February 7 - 28, 2024
From the Amarillo Museum of Art:
“Join Amarillo Museum of Art and Panhandle PBS for an on-campus series of films, art and free lunch each Wednesday in February in the third-floor library at the Amarillo Museum of Art, located at 2200 S. Van Buren.
This event series explores Native American perspectives on identity, storytelling, the buffalo, and more. Designed to connect the Amarillo Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” with local and national Panhandle PBS content around the Ken Burns film, “The American Buffalo,” the series is free of charge and open to the public. Each event in the series will begin at 11:45 a.m. with a free lunch while supplies last, followed by a 12 p.m. film screening and a 12:30 p.m. gallery talk on the exhibit, “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions.” Screenings include:
February 7: Ken Burns “The American Buffalo” – Segments of the Ken Burns film tracing the mammal’s evolution, its significance to the Great Plains, and its relationship to the Indigenous People of North America.
February 14: “Strong Spirit,” Episode One – Local Panhandle PBS production featuring the Goodnight buffalo herd at Caprock Canyons State Park and how bison impact the ecosystem.
February 21: “Homecoming” – New PBS film directed by Julianna Brannum extending the story of “The American Buffalo” to present by examining the return of buffalo to Indigenous lands today, with additional new content from Panhandle PBS on Native American representation in cultural and historical institutions.
February 28: “Strong Spirit,” Episode Two – Local Panhandle PBS production exploring the way Native Americans use storytelling to pass down tribal knowledge and traditions. For more information about “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions,” contact the Amarillo Museum of Art at (806)371-5050 or [email protected]. For more information about “The American Buffalo,” or local content like “Strong Spirit,” visit panhandlePBS.org/AmericanBuffalo.
This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed at these events does not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Humanities Texas. “In Our Own Words: Native Impressions” is one in a series of American art exhibitions created through a multi-year, multi-institutional partnership formed by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art as part of the Art Bridges Cohort Program. Local support for “The American Buffalo” was provided by the Carol K. Engler Foundation, the Jason Roselius Memorial Foundation, and West Texas A&M University. Corporate funding for “The American Buffalo” was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and its following members: The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation fund at the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Diane and Hal Brierly; The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment; John and Catherine Debs; Kissick Family Foundation; Fred and Donna Seigel; Jacqueline Mars; John and Leslie McQuown; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones. Funding was also provided by The Volgenau Foundation.”
2200 Van Buren
Amarillo, 79109 TX
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