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CALENDARTo update information or submit an event, email ACTA. JulyViva la Charreria Mexicana – A Photographic Exhibit July 11 – September 30, Oakland, Peralta Hacienda Viva la Charrería! an exhibit showing the rich tradition of the Mexican charrería in California by photographer Heather Hafleigh will be showing at the Peralta Hacienda in Oakland at Arte Americas in Fresno this summer and fall, respectively. (Charrería is an equestrian culture, tradition, sport, and art practiced in the United States and Mexico.) Peralta Hacienda For more information call (510) 532-9142 or visit their website. Arte Americas Fore more information call (559) 266-2623 or visit their website.
Cambodian Classical Dance Performances Presented by
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Harmony/Disharmony
July 23, 2004
8:00 p.m.
This presentation highlights the lavishly costumed stylized dance originally developed for worship in the temples of ancient Angkor and will be accompanied by music composed by Ho C. Chan, a master of the roneat (xylophone), kong (circular gong) and sralai (quadruple-reed oboe).
Dances for a Rising Sun
July 25, 2004
3:00 p.m.
A special presentation of Cambodian dance and music tailored for children and their families.
Admission is free to both performances. Please visit the Grand Performances website for more information.
July 2004
San Jacinto Mountains
The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program is pleased to announce the following workshops for adults offered in the Native American Arts Program, as well as several new workshops in traditional and folk arts. Workshops run from two days to one week long. Idyllwild is located in the San Jacinto Mountains (2 hours east of Los Angeles, or 1 hour from Palm Springs or Riverside).
Traditional and Folk Arts Workshops
Block Printing of India (July 5 & 6), Chetna Mehta
Papel Picado (July 7 & 8), Rosemary Sosa
Oaxacan Wood Carving/Painting (July 12 – 16), Jacobo Angeles Ojeda
A Taste of Folk Music (July 16 – 18), Sandii Castleberry and Ron Daigh
Vietnamese Watercolor on Silk (July 19 – 23), Ming Quang Phan
Native American Arts Program Workshops
July 5 – July 9
Hopi Silversmithing, Michael Kabotie, Lawrence Saufkie
Hopi Coiled Basketry, Griselda Saufkie
Bronze Casting (thru 7/10), Gerald Clarke
Zuni Pottery (thru 7/10), Milford and Randy Nahohai
July 12 – 16
Tufa Casting, Connie Tsosie Gaussoin, David Gaussoin
Navajo Weaving I, Barbara Teller Ornelas/Lynda Pete
Hopi Pottery (thru 7/17), Mark Tahbo
Stone Sculpture, Don Chunestudey
Native American Arts and Archaeology Festival-see website for details (7/11 – 7/16)
Flutemaking (July 15 – 18), Marvin Yazzie, Ernest Siva
July 19 – 23
Navajo Weaving II, Ornelas/Pete
Santa Clara Pottery (thru 7/24), Rosemary Lonewolf
Navajo Inlay Jewelry, Richard Tsosie
Cahuilla Basketry, Donna Largo
Native Plants – Instruments & Games (July 24 – 25), Barbara Drake, Lorene Sisquoc, Katherine Saubel, Daniel McCarthy
For more information call (909) 659-2171 ext. 365 or visit the Idyllwild Arts website.
June 15 – August 15, 2004
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles
Teec Nos Pos: A Navajo Tradition will explore the distinctive regional style of weaving known as Teec Nos Pos. Drawn entirely from the Belikove collection, the exhibition will feature twenty-two stunning textiles from the golden era of Teec Nos Pos weavings, and will include both rugs and saddle blankets. Teec nos pos, Navajo for trees in a circle, refers to a stand of cottonwood trees. The name Teec Nos Pos was given to a canyon with an abundance of cottonwoods on Tiisnasbas Creek on the Navajo reservation in the most northeastern point of Arizona. It was also the name Hambleton Bridger Noel gave the trading post he founded in the canyon in 1905. Like the other trading posts that dot the landscape in the Four Corners area where the borders of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico meet, Teec Nos Pos lent its name to the compelling and distinctive style of weaving for which it eventually became well-known.
For more information visit the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles’ website or call ( 408) 971-0323.
August 5, 2004
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Museum of the American West
4700 Western Heritage Way - Los Angeles, CA 90027
Francisco Aguabella and His Latin Jazz Ensemble will perform at the Sizzling Summer Nights at the Autry. Aguabella received the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship in 1992. The concert is one of many to be held every Thursday night in July and August at the Museum of the American West in Griffith Park.
