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Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu

Oct. 17, 2007

Maxwell Museum Goes Alaskan in Art, Music, Dance and Cuisine

Maxwell Museum features an array of exhibits, performances and celebrations in honor of its 75 th anniversary this month.

The museum’s Artisans of the World presents “Eskimo Drawings,” a discussion of various drawings done by Inupiat, Yup'ik and Siberian on Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. Yupik Eskimo artists from the late 19th to mid 20th century show various aspects of Native life along the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The evening also includes a lecture by Walter Van Horn. Free and open to the public.

On Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m., Pamyua! Tribal Funk and World Music will be featured at UNM’s Keller Hall in the Center for the Arts, $15, $10, (students, seniors, children). Tickets are available at www.unmtickets.com or 925-5858, or at the UNM Bookstore box office. Alaskan Native musicians Pamyua! are winners of the Record of the Year at the Native American Music Awards, were Grammy Award performers and were nominated for the Aboriginal People’s Choice Awards.Pamyua! will wow Albuquerque with traditional Yup’ik songs and world beats. Visit www.pamyua.com. Listen to Pamyua!  (MP3 attached with permission by the band.)

On Saturday, Oct. 27, 1-3:30 p.m., Maxwell presents Passport to People Family Program Native Alaskan Ceremonial Life. Find out what it would be like to be a giant whale or try on a gut skin parka or a Qaspeq (kuspek), the traditional dress worn by Inupiat and Yupik boys and girls. Experience Native Alaskan Ceremonial Life through traditional drum making by Ossie Kairaiuak. Visitors will learn to make an Inviting In or Messenger feast mask and hear stories from the Bering Sea region. Free and open to the public.

Saturday night “Celebrate the Maxwell,” from 7-10 p.m., in an evening of ethnic delicacies, international fine cuisine and performances spanning the globe. Featuring Native Alaskan musicians Pamyua, Leyla Najma Egyptian Cabaret belly dancing, Flamenco by Isabel and Gabriel Fuentes and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Youth Dance Troupe. Music by Sadaqah and Edward Baca. Tango under the stars!

Enjoy the opening of parts three and four of North by Southwest: Bering Sea Communities, Collaborations and Collections, Maxwell’s 75th anniversary commemorative exhibit. Tickets $25, at the Museum Shop or call 277-4405

Proceeds support cultural programs.

For more information on any event call 277-1400 or visit http://maxwellmuseum.unm.edu

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