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SUMMARY:Living Lineage: Contemporary Art of the Karankawa Opening Receptio
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UID:16718
DTSTAMP:20260428T115700Z
DTSTART:20260514T230000Z
DTEND:20260515T010000Z
LOCATION:2310 Sealy Avenue, Galveston, TX 77550, United States
ROOM: McCullough Room
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception for Living Lineage: Contempor
 ary Art of the Karankawa, an art exhibition showcasing works by Karankawa 
 artists of today. Featured artists Sunshine, MoonSparkle, and Cari will gi
 ve remarks. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and ope
 n to the public. No registration is required. About the ExhibitionLiving 
 Lineage: Contemporary Art of the Karankawa is the latest chapter in the Ka
 rankawa Tribe of Texas’s journey to remind Texans that, despite centurie
 s of oppression and deliberate erasure attempts, they have persevered and 
 will continue to remain dedicated to protecting their history, language, c
 ulture, and ancestral lands. This exhibition brings together works by seve
 ral contemporary Karankawa artists whose families originate in Karankawa l
 ands and who currently reside across the country from California to New Yo
 rk and all over the state of Texas. Each work conveys the artist’s uniqu
 e reflections on the legacies of struggle, resistance, and perseverance th
 at the Karankawa people have embodied since time immemorial. The exhibitio
 n presents a diverse array of artistic mediums including collage, photogra
 phy, sculpture, textiles, and more. Several works feature the Karankawa la
 nguage as well as traditional Karankawa face tattoos and body markings. Wh
 ile diverse in their mediums and messages, all works featured in this exhi
 bition invite viewers to not only acknowledge the ancestral relationship b
 etween the Karankawa and the Gulf Coast, but also celebrate the endurance 
 and creativity of contemporary Karankawa People. The Rosenberg Library Mu
 seum staff expresses deep gratitude to Cari Villarreal Varner, Hawk Clan, 
 for her collaboration and guidance in bringing this exhibition to life. Th
 e staff also thanks all featured Karankawa artists for their participation
 .About the Karankawa PeopleThe Karankawa People are the Indigenous inhabit
 ants and stewards of what we now know as the Texas Gulf Coast. Since the m
 id-19th century, mainstream Texas history narratives incorrectly claimed t
 hat the Karankawa had gone extinct. In reality, a small population of Kara
 nkawa survived the deluge of violence and disease brought by European and 
 Anglo-American colonizers and continued to pass down their history and cul
 ture to each new generation. For the past decade, Karankawa descendants ha
 ve organized to revitalize the Karankawa Tribe of Texas, which is comprise
 d of two major clans: the Hawk Clan out of the Corpus Christi-area and the
  Coyote Clan out of the Houston-Galveston-area. The Karankawa Tribe of Tex
 as works diligently to reconnect with relatives, research and revitalize t
 he Karankawa language, develop educational programs that dispel historical
  myths told by European colonizers about the Karankawa, protect traditiona
 l ancestral sites, and safeguard Texas’ coastal environment. 
URL:https://rosenberglib.librarycalendar.com/event/karankawa-exhibit-16718
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