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SPRING/SUMMER 2012 SCHEDULE

CLASSES WORKSHOPSEVENTS TOURS

JUNE 2012

TUESDAYS (June 5, 12, 19, 26)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Tuesday afternoon in June, 2-4pm

Learn about the history and how to make a traditional dream catcher. We will construct a 5” wooden dream catcher that you can decorate with a selection of beads, feathers, and natural materials. This is a great class for the entire family! Best suited for ages 7 and up.

Cost: $15 per person includes all supplies and hands-on instruction.

Art & Craft Night Every Tuesday evening in June, 5-7pm

Bring your own project or work with local artists to learn a new art and craft such as beading, birch bark and more. Take time to browse our new Native art book library for project ideas! Join us for creative community building!

Cost: Free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAYS (June 6, 13, 20, 27)

Beaded Keychain ClassEvery Wednesday afternoon in June, 2-4pm

This is a great class for families! Choose your own beads and make a colorful leather and pony bead keychain for yourself or as a gift.


Beading CollectiveBuilding Community through Beading!Every Wednesday evening in June, 5-7pm

Bring your current beading project or start something new. Advanced beaders and beginners alike are welcome. We will have beading instructions for simple projects and guest artists stopping in to teach techniques. Our beading collective has been building steam all winter and we welcome you to the collective. Potluck nights will be posted online. The new Native art book library has many examples of beautiful beadwork to inspire you.

Cost: Free and open to the public

2 Call 715-588-3700 to register. Visit www.woodlandindianart.org to find out more. 3

Boozhoo! Welcome to the Woodland Indian Art Center.

We are in our third year of offering high quality, unique, and fun arts programming and we invite you to join us this summer! As you’ll see, there are a variety of classes offered—something for everyone! Please feel free to call us with any questions about classes or programs at the Art Center. We are pleased to announce something new this summer—a Native Arts Library is taking shape at the Art Center! Feel free to come in and browse through this beautiful collection of books on Native art and culture… they are meant to inform and inspire you. We also have a new volunteer program at the Art Center. If you enjoy meeting new people, learning new things, and helping out in a creative environment, please call us at 715-588-3700 for information!

We look forward to seeing you this summer!

Miigwetch ~ Thank you

Our Mission at the Woodland Indian Art Center• Develop a self-sustaining, culturally appropriate, entrepreneurial

incubator for Native artists• Provide direct participation between Native artists, NiiJii staff,

and arts board in decision-making and development of gallery programs, exhibitions, workshops, and events;

• Provide entrepreneurial support to Native artists and provide space for Native artists to exhibit and sell artwork and increase economic self-sufficiency for Native artists;

• Leverage the artistic and cultural assets of the community to create partnerships and opportunities that will create significant economic growth for the community.

THURSDAYS (June 7, 14, 21, 28)

Leather Pouch ClassEvery Thursday afternoon in June, 2–4pm

Learn about traditional medicine pouches and make your own to bring home. Kids will enjoy filling their pouches with small treasures from Lac du Flambeau. This is a wonderful family class.


Game NightEvery Thursday evening in June, 5–7pm

On Thursday evenings the Woodland Indian Art Center will be breaking out the board games, cards, and cribbage boards for a few hours of good clean competition! Get your game on and join us… bring your family and friends and your favorite game if you have one. Raffle tickets for prizes will be sold and snacks will be provided.


FRIDAYS (June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Friday afternoon in June, 2–4pm



Niibiin~Summer Creative Writers Workshop with Mildred “Tinker” SchumanSaturday, June 2, 10am – 4pm workshop PLUS from 4 – 6pm, a free public reading by Tinker and open mic session

Lac du Flambeau Artist/Writer Mildred “Tinker” Schuman will lead another creative writing workshop at the Woodland Indian Art Center for those who are experienced or interested in the art of creative writing. This workshop will include writing sessions with mini beginning themes, group sharing, poetry and short stories. Mildred, a.k.a. Migizikwe~The Eagle Woman,

writes free verse poetry using Native American imagery to explore universal themes. She is the co-author of the anthology, The Healing Blanket.

Cost: $15 per person. Class size is limited to the first 20 people who register. Registered participants will receive a complimentary journal and traditional Ojibwe lunch.This program is made possible in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Beaded Medicine Pouch Saturday, June 9, 10am – 5pm

This class will be lead by Lac Courte Oreilles artist Jessica Gokey. Learn about traditional medicine pouches and make your own to bring home.

Cost: $30 per person/$20 tribal members. Class size limited to the first 15 who register with payment.

Hand Drum Making with master artist Jerry LaBargeSaturday, June 16, 10am–4 pm

Students will be introduced to the significance of the drum in Ojibwe culture and will be lead in the construction of a hand drum by Lac du Flambeau tribal member and culture bearer Jerry LaBarge.

