THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
NEWS 5A
HASKELL
Artists convey culture to community
Traditional dances, art work displayed at annual Native-American art show
BY DARLA SLIPKE
At the 18th annual Haskell Indian art market, large white canopies covered the powwow grounds where nearly 200 Native American artists from across the country gathered to sell their work.
Hundreds of people congregated under the tents at the outdoor market to view or purchase the works of art that celebrated Native American customs and cultures.
Several Haskell students also shared their culture with the public by performing traditional dances.
The rattling of several hundred jingle cones accompanied the pounding drum and the wall of men as Kylene Denny stepped into the circle. Wearing a dress laden with elaborate bead work and coated with conical adornments fashioned from chewing tobacco lids, she performed the jingle dance. The dance originated when a medicine man, who was unable to cure a girl in his tribe,
received a vision telling him to have her perform the healing dance.
Rebecca Jamison, Haskell junior, also danced. She and Denny said they thought of the good things in their lives when they dance.
Skionwilo Hemlock, a member of the Haskell Artist Association, watches as Hannah Nusz, Kansas City, Kan., freshmen, admires his handwork Saturday afternoon at the Haskell Indian art market on the Powwow Grounds, southwest of the Haskell campus. The market featured food, live entertainment and Native-American artisans from across the country.
In addition to the performances the market showcased art work that reflected a respect for life, nature and animals, and included pottery, paintings, woodwork, clothing and jewelry.
The Haskell volleyball team and other student groups also participated in the event by helping out. Don Cardinal, co-chairman for the event, said the market was a way to showcase the university and bring many different artists together.
The artists work was inspired by the traditions of their ancestors that were passed down to them through the generations.
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Inez Toya learned the art of making pottery when she was just a girl from her grandmother.
asked me to start forming it," Toya said.
She gave me a little mud and
Toya began selling her work when she retired from her job at a nursing home. Like her grandmother taught her, Toya used pumpkin gourds to mold her clay. She collected special black rocks from the mountains near her home in New Mexico, which she mixed with seed weed to make black paint, and soaked orange clay for three days before straining it to get red paint. She used individual strands from a yucca plant to paint intricate designs on her vases and bowls. Her designs included hummingbirds, which symbolize love and beauty and turtle shells, which symbolize long life. She also uses arrowheads in her designs.
that Indians use to carry the flag away when they defeated an army.
Painter Lynn Burnette was also inspired by a grandparent. His paintings tell the stories his grandfather told to him as a boy. One painting, "Taking Away Their Power," showed two Indians carrying the American flag. Burnette's grandfather told him
Like many of the artists, Burnette makes a living traveling to markets to sell his work, although he said it's tough sometimes.
Rose Reano said it is important
to make unique work. She makes jewelry and mosaics in a prehistoric style the way the Hohokam Indians did, using sea shells for a base, and geometric designs. She learned to make jewelry from her parents, who used to make necklaces using melted
down batteries and vinyl records. Kansan staff writer Darla Slipke can be contacted at dslipke@kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
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Despite rain, arts and crafts shine at annual festival
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From left, Jenna Horton, Topeka senior, Emily Zimmerman, Denver graduate student, and Ann Ryan, who works for the University of Kansas' Monarch Watch program, browse through the handmade jewelry, made by Overland Park resident Michelle Avery. Avery's booth was one of many showcasing original artwork or handmade crafts at Sunday's Lawrence fall arts & crafts festival at South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
BY BEN SMITH
Despite some early rain, the 27th annual Lawrence fall arts and crafts festival began Sunday at 10 a.m. in South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets, offering interesting artifacts from area and regional artists.
The fair featured glassblowers, woodworkers, photographers, hat makers, jewelers, basket-weavers and many more artisans. Children enjoyed moon walks, a train, craft booths and many other activities as parents walked in and out of tents, studying the various works.
studying the various ways Maggie Garman of Princeton makes Pysanky Ukrainian Easter Eggs, which are decorated in fine detail. She said she had been coming to the festival for about 10 years
because it was one of the more profitable shows for her.
Garman said that she liked the festival because it was close and traveling far for her has become a hassle because of the price of transporting and setting up her booth.
"You just have to take off and try out a few shows and if they prove to be pointless then you just don't go back," Garman said.
Duane Peterson, special events supervisor and organizer of the fair through the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department, said that the number of vendors was down this year. Last year, he said that about 220 vendors attended but that it had decreased this year to just under 160.
Nonetheless, Peterson said the
fair season was a national event.
"We sometimes get people from as far away as California, Texas and New Mexico," Peterson said.
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Lawrence residents shuffled along eating roasted nuts out of paper funnels, drinking lemonade and chatting up the many characters the fair had brought from near and far, while musicians such as the Billy Spears Beer Bellies and Lonnie Ray's Blues Band played in the William Kelly bandstand throughout the afternoon.
Andrea Huff and her husband, John, brought their scented soy candles from Missouri to participate for the first time in the Festival. The Huffs said a lot of people came to their booth.
Mo., photographer, said that crafts fairs were excellent places to meet people, even though she said she disliked being at the mercy of the elements.
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"At one fair I was at, I had a half dozen people in my tent trying to keep dry," said Haertup as she wiped away stray droplets on her display table. "Still, it's good to get out and let people see your stuff."
Sherri A. Haupert, Kansas City,
The department offers registration information and activities guides online at www.lprd.org.
Kansan staff writer Ben Smith can be contacted at bsmith@kansan. com.
Edited by Kate Shipley
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