Artists' Talk and Film Screening: Our Knowledge Is Power

The Cultures of Beauty and Survival in Isle de Jean Charles, LA and Shishmaref, AK
Date
Sep 22, 2023, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Taplin Gallery, Arts Council of Princeton
Audience
Open to the public
Related link
Full Exhibit Details - Arts Council of Princeton

Speakers

  • Chantel Comardelle
    Tribal Executive Secretary of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation, Louisiana
  • Dennis Davis
    Community artist of the Native Inupiat Village, Shishmaref, Alaska

Details

Two artist images from Louisiana coast and Alaska ice, person with pickax

Above photos: Island of Paradise, courtesy of Pete Mueller; Got Water, Dennis Davis

Artist Dennis Davis and Chantel Comardelle have partnered to bring us a multimedia exhibit showcasing the beauty of culture and the price of the climate crisis.The stunning images will introduce you to their communities and sacred traditions.

The Exhibit will run from September 9-30 at Taplin Gallery, Arts Council of Princeton, Downtown Princeton, NJ.

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Thurs: 9am-5pm
Fri & Sat: 10am-4pm
Sun: 9am-1pm

Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 9 | 3-5pm

Artist Talk & Film Screening:
Friday, September 22 | 4-7pm

 

Exhibition sponsors:
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Program for Community Engaged Scholarship (ProCES), Princeton Department of History,Princeton Department of Anthropology, Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities, Fluid Futures Forum,Environmental Humanities and Social Transformation Colloquium, Lewis Center for the Arts, Native American and Indigenous StudiesInitiative at Princeton, NSF Grant #1921045: Adaptations to Repetitive Flooding: Understanding Cross-Cultural and Legal Possibilities forLong-Term Solutions to Flooding Disaster, Center for Policy Research on Energy and Environment (C-PREE)

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