Cost: $50 per person/$30 tribal members. Class size limited to the first 15 people who register with payment.


Birch Bark Baskets~Wiigwaasi Makak with master artists Sandra and David PetersonSaturday, June 23, 10am–4pm

Lac du Flambeau culture bearers and master artists Sandra and David Peterson will be talking about and teaching the traditional art of wiigwaasi makak or birch bark basket making. Students will bring home a beautiful basket.

“Stories told by my elders about peeling the bark and working on beautiful and functional objects inspire me to pursue the crafting of wiigwaasi. I am fortunate to have studied with the late master artist Jerry Maulson, who learned the art from his grandmother. I am equally fortunate to work with my husband David, who assists me in all the traditional methods of harvesting the wiigob (basswood) and wiigwaasi. We love to be in the woods gathering the bark. I am inspired by sharing my knowledge and experience with others—Native and non-Native alike.” —Sandra Peterson



Black Ash Basket Workshop with April and Jarrod StoneDahlSaturday, June 30, 10am-4pm

Join April and Jarrod StoneDahl for this special Black Ash Basket Workshop. Participants will learn the fundamentals of splint work. The workshop will begin with an in-depth description of the harvesting process followed by a hands-on preparation of the raw black ash material. Basket types, history and stories will be integrated into the workshop while participants weave their very own two-toned 7x7x8” basket.

This beautiful yet useful art has been making a renaissance in Northern Wisconsin since a few individuals have taken the time to seek out those who know the craft and are willing to pass it down to others. April StoneDahl, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) is currently the only black ash basket weaver of her band.


JULY 2012

TUESDAYS (July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Tuesday afternoon in July, 2-4pm



Art & Craft Night Every Tuesday evening in July, 5-7pm



WEDNESDAYS (July 11, 18, 25)

Beaded Keychain ClassEvery Wednesday afternoon in July from 2pm-4pm (Note: we will not have class on July 4, but we will be at the Lac du Flambeau parade and hope to see you there!)



Beading CollectiveBuilding Community through Beading!Every Wednesday evening in June, 5-7pm

Bring your current beading project or start something new. Advanced beaders and beginners alike are welcome. We will have beading instructions for simple projects and guest artists stopping in to teach techniques. Our beading collective has been building steam all winter and we welcome you to the collective. Potluck nights will be posted online. The new Native art book library has many examples of beautiful beadwork to inspire you.


THURSDAYS (July 5, 12, 19, 26)

Leather Pouch ClassEvery Thursday afternoon in June, 2pm-4pm



8 Call 715-588-3700 to register.

Game NightEvery Thursday evening in July, 5-7pm



FRIDAYS (July 6, 13, 20)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Friday afternoon in July, 2-4pm (EXCEPT no class July 27)



Loom Work with Isaiah BrokenlegSaturday, July 7, 10am – 4pm

Isaiah Brokenleg is a Rosebud Sioux tribal member, artist, and teacher. You will work with a loom and your selection of colored beads to make a decorative bracelet using the traditional square stitch method.

Cost: Cost: $30 per person/$20 tribal members. Class size limited to the first 20 people who register with payment.

Visit www.woodlandindianart.org to find out more. 9


Birch Bark Baskets~Wiigwaasi Makak with master artists Sandra and David PetersonSaturday, July 14, 10am – 4pm



Decoy Carving Workshop with Jerry LaBargeSaturday, July 21, 10am – 4pm

Jerry LaBarge is a Lac du Flambeau Tribal Elder and one of the leading decoy makers from Lac du Flambeau. Jerry has been carving fish decoys for several

decades and learned his craft from his grandfather and other community elders. The Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe have long passed down the knowledge and skills of spearfishing and decoy carving by taking on apprentices, guiding students to develop their own techniques, and presenting the Ojibwe cultural through this traditional technique. Jerry is frequently commissioned to carve ‘fish’ for fellow tribal members to use and for decoy

collectors from around the country. Jerry works at the LdF Youth Center where he mentors kids in the traditional art of decoy carving.

Jerry is a skilled teacher and frequent instructor at the Woodland Indian Art Center. He has taught adults and youth the art of decoy carving, hand drum making, and making dream catchers. You will bring home your own hand-carved wooden fish decoy!


SPECIAL EVENT

The Summer Northwoods Art TourFriday, July 27; Saturday, July 28; Sunday, July 29

10am – 5pm all 3 days

Enjoy artists’ demonstrations, browse our Native arts library, and enjoy light refreshments as you select from a wide selection of beautifully handcrafted American Indian artwork. Demonstrations of traditional Ojibwe off-loom beadwork by Phyllis Wyse and demonstrations of traditional American Indian Art Loom by Isaiah Brokenleg.

Some of the Northwoods’ finest artists and artist-owned galleries are allowing visitors a behind-the-scenes view of how their work is created. The Northwoods Art Tour features on-site artist demonstrations, original local art for sale, and access to many artist studios and galleries.

