Opening Celebration for "I AM: Indigenous Ancestral Memory"

Name: Opening Celebration for "I AM: Indigenous Ancestral Memory"
Start: 2025-03-01T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-01T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Hickory Museum of Art

Schedule

Sat Mar 01 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Hickory Museum of Art | Hickory, NC

The evening begins in the Drendel Auditorium (in the same building as Hickory Museum of Art) where Executive Director Clarissa Starnes will outline how this project came to fruition. She will be joined on stage by special guests Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Artist and Indigenous Futurist; Kassidy Plyler (Catawba Nation), Cultural Public Programs Specialist, Catawba Nation, Cultural Division; and Randy Bacon, Photographer and Humanitarian.
Following the program, guests at the event will have first access to the "I AM" exhibitions. After exploring the galleries, the evening will conclude in the Drendel Auditorium with the premiere screening of Virgil Ortiz’s latest short film.
$20 | $15 Members
Please note there will be no food or drink at this event due to exhibition restrictions.