Our next Dragonfly Lecture features Gerald Clarke Jr. of Cahuilla Reservation.
His art often explores what it means to be Cahuilla in the modern-day world.
Sometimes it's performance art, sometimes it's sculptures made from melted-down faucets, or paintings, or any medium you can think of (and some media you probably WON'T think of).
Gerald Clarke has been a practicing artist for close to 20 years. He has exhibited his art nationally and internationally.
In 1997, he was one of five Native artists chosen to exhibit at the Heard Museum's Seventh Invitational Exhibition.
In 2007, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis awarded Gerald with a Native Artist Fellowship Award, and this year he was nominated for a Joan Mitchell Award. Gerald's work spans painting, sculpture, installation and performance.
In his own words he refers to his medium as "kitchen sink- anything and everything I can use to convey thoughts and feelings."
Gerald will discuss his development as an artist and his beliefs on how art can engage society.
Gerald also suggests that the audience be prepared for the unexpected!
DETAILS
6 p.m. Nov. 16
Dorothy Ramon Learning Center
17 W. Hays, Banning
Donations at the door help our Nonprofit save and share Southern California's Native American cultures, languages, history, and traditional arts.
Read more about Gerald Clarke's life here.
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