C.N. Gorman Museum Events!

All exhibitions and events hosted by the C.N. Gorman Museum are free and open to the public!

Upcoming Events:
Oct 2 - Dec 6

DIVERSITY in the C.N. Gorman Museum Collection
featuring Salvador Dalí & Florentino Laime Mantilla
Opening Reception: Oct 2 from 4-6pm

Jan 7 - Mar 14

Visual Transparencies: Collaborative Printmaking
organized by Melanie Yazzie

Mar 30 - Jun 14

Urban Art from the Pacific Rim: The Giles Peterson Collection
Reception & Lecture by Giles Peterson (date tba shortly)

Apr 17 UCD Picnic Day! open 10-3
Previous Events:
Apr 3 - Sep 4

VISUAL SOVEREIGNTY: International Indigenous Photography

Jun 13 Weaving Workshop with Diana Almandariz
1401 Hart Hall (NAS Studio), 10-5.
May 26

Ethnic Studies as a Doorway for Students of Color in Higher Education
Panel discussion, Risling Room, 3201 Hart Hall @ 2pm
Reception to follow, C.N. Gorman Museum @ 4pm

May 9

The 40th Annual Whole Earth Festival, open 11-3p

Apr 18

95th Annual UCD Picnic Day! open 10-3

Apr 4-5 VISUAL SOVEREIGNTY: 2nd Indigenous Photography Gathering
Feb 17 GERALD CLARKE, JR.: Artist Lecture and Reception, 6pm
Jan 8 - Mar 13 One Tract Mind: Gerald Clarke, Jr.
2008
Oct 2 -Dec 5

LEE MARMON: Laguna Pueblo Photographer
Nov 6 LEE MARMON: Artist Lecture and Reception, 6pm
Oct 25 Weaving Workshop with Diana Almandariz
1401 Hart Hall (NAS Studio), 10-5.
Jun 26 - Sep 5 35 Years at the C.N. Gorman Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collections
Apr 1 - Jun 11

ROBERT DAVIDSON: Eagle of the Dawn, Northwest Coast Master

May 3-4

Native American Basketry Techniques Workshop
Taught by Master Weaver, Kathy Wallace. NAS Studio.

Apr 19

UCD Picnic Day! Open 10-3

Apr 17

Artist Lecture & Reception for Robert Davidson, 6:30pm
Join us in welcoming Robert Davidson to UCD!

Feb 4 - May 12 Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photography
on view @ the Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis

Jan 10 - Mar 14

Winter Stories: Navajo Nation Cinema

Feb 22-23 Native American Basketry Techniques Workshop
Taught by Master Weaver, Kathy Wallace. NAS Studio.
Feb 21 Filmmakers' Panel with Nanobah Becker, Darwyn Roanhorse and Sydney Freeland
Artist talk and Reception @ 4pm

2007
Oct 4 - Dec 12


Basketry: A Collaboration of Nature and Creative Genius
Oct 4 - Dec 12 FLASH! The Tree of Xibalba: Cacao and the Ancient Maya
Guest Curator: Michael Grofe
Dec 4

Hands-on Cherokee Pottery Workshop with Victoria Mitchell
Join us for this free workshop at the UCD Craft Center! (10a-3p)

Oct 19 - Nov 4 Charles Teenie "One Shot" Harris
@ The Mondavi Center
Oct 25-26

California Indian Conference

Oct 25

Exhibition Reception, 4 to 6pm
@ C alifornia Indian Conference

Jun 29

Lewis Dick, Master Carver
Artist Talk and Demonstration @ 3:30pm
UCD Craft Center

May 9 Melanie Yazzie
Artist Talk and Reception @ 4pm
1130 Hart Hall
Apr 17

Noelle Jakeman
Artist Talk and Reception @ 4pm
Risling Room, 3201 Hart Hall

Apr 14 UCD Picnic Day! open 11-3pm
Apr 3 - Jun 14

Understandably Connected: Melanie Yazzie, Noelle Jakeman, Julie Tipene O'Toole
Perhaps an ocean apart but connected through issues of Tribal Sovereignty and Cultural Survival.
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 3, from 5-7pm

Feb 15

Ana de Orbegoso
Artist Talk and Reception @ 5pm

Feb 14 2nd Annual Valentine's Day Story Telling and Poetry Slam @ 3:30pm
Come pour your heart out at the Open Mic slam!
Jan 9 - Mar 16

The Invisible Wall: Ana de Orbegoso
A photographic confrontation where barriers become inseparable from the essence of human beings.
Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 9, from 5-7pm

2006
Oct 3 - Dec 15


Making Sense of Things
L. Frank Manriquez, Nadia Myre, Tanis S'eiltin, and Frank Shebageget
Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 3, from 5-7pm

Jul 7 - Sep 22

Ogichidaakweg: Warrior Women
An installation of video shorts!

