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First Peoples of Alabama Grand Opening and Art Festival

  • 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL, United States, Alabama 36130 · Montgomery
Alabama Department of Archives and History Publisher / Host Alabama Department of Archives and History
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First Peoples of Alabama Grand Opening and Art Festival
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Join us in the Museum of Alabama for the grand opening of the new First Peoples of Alabama gallery and an art festival celebrating the vibrant culture of the first peoples who called the land of Alabama home. The event brings together Native artists and artisans with ancestral roots in Alabama, including many whose commissioned works appear in the new gallery.

On November 14th, visitors of all ages are invited to:
• Tour the new exhibit
• Meet the artists
• Watch demonstrations
• Make your own art
• Explore how Native communities in Alabama worked together to build societies and cultures that continue today

Schedule for the event:
10am - Muscogee painter Johnnie Diacon and Choctaw painter Ulan Moore
11:15am - Choctaw basket maker Eveline Steele and Chickasaw basket maker Sue Fish
12pm - Seminole textile artist Jake Tiger
1pm - Muscogee copper artist Amanda Rutland
1:45pm - Choctaw shell artist Mike Rose
2:30pm - Poarch artisan William Bailey
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624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL, United States, Alabama 36130

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