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Take Another Look:
"Public Art Journeys - Stepping Up and Into Public Art"
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Take Another Look: "Public Art Journeys - Stepping Up and Into Public Art"
Join us as Noel Begay (she/her/we), Public Art Project Coordinator, and local artist J P 제피 [s(he), (he)r / he, him / they, them] talk about their journeys into public art and professional collaboration to do the necessary work to reach out to Tribal governments for permission to build and root upon Tribal lands.
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Noel shares her internal work through generational trauma, trusting in her Diné culture to guide her work within the City as well as what it means to reverse dominant/colonial culture by centering Indigenous perspectives and beliefs. J P discusses their projects that seek to layer the voices and stories of Albuquerque's Asian community and explore respectful cross-cultural depictions of and belonging to land. | |
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Noel Begay (she/her/we) is Diné, Native New Mexican and is the Associate Public Art Project Coordinator with othe Public Art Urban Enhancement Division. Noel is Dibéłizhiní, born for Táchii’nii, her maternal grandfather is Tł’ógí and her paternal grandfather is Tábaahá. She studied art and art history, where she completed her B.F.A. in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in Printmaking and Painting, from the University of New Mexico.
She was a former studio technician/curator with both UNM & CNM, which led to teaching summer art classes specializing in printmaking on the Navajo Nation. She eventually went forward with serving as a Native American Liaison among multiple Non-Profit Indigenous Organizations (including Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons with the U.S. Justice Department & Local Law Enforcement Agencies). She formerly served as the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA) Intern assisting with a national fundraising silent auction project. She volunteers with the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe with fundraising events for student scholarship monies to give to future students. She most recently provided administrative support for the City of Albuquerque in the Environmental Health Department during 2020-2022.
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J P 제피 [s(he), (he)r* / he, him / they, them] is a bicultural and bigender artist, color explorer, tree steward, truthseeker, and community builder. At the age of 19, J P invented a sculptural form of fabric stretched on wood frames that materially collapses genres, identities, and norms.
(He)r current transdisciplinary explorations exist in an ontological space developed through community social practice, ceremony, sound, folk songs, sculpture, site-specific installation, works on paper, and performance and present stories of ritual integration and spiritual journeys. He is committed to tracing intercontinental and spiritual lines between land, trees, culture, ancestors, and community to map past, present, and future ecosystems of belonging.
J P was awarded the Artists at Work residency in the Borderlands in 2023 and the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Resiliency Residency for 2024-25. Their work has been shown nationally at art fairs, galleries, and museums, including the New Mexico Museum of Art, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, and the Vladem Contemporary.
*s(he) is pronounced like “she”, and (he)r is pronounced like “her”
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Learn More About the People, Places, and Projects Discussed in Episode 14 | |
Land, Lives, and Peoples Acknowledgement for the Albuquerque Arts Board | |
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The Albuquerque Arts Board meets on the traditional and occupied lands of the Tiwa (Tee-wah) People - with its nearest descendants being Sandia, Isleta and Laguna Pueblo.
We are grateful of these ancestral lands and recognize that our acknowledgement is more than mere words and serves a deeper purpose. It is the first step of progression to reconcile with the twenty-three federally recognized Indigenous communities of NM and we strive for personal and professional excellence.
For the City of Albuquerque to thrive today, the original Puebloan Peoples, Diné Nation, and Apache Nations had to endure genocide, displacement and assimilation in order to re-write the narrative of colonialism and its ongoing status. Acknowledgement also requires holding both the beauty and pain in supporting ongoing dialogues and sharing of stories.
It is with deepest sincerity that we gather in honor of Indigenous resilience, continued stewardship, cultural preservation, and authentic history. We keep this in mind while we work to maintain healthy and abundant relationships with all Native communities.
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According to the Zia Pueblo: "The Zia Sun Symbol symbol originated with the Native Americans of Zia [pronounce it 'tSEEE-ah'] Pueblo (Indian village) in ancient times. The symbol has sacred meaning to the Zia. Four is a sacred number that symbolizes the Circle of Life: four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four sacred obligations. The circle binds the four elements of four together."
Learn more about Zia Pueblo, the Zia Sun Symbol, and how to request the use of the symbol.
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J P 제피's Public Art Projects | |
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My Story is Golden proposed outdoor sculpture
Learn more about My Story is Golden.
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My Story is Golden is a community-based storytelling program initiated during J P's Artists at Work residency.
It is a response to prevailing cultural exclusion and reduction of Asian Americans to ornament or threat. It is also a reflection of J P's urge to root and belong, a longing shared by many of the Asian diaspora.
The next stage of the project seeks to build a sculptural structure of a golden tree housing a multimedia sound and video installation that centers the layered voices and stories of Albuquerque's Asian community. The intention is to create a multi-sensory, immersive experience and respectfully narrate a collective story of rooting and belonging.
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We are of the Mountain is a mixed-media mural for the Albuquerque Sunport, that will trace transcontinental and cross-cultural lines. (He)r design is based on Irworobongdo, the royal Korean screen painting that depicts a stylized moon, sun, and five mountain peaks. He draws an intercontinental line between land, mountains, tree, culture, and community with images and icons unique to New Mexico that also have a global relevance. | |
We are of the Mountain design concept | |
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J P's design concept utilizes translucent paint to layer iconic silhouettes and symbolic shapes, and integrates fabric sculpture and thread weaving as a reference to traditional fiber arts. They will begin installation once the project is approved by City Council.
Learn more about the Sunport Public Art Projects.
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Learn More About J P and Their Work | |
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J P is one of the artists featured in Richard Levy Gallery's Trees exhibition on view through September 14, 2024. Trees is an exhibition of artworks by 14 artists exploring the concept of trees and invites guests to consider their relationship with nature and interconnectivity with the living world through the art experience.
Learn more about Trees and exhibition events.
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Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women - Based in Albuquerque, working to stop violence against Native women and children by advocating for social change in our communities. Follow them on Instagram: @csvanw
Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives Coalition - Based in Gallup, developing a framework for a proposed Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives (MMDR) data institute and to create a missing persons community action toolkit to empower Navajo communities to be proactive in prevention, awareness, and mobilization to recover missing relatives and provide support to families of MMDR. Follow them on Instagram: @navajommdr
Three Sisters Collective - Oga Pogeh (Santa Fe) based Pueblo/Indigenous women-led grassroots organization that restores wellness and uplifts traditional lifeways with an emphasis on art, advocacy, education, and community building.
Follow them on Instagram: @threesisterscollective
National Indigenous Women's Resource Center - Based in Montana, providing national leadership to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates and offering culturally grounded resources, technical assistance and training, and policy development to strengthen tribal sovereignty. Follow them on Instagram: @niwrc
NDN Collective - Indigenous-led organization, based in South Dakota, dedicated to building Indigenous power through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building and narrative change to create sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms. Follow them on Instagram: @ndncollective
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Episode 15 Sneak Peek: Public Art Journeys | |
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Join us tomorrow from 5 - 7 p.m. for the opening reception of the Punched Tin and Poet Laureate Exhibition at Gallery One!
In episode 15, joni will be talking with punched tin artist Esteban Durán and 2016-2018 Albuquerque Poet Laureate Manuel Gonzalez about their individual artistic journeys as well as their collaboration for the Punched Tin and Poet Laureate Frame Public Art Project.
Learn more about the project and art exhibition.
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