Chama, Melena. The mountain view. 15, spet.2023
The topic that I have chosen relate because I am artist like my grandpa before me. but my grandpa doesn't draw anymore I'm the only one that knows how to draw in my family. It skipped a generation and now i have the ability to draw. but my gramps never showed his art work to anyone, he didn't sell his artwork, he just did it at his own time but today he doesn't draw at all. So every time someone in my family need help with there homework something to do with draw they ask me and then i end up doing it. but now I'm trying to see if i can go into the los angeles film school to product my talents to succeeding my drawing into game art.
In the article the four capacities of self by Armstrong the author talks about the four capacities of self and each of us are capable of and we all relate to this idea of hers. In addition to this she says that people stay connected to each other, to our land and communities by thinking intellectually and spiritually. When the author describes the four self, I imagined our communities doing the same. The connection I experienced with this article is how we help families, and we get together as a community. When Armstrong talks about the earth pieces and describes the different emotions that we are not all the same, I agree with her. I believe that the pieces that are scattered in earth tell us that we need to put them back together to make us one.
" sharing one skin" cultural survival, www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/sharing-one-skin. Accessed ll sept. 2023
Chama, Melena. snow tree.5 December. 2022
The article toastie by Alex Honnold is about how native people see the landscape and their names. the author talks about how natives view the landscape when we use the names of our mountains where we pray in our traditional languages. the place names impact us emotionally and physically. Toastie explains that we should never forget the stories connected to our lands. I connect to this article because I know where I belong, and I know the traditional names of sacred places on Jemez land. It made me understand to never forget the way of our traditional way and stories that were that told us. The connections of our community and the mountains have the same meaning for us to pray for one another and to see how life, our view of its form has become.
"High Country News" How places names impact the way we see landscape- B.Toastie from the print edition
Chama, Melena. Tress 14 January. 2022
Chama, Melena roadway. 4 december 2023
Chama, Melena. Mountain 9 May.2022
There are three different interviews, each person shares their personal experience in the federal government boarding schools system. First interview is Red Crow for, South Dakota was hunted by his memories of Boarding schools. Sixty years later, he still remembers watching the government take him away from his home and thinking that his mother didn't want him anymore, but as he soon got into the bus he saw his mother crying from the window of the bus and realizing it was hurting her and him, he will never forget that moment. The second interview is with billy wright who left his reservation in california at the time he was only six years old, when they shaved his head. They told him that it'd forbidden to express their culture and everything such as speaking their language and wearing there clothes . He remembers coming form hone see his grandma. The grandma speaks in their language to him, but he seems to not understand. He also forgot his own native name ( tutum). He said that not my name to his grandma and said my name is billy they told him that was his real name now. the grandma seems upset cause he has forgot the ways and his name. Third interview was with professor lomawaima. It was from the star government's objective was to erase and replace indian culture, was part of a larger strategy to conquer indians referring to the general that said the only good indian is a dead one.
Westerman Floyd, Wright Bill, Lomawaima Tsianina, Toledo Lucy. 12. May 2008
These was a woman named Katsi george, she was interested in her culture of art. she's always had a passion for it, like making baskets, beadworking and huskets dolls. As making these crafts for them to sell. The supplements for their family's income. she left her reservation and went to pursue her dreams of studying art. while she found that her courses very interesting she wanted to do traditional art. she use the space to craft baskets and beadworking. This wasn't allowed while it was considered crafts. she was not able to express her culture at the school. as she misses her connection with her culture of art/crafts she went of home where they can better understand her ways of art and expressing it. katsi wants to become an artist who could show her traditional arts at a museum where she could be known for.
The exclusion of Native American art from the art world
Jeffrey Gibson was an artists from cherokee. He talks about how he was disappointed by the mainstream artworld. Lack of inclusion of Native American Artists in major exhibitions. so he was excited to learn that in 1942 the museum of modern art in New York City opened an unprecedented exhibition titled Indian Art of the United States . The entire first continued to develop as part of the parallel to the mainstream history of modern art. He began a new body of collaborative sculptures that incorporate made by Native Artist ,
Berbers in Morocco, resisting and defending their culture
“ Culture is not just a legacy inherited. It is also a vision that is accepted.”
The Berber or Amazigh people are the oldest inhabitants of North Africa, for thousands of years they have been living on a vast expanse of land. They have their own language and cultural tradition, but their identity is under threat. They are not adaptive to nationhood; some are nomadic: some are sedentary: there are muslims, christians and jews, but leaders in North Africa suspect there breaking up communities, assimilating them and sometimes persecuting them. Everyday their life is a bid to safeguard their identity. Most berbers are in morocco. Houses mountainside or on steep slopes. The villagers are both strong and deliberately kept on fringe. There is no school and no infrastructure. The hope and future of these people depend entirely on them handing on their values and culture as practiced and safeguarded over thousand of years to future generations and their land is of critical importance: it must be defended from the constant peril that has been there in spirit of harmony.
https://www.firebirdtours.com/blog/morocco-culture-traditions
when they explored african art, it is common to come across beautiful painting depicting the maasai people. These vibrant and captivating artwork often showcase the Maasai in their traditional attire and surroundings. The maasai, an extra ordinary ethnic group inhabiting the East Africa regions boast a profound and captiving cultural heritage that traces back through centuries of history. Their traditional way of life, deeply rooted customs, and awe inspiring tradition have stood the test of time. shaping a captivating tapestry of cultural richness. through these artistic rendition, contribution of the maasai to africa's cultural diversity and identity. The painting captures the essence if the maasai's deep connection to their land, their close-knit community bonds, and their enduring traditions passed down through generations.
unknown.30.2023 July.Depicted in African Paintings. www.tingatingaart.com/blogs/articles/20-reasons-maasai-depicted-african-paintings
Nubian culture persisted after the Egyptian conquest. evidence for continuities and Nubian development during the third intermediate period. Tombos excarations shed light on transition was, finely carved and painted and has cultural artifacts of jewelry and beads reflecting nubain traditions. ivory bracelets, quartz, glaze, beads from the red sea adaptation and innovation of egyptian forms scarab with unique scene of offering bearers.
smith, stuart. 2020.6.2 Barbara W. hermen memorial Lecture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwelEwnY70A
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Chama, Melena. full moon. July 4, 2023
chama, Melena. train stop. Nov. 17 .23
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Chama, Melena. snow flakes. dec 20, 23.