BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum - ECPv6.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230504T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230505T170000 DTSTAMP:20260519T182046 CREATED:20230425T215833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T180934Z UID:6106-1683194400-1683306000@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:MMIW Awareness DESCRIPTION:Visit the Mitchell Museum for FREE on May 4th and 5th for guided public tours and family red dress crafts by St. Kateri Center of Chicago. \nFriday\, May 5th\, is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In observance of this occasion\, the Mitchell Museum invites you to visit us free of charge on Thursday\, May 4th\, and Friday\, May 5th to experience our temporary exhibit\, No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and 2Spirits. \nIn partnership with the museum\, the St. Kateri Center will be facilitating a craft activity from 12pm-4:30pm to help raise awareness of the MMIWG crisis. During your visit\, you will also be able to enjoy public tours of our permanent exhibit galleries\, which will step off at 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM on both days. Funding in support of these free days has been generously provided by Mitchell Museum Board President April Chancellor.  \nFor more information\, please call us at (847) 475-5871 or email info@gichigamiin-museum.org \nSchedule of Events \nThursday\, May 4th\, 2023 \n\n10:00am – 5:00pm FREE admission to the museum\n10:30am – 11:30am Docent-led tour of our permanent exhibit A Regional Tour of American Indian Cultures\n12:00pm – 4:30pm Red Dress Craft Station in the library with St. Kateri Center of Chicago\n12:30pm – 1:30pm Docent-led tour of our permanent exhibit A Regional Tour of American Indian Cultures\n\n  \nSPECIAL EVENT\nThursday\, May 4th 2023: Virtual Artist Discussion via Zoom at 6pm Register here \nValaria Tatera (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)\, a Wisconsin-based artist whose work examines the intersections of ethnicity\, gender\, commerce\, and the environment. Tatera will be discussing her piece Justice Ribbons\, an arrangement of 700 red ribbons stamped with the word “justice\,” each representing a missing or murdered Indigenous person. The Mitchell Museum is proud to include Justice Ribbons in our exhibit No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and 2Spirits\, currently on display. More info here https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/valaria-tatera/ \nFriday\, May 5th\, 2023 \n\n10:00am – 5:00pm FREE admission to the museum\n10:30am – 11:30am Docent-led tour of our permanent exhibit A Regional Tour of American Indian Cultures\n12:00pm – 4:30pm Red Dress Craft Station in the library with St. Kateri Center of Chicago\n12:30pm – 1:30pm Docent-led tour of our permanent exhibit A Regional Tour of American Indian Cultures\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Join us for a screening of the film SHANK\, written\, produced\, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry\, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”\, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss. After the conclusion of the film\, there will be a brief discussion featuring artists from the film\, moderated by cast member Aaron Golding. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase\, and all proceeds from this event will directly fund future Sweetest Season programming. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n More Info \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Donate \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home\, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”\, done in residency at The Newberry Library\, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”. URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/mmiw-awareness/ LOCATION:Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum\, 3001 Central Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-MMIW-Awareness-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230504T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230504T190000 DTSTAMP:20260519T182046 CREATED:20230412T162643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231219T165611Z UID:6056-1683223200-1683226800@gichigamiin-museum.org SUMMARY:Virtual Artist Discussion with Valaria Tatera DESCRIPTION:Join us for our artist discussion about their work and who they are as artists. There will be a live Q&A at the end of each discussion.\nValaria Tatera is a Wisconsin based installation artist\, activist and lecturer whose work investigates the intersection of ethnicity\, gender\, commerce\, and the environment. Her work\, Justice Ribbons\, features 700 ribbons stamped with the text\, justice\, each representing a missing and murdered Indigenous person\, and is currently featured in the Mitchell Museum’s No Rest: The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women\, Girls\, and Two-Spirits exhibit.  \nAn enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa\, Valaria explores self-identity and contemporary Indigenous issues\, such as the impact of colonization on Indigenous Erasure\, Visibility and Resilience. Her intention is “for the work to hold visual and personal space for statistics that often erase the individual”. Valaria earned an MFA in 3-D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, M.A. and B.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is a recipient of the 2021 Foundation for Contemporary Art micro grant and the 2022 Mary Nohl fellowship for the established artist category. She has exhibited regionally and nationally in galleries and Museums. Recently\, her work was featured at the Museum of Wisconsin Art\, Trout Museum of Contemporary Art\, RAHR Museum\, All My Relations Gallery\, Sweet Briar College\, Truax Gallery\, and the Wisconsin Biennial. Currently\, her work is at Charles Allis Museum\, Madeline Island Museum\, Mitchell Museum of Indian of the American Indian and will be at the Haggerty Museum.  \nThis is a free virtual discussion series open to our members\, friends\, and visitors. This program was partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. As we continue to work on developing more programs\, please consider donating to the museum. https://gichigamiin-museum.org/donate/  \nFor more information about this program\, please contact: info@gichigamiin-museum.org | (847) 475-1030 | www.mitchellmuseum.org/events/  \n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n Join us for a screening of the film SHANK\, written\, produced\, and directed by filmmaker Jim Terry\, with music by Peckinslaw. Described as “If Monty Python made John Wick with no money”\, SHANK is a bonkers action comedy you can’t miss. After the conclusion of the film\, there will be a brief discussion featuring artists from the film\, moderated by cast member Aaron Golding. The cast and creative team will reflect on the film’s themes and their experience bringing the piece to life. Light snacks and drinks will be available for purchase\, and all proceeds from this event will directly fund future Sweetest Season programming. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Get Tickets \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n More Info \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Donate \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Jim Terry is a Ho-Chunk storyteller who’s called Chicago his home for the last ten thousand years or so. His graphic memoir “Come Home\, Indio” was nominated for an Ignatz and was a finalist for the LA Times Bookprize. His comic-book essay “Paper Cuts”\, done in residency at The Newberry Library\, is currently being taught in several schools and he has worked as a comics illustrator for almost two decades with everyone from Marvel to Heavy Metal. This August his prose will be published in the anticipated “Never Whistle At Night 2: Back For Blood” and he just completed the feature length film “Shank”. URL:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/events/valaria-tatera/ LOCATION:Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://gichigamiin-museum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/5.2023-Virtual-Artist-Discussion-eventbrite-2160-×-1080-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum":MAILTO:info@gichigamiin.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR