Idyllwild Arts Summer Program Announces Theme for 2013 Native Arts Festival
Idyllwild, CA, November 26, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program announced today the theme for this year’s Native Arts Festival which is set to be held from June 30 through July 6th 2013 on the campus of Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, CA.
Held annually, the Native Arts Festival is a collaboration in Native American Arts and Culture where visiting scholars and artists explore a wide range of topics through lectures, demonstrations and performances by a distinguished group of artists, scholars, and tribal elders to enhance awareness of the most current issues and theories concerning contemporary Native culture.
This year’s theme centers on the idea of continuum, which without coincidence is the title of a work by Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts department chair Gerald Clarke. Clarke, who is also the vice-chair of the Cahuilla Indian tribe, created Continuum Basket to reflect the traditional Cahuilla spiraling technique of basket weaving as homage to the past and as a way to look into the future. "Continuum Basket" will be center-pieced during this year’s Native Arts Festival in which select artists will create individual pieces that will be displayed throughout the two-week festival across several modalities: painting, pottery, culinary arts, dance and music.
Popular classes include Native American Cuisine, Native Plants, Cahuilla Basketry, Navajo Weaving, Hope Jewelry, Navajo Inlay Jewelry, Native American Flutes, Cahuilla Style Pottery, Hope Tewa Pottery. Previous guest artists have included Joe Baker (Delaware Tribe, program consultant), Gerald Clarke, Jr. (Cahuilla Tribe, visual artist), Freddie Bitsoie (Navajo Tribe, chef), Sandy Frank (Lakota Tribe, photographer), and Jock Soto (Navajo, former principal of the New York City Ballet) among others.
Attendees aren’t limited to beginning-level artists. Many are accomplished artists who also delight in the magic that is Idyllwild, returning year after year to continue to hone their skills as well as learn new ones. Navajo visual artist and accomplished weaver Marlowe Katoney, a 2012 participant, praised the program, saying, “The Idyllwild Summer Arts program was a wonderful experience. Not since my college arts classes have I been able to participate in a class where other students are just as passionate about what they are doing as you are.”
Festival week events also offer many opportunities for the public to attend at no charge with brown bag lectures, demonstrations, food tastings, panel discussions, artist exhibitions, and performances throughout the week. Topics of previous lectures have included “Building With Empathy: Homes on the Navajo Reservation,” “Traditional Indian Medicine,” “300 Miles, Two Weeks with Lakota Teens on the Oomaka Tokatakiya.”
Part of the notion of continuum includes the fact that the program has changed very little over the 63 years that its been in existence. Fraider, who first attended as a youngster in 1965, says, “The program is still very much like it was in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, and it’s what sets us apart from other programs. We have maintained and upheld our commitment to preserve the Krone’s original vision. Everyone in the program works with professional artists who are also top-notch teachers.” During that first summer in 1950, 100 adults attended classes. Today, that number has grown to more than 1700 adults and children attend each summer.
A limited number of scholarships are available and interested students are encouraged to apply. The 2013 course catalog will be available online at at www.idyllwildarts.org/summer.aspx December 1st.
About Idyllwild Arts
The Idyllwild Arts Foundation, which supports the Academy, was founded in 1946 by Dr. Max Krone and his wife, Beatrice, to fulfill their dream of “creating a remote place where people of all backgrounds could come together to experience the arts.”
Idyllwild Arts Academy is a fully-accredited, college-preparatory academics and pre-professional arts training boarding school that hosts approximately 300 students from the United States and around the world. Idyllwild Arts Academy is located at 52500 Temecula Drive, Idyllwild, CA 92549.
For more information visit the website at www.idyllwildarts.org.
Held annually, the Native Arts Festival is a collaboration in Native American Arts and Culture where visiting scholars and artists explore a wide range of topics through lectures, demonstrations and performances by a distinguished group of artists, scholars, and tribal elders to enhance awareness of the most current issues and theories concerning contemporary Native culture.
This year’s theme centers on the idea of continuum, which without coincidence is the title of a work by Idyllwild Arts Academy Visual Arts department chair Gerald Clarke. Clarke, who is also the vice-chair of the Cahuilla Indian tribe, created Continuum Basket to reflect the traditional Cahuilla spiraling technique of basket weaving as homage to the past and as a way to look into the future. "Continuum Basket" will be center-pieced during this year’s Native Arts Festival in which select artists will create individual pieces that will be displayed throughout the two-week festival across several modalities: painting, pottery, culinary arts, dance and music.
Popular classes include Native American Cuisine, Native Plants, Cahuilla Basketry, Navajo Weaving, Hope Jewelry, Navajo Inlay Jewelry, Native American Flutes, Cahuilla Style Pottery, Hope Tewa Pottery. Previous guest artists have included Joe Baker (Delaware Tribe, program consultant), Gerald Clarke, Jr. (Cahuilla Tribe, visual artist), Freddie Bitsoie (Navajo Tribe, chef), Sandy Frank (Lakota Tribe, photographer), and Jock Soto (Navajo, former principal of the New York City Ballet) among others.
Attendees aren’t limited to beginning-level artists. Many are accomplished artists who also delight in the magic that is Idyllwild, returning year after year to continue to hone their skills as well as learn new ones. Navajo visual artist and accomplished weaver Marlowe Katoney, a 2012 participant, praised the program, saying, “The Idyllwild Summer Arts program was a wonderful experience. Not since my college arts classes have I been able to participate in a class where other students are just as passionate about what they are doing as you are.”
Festival week events also offer many opportunities for the public to attend at no charge with brown bag lectures, demonstrations, food tastings, panel discussions, artist exhibitions, and performances throughout the week. Topics of previous lectures have included “Building With Empathy: Homes on the Navajo Reservation,” “Traditional Indian Medicine,” “300 Miles, Two Weeks with Lakota Teens on the Oomaka Tokatakiya.”
Part of the notion of continuum includes the fact that the program has changed very little over the 63 years that its been in existence. Fraider, who first attended as a youngster in 1965, says, “The program is still very much like it was in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, and it’s what sets us apart from other programs. We have maintained and upheld our commitment to preserve the Krone’s original vision. Everyone in the program works with professional artists who are also top-notch teachers.” During that first summer in 1950, 100 adults attended classes. Today, that number has grown to more than 1700 adults and children attend each summer.
A limited number of scholarships are available and interested students are encouraged to apply. The 2013 course catalog will be available online at at www.idyllwildarts.org/summer.aspx December 1st.
About Idyllwild Arts
The Idyllwild Arts Foundation, which supports the Academy, was founded in 1946 by Dr. Max Krone and his wife, Beatrice, to fulfill their dream of “creating a remote place where people of all backgrounds could come together to experience the arts.”
Idyllwild Arts Academy is a fully-accredited, college-preparatory academics and pre-professional arts training boarding school that hosts approximately 300 students from the United States and around the world. Idyllwild Arts Academy is located at 52500 Temecula Drive, Idyllwild, CA 92549.
For more information visit the website at www.idyllwildarts.org.
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www.idyllwildarts.org
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