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Saturday & Saturday, May 19 & 20, 2007 There are big changes this year in the Indian Fair and Market at the San Diego Museum of Man. For the first time in our history, admission to the artists' area outside and the entertainment inside the Museum will be free for everyone. And we will have the fair one month earlier than usual. We will be welcoming back established friends and greeting newer emerging artists on the third weekend in May. We will again have the Juried Competition on Friday night, followed by two full days of artists' sales and demonstrations, music and dancing, and educational events. Plan now to join us for the Indian Fair and Market, May 19 and 20, and the special Juried Competition and Evening Preview on May 18. We hope that you will visit often over the weekend and bring family and friends for some spectacular shopping and fun. There will also be a Craft Corner featuring reasonably priced arts and activities for children, including pinch pots and beaded necklaces. Docents and staff will offer guided tours of the Kumeyaay exhibit and the ‘ewaa, a Kumeyaay house.
Another new and exciting feature this year will be artists from Latin America. These include Kuna artists from Panama, who make beautiful reverse appliqué molas, and Seri (Comca'ac) basket weavers and shell jewelry makers from Sonora, Mexico. Also new is The Living Traditions Dance Troupe, which will perform both Saturday and Sunday, doing dances that include the Eagle Dance, Grass Dance, Fancy Shawl Dance, Horsetail Dance, and Hoop Dance, as well as the audience-interactive Round/Friendship Dance. They will also perform songs including the Apache Water Drum song, a Maricopa Song, and a Dine' corn grinding song. We will again launch this year's event with an Evening Preview May 18 from 6:00 to 9:00. Highlights will be up to three hours of jazz piano, performed by solo jazz pianist Larry Redhouse, and the awarding of prizes for the Juried Competition. Prizes of $250 will be offered for the best art in the individual categories of weaving, beadwork, pottery, metal and non-metal jewelry, cultural items, woodcarving, sculpture, and painting. All items entered in the competition will have been made within the last year. A Best in Show prize of $1000 will be awarded to one of the individual winners. The panel of judges will include several Native Americans. There will also be a chance for early shopping and opportunities to converse with artists about the items they have brought for this year's Fair. To whet your appetite for this year's Juried Competition, we are featuring profiles of the 2006 Juried Competition winners on our Museum News page at this link. We thank our sponsors Viejas Enterprises, Sycuan Resort and Casino, the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and Banco Popular for their support of the 24th Annual Indian Fair. Please watch for your letter with details and raffle tickets, and show your support for this important educational event.
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