The Spirit Within: Creation, Community and Renewal in Indigenous Art
November 13, 2011 – February 12, 2012
ARTISTS
Colleen Cutschall
L. Frank
Kieren Karritypul
Gracie Kumbi
Frank LaPena
Judith Lowry
Patricia Marrfurra
Mario Martinez
Dominica Mullins
Marita Sambono
Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday November 13, 2011
12:30-2pm, with viewing hours until 5pm
GALLERY HOURS
Sunday 2-5pm + by appointment
The Spirit Within: Creation, Community and Renewal in Indigenous Art emerges from the theme of dadirri, what Aboriginal artist Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann – a renowned educator and artist from the Daly River community of Australia – describes as the deep spring that resides in all of us, a quiet contemplation or awareness that enriches our lives. As close observers of their environment, other Daly River artists join in the colorful play with nature, family, community and cultural retrieval through their art. In response to the inter-relatedness that this spirit within evokes, Native American artists reflect their own cultural standpoints through selected works that invite contemplation and cross-cultural dialogue. The visual exchange also connects us to the artists’ concerns with homeland and healing as important dimensions of creation, community, and renewal.
The Merrepen Arts Centre on the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia provided works by Aborignal artists Kieren Karritypul, Gracie Kumbi, Patricia Marrfurra, Dominica Mullins and Marita Sambono. Opened in 1986, the Merrepen Arts Centre supports its community’s local artists who work in a variety of traditional and contemporary media and hosts an annual Arts and Sports Festival and a gallery that showcases its artist’s work year-round. Special thanks to Lizz Bott, CEO of the Merrepen Arts Centre, for facilitatingthe participation of its artists.
A Contemplation of Place
by James R. Blattler, S.J., Manresa Gallery’s Director & Curator
Creation, Community and Renewal
by Tressa Berman, Ph.D., Curatorial Consultant
View images of works included in the exhibition
View photos from the opening on our blog
Full color brochures printed on the occasion of the exhibition are available in the Gallery (essays included are above).
For more information please email info@manresagallery.org or call 415.422.6639
Image Credit: Mario Martinez, Yaqui Abstraction 1 (2011),
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches, Courtesy of the Artist
From KINO to SERRA: JESUIT & FRANCISCAN MISSIONS
Mainland Mexico, Arizona & the Two Californias, 1683 – 1782
April 10 – June 26, 2011
Photography by: Jeffrey Becom, Edward McCain, Edward W. Vernon & 19th Century Sepia Tones from the California Views Archive
[click image to view more installation shots]
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, April 10, 12:30 – 2 PM
LECTURE SERIES
Father Kino: Missionary and Brother
by Rev. Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology
Sunday, April 10, 10:45 AM
Berman Hall, Fromm building, USF
This Old Church: Preservation & Conservation of California’s Mission Heritage
by David Wessel, Architectural Resources Group
Sunday, May 15, 10:50 AM
Xavier Hall, Fromm building, USF
Generous support provided by: John Hawk, Head Librarian for the Donohue Rare Book Room at the University of San Francisco, Dr. M. Antoni J. Ucerler, S.J., Senior Tutor, University of Oxford for research initially for the exhibition “Legacies of the Book,” the Etherton Gallery in Tucson, John Castagna of Monterey for making the Vernon and California Views prints, the Rev. John C. Griffin and Nicki Pasculli at Carmel Mission. Generous funding for the exhibition has been provided by The Genevieve Blaettler Endowment Fund for the Visual Arts.
