Returning Home: A Contemporary Native Photography Exhibition

Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies

Bard College Montgomery Place Historic Estate

This is a reservation for general admission timed entry. Please see below for links to register for opening events on April 6th. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Greenway and the Mellon Foundation:<a href="https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu" title="https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck</a> and<a href="https://www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace/" title="https://www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> The Montgomery Place Mansion</a> at Bard College proudly host <a href="https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu/returning-home/" title="https://rethinkingplace.bard.edu/returning-home/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Returning Home</a>, an exhibition curated by Rethinking Place Post-Baccalaureate Fellow Olivia Tencer and Rethinking Place Administrative Coordinator Melina Roise, open from April 6th to April 12th, 2024. This groundbreaking exhibition will feature works by four contemporary Indigenous photographers, Kali Spitzer (Kaska Dena/Jewish), Dana Claxton (Wood Mountain Lakota First Nations), Cara Romero (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe), and Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke (Crow)), along with a written commission by Bonney Hartley (Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican), and archival records of local land transfers and the United States’ Indian boarding school history. The exhibition, centered around narratives of Indigenous families, particularly women and children, will delve into the experiences of Native peoples facing settler colonialism, focusing specifically on Indigenous child removal practices and policies.Returning Home aims to highlight Indigenous representation, narrative, survivance, futurism, and resilience through contemporary Native art. The show will include pieces from the Forge Project's collection, as well as a written commission from Institute of American Indian Arts MFA Candidate Bonney Hartley. An accompanying publication will provide in-depth contextualization of land dispossession in the U.S., forced removal of Native peoples in New York State, and the impact of Indian boarding schools.The exhibition will fill various rooms within the historic Montgomery Place mansion, situated on Bard College's 380-acre estate. While the estate is renowned for its ties to the Livingston family, Montgomery Place is committed to exploring marginalized histories, including the forced removal of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community and the estate's use of enslaved African American labor.On the exhibition, Tencer writes: “This will be the first exhibition in the mansion, and the first exhibition on campus that will discuss the forced removal of the Stockbridge-Munsee peoples on current Bard lands or the Livingston’s history as one intertwined with the land dispossession of Native people in the Hudson Valley and other land bases in the East Coast. Positioned as an intervention, Returning Home disrupts preconceived notions of Native people, specifically Native women, and makes visible purposefully erased historical narratives of land and wealth accumulation in New York State.” Exhibition Viewing Hours:April 6th, 2:00-4:00pm (timed entry every 15 mins - registration required)April 7th, 1:00-5:00pmApril 10-12th, 1:30-4:00pm Schedule of Events:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-activation-returning-home-tickets-865802437397?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_source=email&utm_medium=sparkpost&utm_campaign=postpublish" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-activation-returning-home-tickets-865802437397?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_source=email&utm_medium=sparkpost&utm_campaign=postpublish">April 6th, 1:30pm: Opening Remarks &amp; Activation, poetry reading by Bonney Hartley</a> (reservation required, doors open at 1:00pm)<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/865864192107?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/865864192107?aff=oddtdtcreator">April 6th, 4:00pm: Cara Romero in conversation with Suzanne Kite</a>April 7th, 3:00pm: Dana Claxton Artist Talk, on zoom, seating available at MP visitor's center. <a href="https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b4uX8OIfQRe4JzHsfSrRtA" title="https://bard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b4uX8OIfQRe4JzHsfSrRtA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Register for the webinar here.</a>April 10th, 6:30pm: Following the Light: Cara Romero. Screening at Preston Theater, Bard College. Free, no registration required.

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