Maakon Yomi: Our Homelands of the Coast Miwok FREE Opening Festival

Art Exhibit and Indigenous

Festival Opens Oct. 6, 11am to 5pm

The free all-day festival, curated by Northern Sierra Mewuk Basketweaver Jennifer Bates, is a rare opportunity to meet and interact with highly skilled California Indian Artisans from across the region who will be demonstrating their traditional crafts including basketweaving, cordage and jewelry making, acorn cooking, traditional dance, and more.

Event Schedule

Opening Prayer 
11:15am, Showcase Theater Plaza 

Artist Demonstrations 
11am–5pm, Showcase Theater Plaza
Artist demonstrations include basketweaving, clapper instruments, clamshell beading, canoe/wood working, finger weaving, soaproot brush making, string making, and more. 

Artists include:

George Blake, Hupa/Yurok
Canoe Making/Hupa Bows/Bone and Antler Carving/Silver and Gold Jewelry Maker

Carson Bates, Central Sierra Mewuk
Hemp String and Cordage

Julia Parker, Lucy Parker & Family, Coast Miwok / Kashaya Pomo
Twined Willow Basketry

Kimberly Stevenot, Northern Sierra Mewuk
Northern Mewuk Basketry

Julie Tex, Dunlap Band of Mono in Eastern Fresno County
Milk Weed Finger Weaving

Dixie Rogers, Karuk/Modoc
Karuk Basketry

Lois Conner-Bohna, Mono/Chukchansi
Mono Basketry

Gladys McKinney, Dunlap Band of Mono Indians
Soaproot Brushes

Anthony Steele, Pomo
Clam Shell Bead Making

Jennifer Bates, Northern Sierra Mewuk
Acorn Processing and Nupa Cooking 

Artist Market 

11am–5pm, Showcase Theater Plaza 
More than a dozen Indigenous artists will be selling their handmade creations including baskets, jewelry, art works of all kinds, paintings, note cards, and more.

Showcase Theater

Native Dance Performance by the Patwin Dance Group, 11:30am

Nupa Acorn Soup Cooking Demonstration, 1–1:30pm cooking demonstration. Acorn soup display all day long. 

Native Dance Performance by the Patwin Dance Group , 2pm 

Maakon Yomi Artist Panel Discussion, 3pm–4pm

Join exhibit curator Meyo Marrufo as she leads a panel discussion with artists from the exhibit to talk about contemporary Indigenous art.

The Bartolini Gallery

The Bartolini Gallery is located at 20 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael and is open Monday through Friday, 10am-4pm.