The Tribal Virtual Network (TVN) will have a blue ribbon cutting ceremony event on the Access Grid (AG) Thursday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. The TVN/AG is a consortium of five New Mexico tribes and the University of New Mexico Arts of the Americas Institute -- all working on a technology project that uses Access Grid or AG technology to enable real time audio/video communication between multiple sites using Internet connectivity.
The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce and includes the Pueblos of Pojoaque, Jemez, Zuni, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the Jicarilla Apache Cultural Center.
The ceremony will occur ‘virtually' over the TVN/AG in the Tribal Virtual Network's institutional venue. Many sites within the Access Grid community are expected to participate in the event. The ceremony will open with Dr. Maria Williams, associate director of the Arts of the Americas Institute. Presentations and participation by tribal officials at the individual tribal sites will also be part of the event.
Two weeks of special activities will take place over the TVN/AG including an appearance by Cochiti drum maker Arnold Herrera who will conduct a drum making demonstration. Each partner site will feature an event. On April 30, Maureen Olson and Wilhelmina Phone from the Jicarilla Apache Culture Center will give a lecture on the Jicarilla Apache language and history. On May 4, Lee Derks from UNM will provide on-line tutoring on how to create a web site.
For more information contact Maria Williams or Lee Derks at 505-277-2282 or go to the TVN/AG website: http://finearts.unm.edu/tvn/.
Note to editors: The event is "virtual" but media are invited to attend at the UNM Access Grid site -- located in the High Performance Computing Center on Central one block west of University on the north side.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Posted by kwentworth at April 21, 2004 02:26 PM