National Museum of the American Indian
George Gustave Heye Center, One Bowling Green
Thursday, August 25, free, 6:00
212-514-3700
www.nmai.si.edu
www.prestonsingletary.com
Tlingit artist Preston Singletary will be at the National Museum of the American Indian on August 25 at 6:00 to talk about his stunning exhibit, “Echoes, Fire, and Shadows.” Running through September 5, the midcareer retrospective consists of more than fifty glass sculptures and a wall mural that trace the artist’s twenty years of making ornamental, ceremonial, and unusual glass-blown and painted objects. “I sometimes hope that people will view my work on other levels not associated with ‘ethnic art,’” Singletary explains. “At the same time, it is this inspiration that gives my work its power. I see my work as an extension of tradition and a declaration that Native cultures are alive and developing new technologies and new ways of communicating the ancient codes and symbols of this land.” Also on view at the museum are “Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian” and “Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian.”