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 MakerCarson Bates, Central Sierra Mewuk
Hemp String and CordageJulia Parker, Lucy Parker & Family, Coast Miwok / Kashaya Pomo
Twined Willow BasketryKimberly Stevenot, Northern Sierra Mewuk
Northern Mewuk BasketryJulie Tex, Dunlap Band of Mono in Eastern Fresno County
Milk Weed Finger WeavingDixie Rogers, Karuk/Modoc
Karuk BasketryLois Conner-Bohna, Mono/Chukchansi
Mono BasketryGladys McKinney, Dunlap Band of Mono Indians
Soaproot BrushesAnthony Steele, Pomo
Clam Shell Bead MakingJennifer 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.
Native Dance Performance by the Patwin Dance Group
11:30am, Showcase Theater
Nupa Acorn Soup Cooking Demonstration
Showcase Theater Plaza
1–1:30pm cooking demonstration
Acorn soup display all day long.
Native Dance Performance by the Patwin Dance Group
2pm, Showcase Theater
Maakon Yomi Artist Panel Discussion
3pm–4pm, Showcase Theater
Join exhibit curator Meyo Marrufo as she leads a panel discussion with artists from the exhibit to talk about contemporary Indigenous art.
