2011 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 24 Mar 2011 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | 207 Marston |
| Cost: | free |
| Contact: | Lynn Paxson |
| Phone: | 515-294-4026 |
| Channel: | College of Design |
| Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee/Yakama) is a multi-talented artist whose work spans a range of media and lifestyles. A graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts, he is an artist, graphic designer, photographer, writer and a nonprofit professional. He is also a traditional singer and dancer.
Throughout his career, Echo-Hawk has merged traditional values with his lifestyle and art. He has shown his work in major exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally in New York, Chicago, Denver, Santa Fe, and Frankfurt, Germany, among others. His poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies throughout the U.S., and his plays have been performed and produced across the nation.
Echo-Hawk is also an advocate and an educator. He travels extensively, creating live works of art for auction. Through his art, Echo-Hawk has raised thousands of dollars for several national nonprofit organizations. Additionally, he speaks at conferences, conducts workshops, and teaches both art and writing.
In 2006, Echo-Hawk co-founded NVision, serving as executive director until 2009. NVision is a nonprofit collective of Native American artists, musicians, community organizers, and nonprofit professionals who focus on Native American youth empowerment through multimedia arts. Echo-Hawk is a 2008 First Peoples Fund Business in Leadership Fellow, a 2008 United States Artist Fellow nominee, a 2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellow nominee, and a 2008 Boulder County Multicultural Award recipient.
To learn more about the artist and his work, go to:
www.nvisionit.org
www.myspace.com/cominghorse
www.myspace.com/bunkhauswax
www.facebook.com/bunky.echohawk
The 2011 Richard Thompson Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the United Native American Student Association (UNASA), the American Indian Rights Organization (AIRO), the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), and the Richard Thompson Memorial Fund. Additional funding and support for the program are provided by David and Hanna Gradwohl, Painters Anonymous, the American Indian Studies Program, and the College of Design. The event is free and open to the public.