Rebecca Bailey, Professor of Art History at Emory University, will speak on Sunday, April 13, at 2pm at the McClung Museum. Her talk is titled “Beadwork between the Worlds: the Artistic Interaction of Plains and European Traditions”.
“Tradition” is a word that seems to convey that there is a moment when a people, such as the Plains Indians, have a static cultural and artistic trajectory. Native North American “traditions” since c. 1500 CE are so involved with the European invasions, colonization, and economy that there cannot be such a perceived “pure or “authentic” art that is either preserved or attacked. Rather, the creative interactions, appropriations, and accommodations are themselves an on-going tradition, in which change is embraced and leads to a unique synthesis. Beadwork and clothing are especially key in this regard and will be discussed in relation to the exhibition Brightly Beaded: North American Indian Glass Beadwork.
Dr. Suzanne E. Wright
Associate Professor / Chair, Asian Studies
School of Art
University of Tennessee
1715 Volunteer Blvd.
Art & Architecture 416
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-4267
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