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Indigenous artists celebrate Native peoples and cultures through music, poetry, and storytelling

Sept. 22-23
The cast of "Welcome to Indian Country" gathers in a dressing room backstage. Three Indigenous men stand in the back. Two are wearing dark blazers and glasses and one is wearing a dark button down shirt and traditional bandana. Three Indigenous women are in front of the men, two sitting in chairs and one crouching between the chairs with one arm propped on a chair back.

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    An example of Craig Walsh's "Monuments," enormous night-time projections that transform trees into sculptural monuments. Two faces are projected onto two trees, one woman, left, and a man, right.
    "Monuments" , article

    "Monuments," a site-specific outdoor projection installation by artist Craig Walsh, will celebrate unsung community members who impact the New River Valley region. The installation will take place over several weeks in spring 2022 with an unforgettable set of outdoor images. It will be free and open to the public.

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    A collage of some of the artists involved in Indigenous Performance Productions' "Welcome to Indian Country." Top left, a woman with brown hair, a red jacket, black and white striped mock turtleneck shirt, long white and red beaded earrings, and braided pigtails looks towards the camera. Top right, an Indigenous man with short dark hair, sunglasses, light grey blazer, and dark button down shirt looks towards the camera in purple-blue lighting. Bottom left, an illustration of an Indigenous man with dark hair in a cowboy hat plays a violin. Bottom right, a photo of an Indigenous woman with medium length dark brown hair, brown eyes, red lipstick, turquoise earrings, and a pink scarf smiles towards the camera.
    "Welcome to Indian Country" , article

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: Claiming rich heritage, representation, and contexts both ancient and urban, Indigenous artists reveal the power of music and stories in the East Coast work-in-progress premiere of "Welcome to Indian Country," commissioned in part by the Moss Arts Center.

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    Larry Fink's "Pat Sabatine's 12th Birthday Party, Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, May, 1981;" archival pigment print; 22 x 17 inches; courtesy of the Virginia Tech Art Collection and donors Scott and Emily Freund and Michael Fay. A white man in a trucker hat, jacket, plaid shirt, and dark pants with a large belt buckle smiles at the camera while holding a cigarette, one hand on his hip, in front of a doorway with floral curtains hung up in the space. On the wall is a white rotary corded phone.
    Gallery Talk: Photography and Fashion History in "Gathering: Pearls and Polyester" , article

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 6 PM: Join us as two outstanding Virginia Tech faculty explore the techniques, themes, and aesthetics of photographs by Larry Fink and the garments captured in his "Social Graces" series from the 1970s and '80s.

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    A still from Miwa Matreyek's "This World Made Itself." Projection of a fiery sky with the actor silhouetted in front. The actor is hunched over, walking.
    Panel: "Arts and the Anthropocene" , article

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 6 PM: This panel, discussing the present epoch, the Anthropocene, investigates what role the arts can play in communicating science, contending with climate anxiety, illuminating ungraspable environmental realities, and manifesting a brighter future.

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    A still from Miwa Matreyek's "Infinitely Yours." The silhouette of the artist is surrounded by projected images, like the Earth encircling her, a waterfall, and a sleeping baby. The background looks like the universe.
    Miwa Matreyek , article

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: Miwa Matreyek interacts with her animations as shadow silhouettes, at the cross-section of the cinematic and theatrical, fantastical and tangible.

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