Tashina Emery
Arts Politics Student Tashina Emery will be showcasing her work in two upcoming exhibitions: Voices - Indigeneity in NYC (March 23 - April 1 and July 1 - September 13 2019), and as a part of the Mujeres de Maiz exhibition, Weaving Our Legacies Thru Prayer (March 9 - April 5 2019). Tashina's series was created as part of Prof. Kathy Engel's Language as/is Action in Fall 2018. Tashina's photography and writing are printed on fragile chiffon silk. The series is the legacy of the strong and resilient Anishinaabekwe.
About the exhibitions:
Voices - Indigeneity in NYC
The artworks will be exhibited in the windows of the Kimmel Center, located on the south side of Washington Square Park. The exhibition is meant to provide a platform for Indigenous artists in NYC who are looking to showcase a piece and gain more exposure. This exhibition is the result of collaborative efforts between Larisa Pecego and Emily Rogers, an MA student and graduate of New York University, respectively. What began as a class assignment quickly grew into an opportunity to partner with the university’s Kimmel Center and create an exhibition unlike any other at the Kimmel Center, and provide a platform for Native and Indigenous artists to share their work. The exhibition focuses on the conflict between traditional culture and constant urban renewal. The curators have been working with and consulting organizations and groups such as NAISG (Native American and Indigenous Student Group), the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, the Lenape Center, and others throughout the exhibition process to help shape the exhibition into one that is not just artist driven, but also Native/Indigenous driven.The exhibition will open on March 23rd, 2019 and will close for a period of 2 months, reopening on July 1st, 2019 through September 13th. Although the exhibit will be closed for this two month duration, the works will remain installed and intact, just not visible to the public.
Mujeres de Maiz Annual Visual Art Exhibition: Weaving our Legacies Thru Prayer
An Interdisciplinary, Intercultural, Intergenerational Art Festival and Exhibition Opening Reception featuring womxn of color, femme, GNC & QT/WOC artivists. This year's theme represents ties we make to one another and to our paths of healing and self-love. As womxn of the earth connected to our spiritual powers, we set prayers: through affirmations for self-respect and health, through healing friendships we foster, through mandos we make to ánimas and santos, through our dedication to family, and through the multiplicity of borders we cross and inhabit.