CALL FOR ARTISTS! First Americans Exhibit Featuring Native American Artists
The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts (RRCA) has extended their deadline for a call for art by Native American Artists. Registration has been changed from its original deadline of August 31, 2021 to September 10, 2021.
The RRCA, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Manistee, Michigan, on the ancestral land of the Anishinaabe people. The RRCA recognizes that the contributions, culture, and identity of the Native American community are an important part of our community’s vitality and an often-overlooked part of history.
In this spirit, the RRCA invites Native American artists working in all visual arts media to submit works to be considered for an art exhibition by Native American artists. “FIRST AMERICANS” is dedicated to our country’s first Native American cabinet member, Deb Haaland, and will be on display during National American Indian Heritage Month. The exhibit will feature works by contemporary Native American artists who currently reside in the state of Michigan. FIRST AMERICANS will be on display in Hardy Hall at the RRCA from November 8 through December 31, 2021. The opening reception is on November 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
FIRST AMERICANS is co-chaired by Lisa Allen and Judy Jashinsky. The idea was brought to the RRCA by a local Native American artist and the Manistee Area Racial Justice and Diversity Initiative (MARJDI). The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts strives to reflect the community’s need for diversity, inclusion, and equality as well as educating the community about diversity, inclusion and equality to broaden community awareness on the importance of these issues as reflected in fine and performing arts.
Guidelines and Eligibility:
Artists should not feel an obligation to present work that references their heritage directly. We are looking to honor and celebrate the broad range of artistic expression by Native American artists. This includes painting, sculpture, photography, prints, ceramics, fashion design, poetry, storytelling, music, dance, video, and installation, which might include several categories of expression.
Artists must presently reside in Michigan.
For more information and to apply: https://forms.gle/h6FK2m4uQJpmvf9g6
