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Follow on Google News | neXt gallery Celebrates Ēkwabet’s 25th Birthday Announces ArtistsThe neXt gallery Celebrates Ēkwabet’s 25th Birthday announces invited Native American Artists and juried local artists whose work will be in the gallery, the latest in the series of Pop-Up Art Galleries produced by the St Charles Arts Council.
Curator’s Statement: “So often American Indians are relegated to the past. Using irony and humor these artists translate their experiences, acknowledging the past in present day vernacular. Through the juxtaposition of traditional Native American iconography and that of popular culture, they challenge stereotypes and address the issues of Native American identity in the 21st century.” Invited Native American artists: Bunky Echo Hawk (http://www.bunkyechohawk.com/) Larry McNeil, Idaho (Native American) Chris Pappan (http://chrispappan.com/ Debra Yep-Pappan (https://www.facebook.com/ The gallery also includes juried Native American and local artists, the theme of whose work is Native. Guy J. Bellaver (http://bellaverstudios.com/ NATIVE 1. Being such by birth or origin 2. Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place/region; 3. Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place. 4. Natural, unaffected. Valerie Hanks-Goetz, Arkansas (Muskogee Nation of Florida) Scott Hill, New Mexico (Native American) Jack Wooldridge, California (Potawatomi) Katie Beasley Henrietta DuBois Sandra Ferguson Claudia Frost Pamela Hamilton Scott Harding Debbie Hart Susanne Keller Ray Kobald Angela Adele McElwain Brian Ploegman Anne Ressman-Zabinski Susan Spero James Stephens Michael Wallace The two-year project to bring Ēkwabet to the banks of the Fox River in St. Charles culminated with the sculpture’s dedication in May, 1988. It was named Ēkwabet – which means “Watching Over” – by Billy Daniels of the Forest County Tribe (Crandon, WI) of the Potawatomi Nation at a naming ceremony in 1989. The neXt gallery Celebrates Ēkwabet’s 25th Birthday celebrates the sculpture’s “birthday” The gallery will be at 228 W. Main Street, St. Charles, IL – on the northeast corner of N. 3rd Street and Route 64 in downtown St. Charles. The gallery web site is www.nextgallerystcharles.org, and the phone number is 630.429.0973. The St Charles Arts Council and the neXt gallery committee would like to extend their thanks to Meg Bero and the Schingoethe Center for Ms. Bero’s vision, knowledge, and time; the City of St. Charles who supported the gallery’s promotion; Dr. Denise Kissell (Dickens, Mason, and Kissell, D.D.S.) and Tim Crandall (Crandall, Crandall, and Baert, CPA) and The St. Charles Group for their financial sponsorship; For more information about the neXt gallery Celebrates Ēkwabet’s 25th Birthday check the gallery web site – or call 630.443.3794 (St Charles Arts Council office) The St. Charles Arts Council is a 501(c)(3), registered not-for-profit Illinois corporation whose mission is to create an organization that serves and promotes the arts and cultural activities in St. Charles, to the mutual benefit of the arts and the community. The SCAC is staffed entirely by volunteers. About the Schingoethe Center and Meg Bero: Meg Bero, the Executive Director of the Schingoethe Museum for Native American Cultures at Aurora University (Aurora, IL) is the gallery’s guest curator. Ms. Bero and the Schingoethe Center have won Awards of Excellence in Exhibitions from Illinois Association of Museums, Awards of Superior Achievement from the Illinois Association of Museums, and the Illinois State Historical Society. About Ēkwabet: For more information about the sculpture and the public art project, go to Ēkwabet.com and the St. Charles Public Library web site - http://www.st- About the St. Charles Arts Council: The SCAC will serve all those individuals (professionals, amateurs, and students) who produce tangible, consumable works of the imagination and all organizations, businesses, and groups that include and represent those people. This would be arts and cultural activities in their broadest sense, including graphic, plastic, and decorative arts, architecture, crafts, literature and poetry, music, theater, and dance. The primary long-range goal is the transformation of St. Charles into an arts community/an arts magnet/a nationally-known arts market. Ultimately we foresee a municipal arts center, more working artists and opportunities in arts education, many privately-owned galleries, performance venues, and related arts businesses, and a downtown architecture and streetscape conducive to both the aesthetics and business of art. Contact the SCAC for information at 630.443.3794 or info@StCharlesArtsCouncil.org End
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