Honoring Tradition Through Creative Expression
🗓 Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025
🕖 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST
📍 Location: Zoom (Free – Registration Required)
🌿 Art as Language, History, and Celebration
For the Shanenawá people, art is more than expression — it is identity, memory, and story. In this special live event, tribal artists will demonstrate traditional techniques passed down through generations, sharing the cultural meanings behind patterns, materials, and designs.
Timed near Mother’s Day, this session will also honor the creative and cultural roles of women in Indigenous life, and how their artistic knowledge helps preserve language, values, and worldview.
🌱 What You’ll Learn:
A live demonstration of traditional Shanenawá art techniques
How natural materials are used in sustainable ways
The cultural significance of colors, patterns, and symbols
The role of women in preserving artistic knowledge
The connection between art, land, and ancestral memory
🧭 Event Format:
Welcome and cultural introduction
Live step-by-step demonstration by a featured artist
Commentary on meaning, materials, and process
Audience Q&A with artist and community host
This event is part of the Indigenous Foundation’s cultural arts series, showcasing traditional practices that sustain community identity and deepen global understanding of Indigenous knowledge systems.