop at the vendor booths and don’t forget the Indian tacos and other foods available for sale. FREE ADMISSION!
Continuing Exhibits:
Our Stories: Judith Lowry’s Artistic Reflections on Native California
Exhibit Show Dates: February 16- May 31, 2013
The exhibit
Our Stories is a collection of vibrant, large scale narratives that Judith Lowry painted over the past 20 years. She uses symbols inspired by her California Indian roots, mixing her family histories with important oral histories.
Lowry, who lives locally in Nevada City, received her M.A. in art from Chico State and her artwork has been on exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. Included in this collection are beautiful examples of basketry on loan from the California State Indian Museum.
Contemporary California Native Art Exhibit
State Capitol Exhibit
Exhibit Show Dates: February 2-May 31, 2013
View remarkable paintings, sculptures, jewelry and basketry from 18 different Native artists on display in Room 123 on the first floor of the State Capitol building February 2 through May 31. Works from well-known artists such as Frank Day, Harry Fonseca, Frank LaPena and Judith Lowry who have previously exhibited at the Maidu Museum & Historic Site can be seen. Each piece represents and reflects important elements of tribal tradition, embedded within a vitality of vibrant colors, textures and creativity.
For more information about Maidu Museum & Historic Site, please visit
roseville.ca.us/indianmuseum/.
Blog Post information and picture courtesy of Maidu Museum & Historic Site
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