Apr 8 - Sep 22 Our People, Our Land, Our Images
International Indigenous Photo Exhibition
May 12-14 UC Davis Whole Earth Festival
Special opening hours on Saturday, May 13th. Open 11-3pm
Apr 15 UCD Picnic Day! open 10--4
Apr 10-15

Native American Cultural Days

Apr 6-9 Our Land, Our People, Our Images:
Indigenous Photographers Conference & Exhibition

Exhibition Opening Reception, Friday, April 7, 2006
Public Artist Talks, Sat-Sun, April 8-9
Jan 5 - Mar 31 Sola, pero bien acompañada: Celia Herrera Rodríguez
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 5, 4:30-6:30pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 25, 2pm
Mar 2

Deborah Miranda (Esselen/Chumash), 3:30pm
Join us for an afternoon of conversation and a reading from
California Native Poet Deborah Miranda's (Esselen/Chumash)
new collection - The Zen of La Llorona.
Click here for more information about the event!

Feb 16

Santa Barraza
Artist Reception by Native American Studies - 1:15-2pm

Feb 14 :

Valentine's Day Story Telling and Poetry Slam, 3:30pm
Come pour your heart out at the Open Mic slam!

2005
Sep 22 - Dec 16


Figures & Circles: C. Maxx Stevens

Nov 19

C. Maxx Stevens
Artist Talk and Reception - 2 to 4pm

Nov 8

George Blake (Hupa/Yurok)
Artist Talk: 10-11:50, 7 Wellman
Reception: 12pm, CN Gorman Museum (click here for more info)

Oct 12 Indigenous Media and Communication Rights in Chile and Latin American
Guest Speaker: Jeannette Paillan, Mapuche filmmaker

Garrison Room, Memorial Union - 12:30 to 2:30pm
Reception to follow in the CN Gorman Museum (click here for more info)
Oct 11

Nigel Borell & Aimee Ratana, Visiting Maori Artists
Reception - 12pm

Aug 4

Toi Maori - The Eternal Thread (in San Francisco)
Welcoming - The Arrival, 6am, San Francisco Aquatic Park
Join us in welcoming the Maori delegation accompanying the exhibition, The Eternal Thread,
on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from August 4-12.
For further information please visit the Toi Maori website:
http://www.maoriart.org.nz/events/eternal_thread_sf

June 18

Lyn Risling Artist Talk, 4 to 6pm

June 6

California Rumsey Rancheria California Indian Studies Endowed Chair Search
Candidate: Kathy Wallace, 2 to 4pm
Talk title: "Art, Ceremony, the Environment, and the History of My People"

June 3

California Rumsey Rancheria California Indian Studies Endowed Chair Search
Candidate: Janice Gould, 12 to 2pm
Talk title: "From Mean Spirits to Love Medicine: Native American Literature as a Path of Wisdom"

May 31 Latin American Indigenous Women's Perspectives:
From Community to International Organizing , 2 to 4pm

Participants: Gloria Ushigua (Zápara), Tarcila Rivera (Quechua),
María Eugenia Choque (Aymara) and Margarita Gutiérrez (Hñañhu)
May 27

California Rumsey Rancheria California Indian Studies Endowed Chair Search
Candidate: Frank LaPena, 12 to 2pm
Talk title: "Art in Memory: The Creative Impulse"

May 23

California Rumsey Rancheria California Indian Studies Endowed Chair Search
Candidate: Annette Reed, 2 to 4pm

May 20

California Rumsey Rancheria California Indian Studies Endowed Chair Search
Candidate: Eileen Luna, 2 to 4pm
Talk title: "Tribal Justice Systems: An Assertion of Sovereignty"

May 9:

David Risling Memorial, 4 to 8pm
hosted by UCD Department of Native American Studies

Exhibition opening: Renewing Our Way: Lyn Risling, 4 to 8pm

April 19:

Revival and Resurgence of the Contemporary Textile Art of the Andes
hosted by the C.N. Gorman Museum & UCD Women's Studies
Exhibition opening & Reception: 4 to 6pm

April 16: Picnic Day! Open 12 to 4pm
April 14:

Native American Cultural Days Film Festival:
in Chem 194 @ 6:30pm

April 12: Native American Cultural Days Community Dinner
Artist talk by CN Gorman Museum Director, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
6 to 9pm
April 11: Native American Cultural Days, Opening Blessing
12 to 2pm