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Show Moab Happenings www.moabhappenings.cotn Edge of the Cedars July 2000 21A Hosts Native American Art Awards Exhibit Nizhoni Bridges is pleased to announce the opening of the Native American Art Awards Exhibit at Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum. The exhibit, which continues through August 30, 2000, celebrates the finest in Native American art both contemporary and traditional. A variety of media are represented in both student and professional categories, including sculpture, weaving, pottery, drawing and painting, mixed media, and more! The exhibit was juried by artists Bahe Whitethome of Flagstaff, Rosie Long of Blanding, and Sarah Martin of Bluff. Awards will be presented at the free opening reception; light refreshments will be served. The Native American Art Awards, first organized by Nizhoni Bridges six years ago, was hosted by Edge of the Cedars in 1996, when Stormy Reddoor received the Best of Show award for his large sandstone sculpture. Over the past few years, the event has been held at various locations in Bluff and Monument Valley, Utah. Each year, it seems, the quality of the art works submitted gets better and better. A small sampling of this years entries in the professional category include sculpture by Garry Holiday, Wayne Billsieto and Harry Bert, photography by Edward Hunter, beadwork by Sandra Black, rug weaving by Paula Maryboy and Gladys Oliver, drawings by Joe Curley, Bill Cooley and Leo Platero, and paintings by Damian Jim, Kenneth White, Joey Allen, Larry Becenti and Vanessa Gray. Some excellent student work frpm Monument Valley High School and Whitehorse High School will also be on display. The exhibit is sponsored by the San Juan County Community Development, Utah Travel Council, Gouldings Lodge, Zions Bank, Utah Arts Council, Twin Rocks Trading Post, First National Bank of Cortez, San Juan Pharmacy and the Purple SageTrading Post. Edge of the Cedars is a museum of Native American culture and the archaeological repository for southeast Utah. The state parkmuseum is located at 660 West, 400 North in Blanding. Summer hours are 8 daily. For more information, contact: Deborah Stevenson. Mike Nelson Curator of Education 8-- 435-678-22- 38 EXHIBITION CELEBRATES GROWING FOOD AROUND THE WORLD An exhibition of photographs by acclaimed photographer Michael Ableman is on display at Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum from July 8 to August 16, 2000. From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World, organized and toured by ExhibitsUSA, features more than 60 photographs documenting the importance of a healthy and sustainable agriculture throughout the world, including China, Peru, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. From the Good Earth is a personal documentary that articulates Ablemans belief that the way we secure our food is essential to our health as individuals, the bonds that hold together our families and communities, whether rural or urban, and Hoeing at Dusk, Ijenda, Burundi by Michael Ableman, 1988, color photograph, exhibit, "From the Good Earth, toured by ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-Ameri- the future of our environment"locally, nationally, and globally. The photographs featured in the exhibition are drawn from Ablemans book, From the Good Earth (Abrams, 1993), and are organized into four categories: Into the Past surveys the remnants of traditional agriculture around the worldancient cultures that have maintained the same land for generations; Fire on the Horizon presents a stark look at the social, cultural, and environmental impacts of the last fifty years of industrial agriculture; Stepping Stones to Renewal provides hopeful examples for the future, including everything from organic farms to urban ghetto gardens; and Of Cookpots and Marketplaces commemorates the importance of food in the marketplace, on the table, and to the individual in a I wanted to understand how my meaningful way. own approach to food and farming"as a natural bond life-supporti- ng Mustard Harvest, Chincheros, Peru, " by Michael Ableman, 1989, color photograph, 21 X 17 inches; From the traveling exhibit, From the Good Earth, " toured by Exhibits USA, a national division of A rts Alliance Mid-Ameri- Dan O' Laurie Local Artist Features On display at the Dan O' Laurie Museum are the watercolor originals of Gloria Brown from "A naturalists Guide to Canyon Country". A reception will be held in conjunction with the Art Walk on July 8th from 6 to 9 PM Brown's paintings on exhibit are the original illustrations from "A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country," written by David B. Williams. The expertly painted illustrations show the specific species of plants and animals indigenous to the Moab area and Canyon Country. Browns paintings are faithful to the accuracy demands of a field guide, while allowing her particular creative insights into nature to touch the viewer. Brown's illustration and painting blend her meticulous research with her love of natural history, combining fine art illustrations with scientific precision. 17X21 inches; From the traveling Arts Alliance between community and a generous earthhad been lived out for thousands of years, how and why our society had destroyed that bond, and how we can redeem it." Also included in the exhibition is a selection of traditional agricultural tools from around the world. In addition to the photographic exhibit, Edge of the Cedars is hosting a Gardening Symposium Farmers Market on August 12, 2000 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Programs will provide information on composting. Native American gardening, food preservation, Bluff Historic Farm and Site Preservation, Prehistoric Puebloan gardening traditions. Traditional Uses of Native Plants and more. These special programs are generously supported by the Utah Humanities Council, San Juan County Community Development, and Utah State University in cooperation with the San Juan County Fair. Edge of the Cedars "Too Good To Miss!" One of the best kept secrets in the Four Comers Region, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is too good to miss! This modem museum houses one of the finest collections of Prehistoric Puebloan (Anasazi) pottery in the region and is known for its sculpture garden, Spirit Windows exhibit of replicated rock imagery, and prehistoric ruin. The min, located just behind the museum, was occupied from A.D. 825 -- 1220. Visitors can climb into the kiva to view the fine masonry and special architectural features. A panoramic view of the Blue Mountains can be seen on a clear day from the ruin complex or from the observation tower in the museum. On the hill just below the min, a Sun Marker sculpture functions as a modem experiment in archaeoastronomy, revealing light and shadow patterns of rock art figures moving across the sculpture, as the sun moves across the sky. Dramatic interactions which take place at the sculpture during the solstices and equinoxes are worth the trip to see. Inside the museum, visitors can watch video presentations in the auditorium, purchase quality educational items in the gift shop, and view interesting exhibits about the Ute, Navajo, and Prehistoric Puebloan cultures. Rare items on display include a macaw feather sash and two copper of long distance trade networks with Mexico in prehistoric pottery, plus objects of exquisite preservation such as stone knives with wooden handles intact and prehistoric wooden plates. Children will enjoy the Discovery Room, where they can grind com, touch artifacts from Archaic, Basketmaker, and Pueblo time periods, and learn about Navajo weaving. A Junior Ranger program allows youngsters to earn a badge after completing a booklet of fun games, puzzles, and questions designed to make archaeology come alive. On the north side of the museum, visitors can look inside a Navajo hogan and sec a traditional Navajo garden in the summer months. bells-eviden- ce |