IAIA Alumni Attending Culture Expo in China Melissa Cody, Steve LaRance and Linda Lomahaftewa, IAIA alumni, will be the first Native American artists to participate in a Culture Expo in China during October. They will be displaying and selling their art at The West Lake International Expo on Traditional Craftsmanship, which is held under the auspices of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and China National Center for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, October 17th – 20th in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is an internationally famous tourism city in China with 8.8 million people near Shanghai, one of the world’s largest cities with a population of 23 million people, Melissa Cody, a Navajo, is a contemporary weaver who specializes in the Germantown Revival style of weaving. Steve LaRance is a Hope-Assiboine jeweler and designer. Linda Lomahaftewa is a professor of Studio Arts (painting) at IAIA. The three will join 400 other participants from all over the world to display and sell their art to an estimated one million visitors. In addition, Professor Lomahaftewa will join 30 other international and local Chinese scholars in attending a four-day workshop on safeguarding and promoting sustainable development of traditional craftsmanship. Dr. Robert Martin, President of IAIA, has worked with the two international coordinators of this Expo – Kevin Zheng, the owner of the Asian Restaurant in Santa Fe and Ying Zhang, a poet and the first Chinese student at IAIA, to identify the three IAIA alumni participants. Dr. Martin “says this will be a great opportunity to raise the awareness of IAIA and its talented alumni in China and on an international level.” Once the artists are in China, costs for domestic transportation, food and lodging will be covered by the Chinese Organizing Committee. Expenses for the cost of international airfare, however, will have to be raised. Mr. Zheng has committed to assist the artists with their international flight tickets by scheduling a fundraiser at his Asian Restaurant, 2400 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe. Sep. 13th – 15th. Mr. Zheng will contribute 25% of the proceeds for that weekend to cover travel expenses for the artists. In addition, a silent art auction will be held in which patrons will have an opportunity to bid on art donated by the artists, Mr. Zheng and others. Email: [email protected] Email:asianrestaurant2007@hotmail Tel: 505-983-3600 Asian Restaurant Tel: 505-424-2301 Dr. Robert Martin
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 05:27:29 +0000
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