3rd Annual Boots & Beads Art Auction + Indigenous Showcase

Please join us for Triia’s 3rd Annual Boots & Beads Art Auction + Indigenous Showcase at the Pub Station.
This event features live music, comedy, dinner, and auctions.
Triia – Teaching. Reaching. Innovative. Indigenous. Artists., as part of the Native American Development Corporation (NADC), would like to share with you the announcement of our ‘3rd annual Boots & Beads Art Auction & Indigenous Showcase’ to be held in conjunction with Native American Development Corporation’s 15th annual Big Sky Native ECon conference. Boots and Beads brings together Native American entrepreneurs, artists, and business leaders from multiple communities across the country, providing an original networking opportunity.
Enjoy a farm-to-table 3-course dinner, live music from Native American performing artists, and the opportunity to bid on original works of art from a few of our favorite accomplished Native American artists.
  • Posted on: July 25, 2024

Featured: MSU Billings Native American Achievement Center showcases tribal art and culture Week Ahead With 2 FREE Lectures & 2 Walking Tours

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July 26, 2022

The Native American Achievement Center at Montana State University Billings has been awarded a Supporting Indigenous Arts Mastery program grant for the 2022-2023 academic year.

The SIAM program is designed to help community colleges and four-year public and private universities in supporting cultural arts of tribal communities under the institution’s outreach and own departments. The program is modeled after the work of The Evergreen State College’s Longhouse Education and Cultural Center and is designed to help support work done by institutions with tribal communities to support visual arts.

The NAAC will be utilizing the program and funding to initiate a series of workshops highlighting the unique artwork and culture of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes. Workshops will include crafting high-top moccasins, feather fans, and belt making; lectures related to the culture and historical significance of these objects; and a final exhibit and reception of the artwork completed over the three-month program.

“This project is an acknowledgement and tribute to the importance of indigenous arts and culture,” says Sunny Day Real Bird, director of the Native American Achievement Center. “It’s a way to show respect for the work of artists and cultural keepers by sharing their talent and knowledge. By focusing on a Native American student presence, the work and lineage of these artists and their predecessors will live on in the future artwork of the attending participants.”

The workshops will be free to students from the Native American Achievement Center and tribal members. Remaining spots in the program will be reserved for certified educators in Montana who will be able to enroll and earn continuing education credits for a fee, based on the cost of materials.

“I am excited for the opportunity for MSU Billings to partner with the Crow and Northern Cheyenne reservations to support Native American art and culture on our campus,  Our students and community will be able to learn more about cultural insights and historical knowledge through this program.” says MSUB Chancellor Stefani Hicswa.

Learn more about the Native American Achievement Center and Supporting Indigenous Arts Mastery program.

This program is made possible by a grant from the “House of Welcome Cultural Arts Center.”