Admission is $5 or Free for Autry National Center members. Visit the museum's website for more information.
September 17-18, 2004
17894 Tyler Foote Rd.
Nevada City, CA 95959
The North Columbia Folklife Festival marks its second year with a celebration of Mexico and its rich cultural community in California. The Festival will feature Mexican music, dance, craft and food traditions at the North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center (NCSCC) in the Sierra Foothills. The NCSCC is a participant in round two of ACTA’s Traditional Arts Development Program, which supported the festival by contracting consultants Azriel Getz and Sara Greensfelder to coordinate the festival. The Festival will begin on Friday evening with a talk, slide show, and musical performance inside the Schoolhouse and continue throughout the day on Saturday with performances, workshops, and demonstrations in the pine shaded amphitheater and surrounding grounds. A Mexican feast and dance bring the festival to a rousing close on Saturday night.
Featured Artists and Presenters include: Los Cenzontles,, El Son del Pueblo, La Familia Peña-Govea, Quetzalcoatl, Rubén Guzmán, Herminia Albarrán Romero, Irene Campos, Heather Hafleigh, and Adrian Franco.
For more information call (530) 265-2826 or email ncscc@nccn.net
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August 31 – October 31, 2004 Bedford Gallery
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Reception for the Artist: Tuesday, September 14, 5:30-7:30 pm, Open to the public
This retrospective exhibition traces the work of Native American master basket weaver Julia Parker (Kashaya Pomo & Coast Miwok). Long time resident of Yosemite Valley and respected elder of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Parker was a student of the great basket weavers of the twentieth century, including Lucy Telles (Yosemite Miwok/Mono Lake Paiute), Mabel McKay (Cache Creek Pomo), and Elsie Allen (Cloverdale Pomo). Through the last forty years of diligent study and experimentation, Parker has emerged as preeminent in her field. She is an expert in several Native basketry traditions, including her own Pomo traditions and the traditions of her husband’s people, the Sierra Miwok/Mono Lake Paiute. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park; the Norwegian Ski Association Headquarters, Oslo, Norway; the private collection of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and numerous other private collections. Parker has worked as an Indian Cultural Specialist at the Yosemite Museum since 1960 demonstrating basketry, telling Native stories and acting as a cultural interpreter to the thousands who visit the valley from all over the world. Parker also travels nationally and internationally, teaching and lecturing.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Sunday 12-5 pm, Thursday through Saturday 6-8 pm
Admission: $3 adults; $2 teens from 12-17, free for children under 12, free on Tuesdays
For more information call (925) 295-1417 or visit the Bedford Gallery website.
September 17 – October 3
Various locations
San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco World Music Festival 2004 celebrates its Fifth Anniversary with another exciting gathering of some of the most interesting musicians in the world. Opening the festival on September 17th is a special concert produced in association with Bansuri Music featuring G.S. Sachdev & Zakir Hussain who will perform mesmerizing works for the bansuri and the tabla at Grace Cathedral.
The centerpiece of Festival 2004 is a specially commissioned world premiere work for Kronos Quartet, set to premiere September 26 as an international music experiment and artistic statement for global peace. The works of Mr. Rahman Asadollahi, Mr. Xi Pei Kun, and others will be performed by a select group of US based world music masters, including Mr. Rahman Asadollahi (Azerbaijani garmon accordion master), Mr. Zhang Hai Yue (Chinese leaf virtuoso), and members of the Beijing Peking Opera Company, including Ms. Guan Yi (Actress), Mr. Zhang Ying Chao (Actor), Mr. Chao Chun Qi (lead percussion), Mr. Wang Wei (lead cymbals), Mr. Chen Shi Ming (lead bowed instrument, jinghu), and Mr. Yu Zhang (double reed, suona). Taking place at Herbst Theatre, this concert continues to promote San Francisco as a world center for international music collaborations.
Concert highlights at the ODC Theater include: The Ross Daly Ensemble (Cretan musicians make their US debut) on October 1st ; Davka (New Jewish Music), Rumen Shopov Ensemble (Romani Bulgarian), and Avotja Modupue (African/ Latin/ Asian Jazz Fusion) on October 2nd; & Queen of the Gypsies Esma Redzepova & Ensemble Teodeosievki (renowned musician comes from Macedonia) on October 3rd.
For more information including performance locations and tickets visit the San Francisco World Music Festival website.
For weekly public programs and a calendar of ethnic events in Northern California, see the Traditional Arts Program at the California Academy of Science, Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco.
A calendar of Festivals and Celebrations in San Diego is available from the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
To update information or submit an event for the calendar,
please email ACTA.