Visit www.northwoodsarttour.com for a map and the complete schedule.


for simple projects and guest artists stopping in to teach techniques. Our beading collective has been building steam all winter and we welcome you to the collective. Potluck nights will be posted online. The new Native art book library has many examples of beautiful beadwork to inspire you.


THURSDAYS (August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30)

Leather Pouch ClassEvery Thursday afternoon in August, 2pm-4pm



Game NightEvery Thursday evening in August, 5-7pm



FRIDAYS (August 3, 10, 17, 31)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Friday afternoon in August, 2-4pm



AUGUST 2012

TUESDAYS (August 7, 14, 21, 28)

Dream Catcher ClassEvery Tuesday afternoon in August, 2-4pm



Art & Craft Night Every Tuesday evening in August, 5-7pm



WEDNESDAYS (August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)

Beaded Keychain ClassEvery Wednesday afternoon in August from 2pm-4pm (Note: we will not have class on July 4, but we will be at the Lac du Flambeau parade and hope to see you there!)



Beading CollectiveBuilding Community through Beading!Every Wednesday evening in August, 5-7pm

Bring your current beading project or start something new. Advanced beaders and beginners alike are welcome. We will have beading instructions


Birch Bark Baskets~Wiigwaasi Makak with master artists Sandra and David PetersonSaturday, August 4, 10am – 4pm


Cost: $50 per person/$30 tribal members. Class size limited to the first 15 who register with payment.

Baby Moccasin-Making WorkshopSaturday, August 11, 10am-4pm

Artist Greg Johnson will teach the traditional art of making Ojibwe-style moccasins. You will leave with a wonderful pair of baby moccasins to give as a gift or a keepsake.


Beaded Earring ClassSaturday, August 18, 10am-4pm

Artist Phyllis Wyse will provide instruction on making a beautiful pair of beaded earrings. Select from a huge assortment of colorful beads and leave with your own unique fashion statement. This is a class for everyone—beginning and advanced beaders alike.


SPECIAL EVENT

Native Writers Weekend (Friday and Saturday, August 24 and 25)

Manoominike-Giizis~Wild Rice Moon August Reading Readings by Heid Erdrich, Mildred “Tinker” Schuman, and Ardie Medina

Friday, August 24, 5pm – 7pm

Heid E. Erdrich is author of four poetry collections, most recently Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems from University of Arizona Press. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibway, Heid Erdrich grew up in Wahpeton, North Dakota. She earned degrees from Dartmouth College and The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. A recipient of Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships, awards from The Loft Literary Center, the Archibald Bush Foundation and elsewhere, Heid Erdrich has four times been nominated for the Minnesota Book Award which she won in 2009 for her book National Monuments from Michigan State University Press. Heid directs Wiigwaas Press, an Ojibwe language publisher.

Mildred “Tinker” Schuman, aka Migizikwe (Eagle Woman), is a Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Elder, Ojibwe healer, grandmother, teacher, and published poet. Mildred is the co-author of The Healing Blanket ~ Stories, Values and Poetry from Ojibwe Elders and Teachers.

Ardie Ann Medina is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and a scholar and writer living in Minneapolis. Ardie has participated in the spoken word event TGIFrybread at Ancient Traders Gallery and was a participant in the Raking Through Books’ fourth annual Literary Love Fest.

Workshop for Writers and PoetsInstruction by Mildred “Tinker” Schuman, Heid Erdrich, and Ardie Medina

Saturday, August 25, 10am – 3pm

This workshop is open to both Native or non-Native individuals interested in poetry, free-verse, and writing inspired by Native American themes. Bring work in progress or a blank slate and an open mind.

Based on the success of our pilot program in 2011 NiiJii wrote a grant application to the Wisconsin Humanities Council and was awarded funds that allow the Woodland Indian Art Center to further broaden, develop and implement a Native American Reading Series and Native writers series.

Cost: We are pleased to offer these days of writing to you free of charge! A journal and lunch is included in the registration. Registration limited to 15.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Woodland Indian Art Center

562 Peace Pipe RoadLac du Flambeau, WI 54538(Downtown next to Goodwill)Tel: 715-588-3700

Directions

Take Hwy 51 north through Minocqua and Woodruff. Turn west onto Hwy 47. As you enter Lac du Flambeau, turn left onto Peace Pipe Rd. The Center will be on your right.

Call 715-588-3700 to register or for more information. Also, please call to confirm your workshop as they are subject to last minute changes.

For complete schedule, visit us online:woodlandindianartcenter.org

Join us this summer at the Art Center!

Native American arts programming is made possible in part by funding provided by ANA.

Northwoods NiiJii ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY, INC.

The Woodland Indian Art Center is a program of Northwoods NiiJii.

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