Category: Arts

• Aboriginal Art in America, Again (Summer 2012)

  Originally posted on Aboriginal Art & Culture: an American eye: At the risk of repeating myself, this is an extraordinary year for Aboriginal Australian Art in America.  This week I’m not going to comment again on Ancestral Modern at the Seattle Art Museum (other than to plug it one more time).  But I still have…

  Michael Watson PhD

  June 26, 2012

  Arts, First Nations

  Arts, Australian Aboriginal Art

• Water Is Rising:Dreaming the Renewal of the Sacred Hoop

  The cast radiated caring, openheartedness, and sincerity. Through the instrument of the show, they offered us, the audience, a glimpse into their lives and culture, lives centered on the sea, singing, and dancing. They also offered a dream of a healed, caring, humane world. They cast no stones, demonstrated no animosity, occupied only the stage…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 20, 2011

  Arts, First Nations, Sacred Lands, Social issues

  healing, Sacred Hoop, Water Is Rising

• Art and Ceremony

  This past weekend was Art Hop, a massive gathering of artists and art lovers taking place in Burlington’s South End arts district. This year we showcased Jennie’s monoprints. Many of the over 700 people who came through our office stopped to chat about the work. We send a warm and grateful “Thank You!” to all…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 12, 2011

  Arts, Healing, Shamanism

  9-11, Art Hop, Ceremony of Remembrance, Fire

• Passover

  Tonight we focus on slavery and redemption. At some point during dinner, having invited Elijah, and all other prophets who spoke for the good of all people, to join us, we will raise a cup and ask the age old question, “If not freedom and justice now, then when?”

  Michael Watson PhD

  April 18, 2011

  Arts

  genocide, holocaust, Klezmatics, Native American