Cine Las Americas Presents:
Special Guest Tracy Rector
Two Programs on Sunday, May 7th, 2017
A Conversation with Tracy Rector: You Are On Indigenous Land
Ch’aak’ S’aagi (Eagle Bone)
FREE and Open to the Public
Program One: A Conversation with Tracy Rector: You Are On Indigenous Land
Sunday, May 7th
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Spider House Ballroom
2906 Fruth Street, Austin, TX 78705
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TRACY RECTOR is a Choctaw/Seminole community organizer, serving as City of Seattle Arts Commissioner advancing artistic structure and outreach to enrich urban life and cultural diversity. She is the founder of Longhouse Media, promoting Native arts, media, cultural preservation, and social justice. Rector combines traditional and contemporary education through environmental stewardship, developing multifaceted community-based Indigenous experiences guided by contemporary Native artists. She has facilitated work with over 3,000 youth, worked as a consultant with the Seattle Art Museum as an education specialist, co-founded the art movement INDIGENIZE, founded the public campaign YOU ARE ON INDIGENOUS LAND, and serves on the Capitol Hill Arts Council. In 2016, Tracy Rector spent a month on location in Standing Rock. |
Program Two: Ch’aak’ S’aagi (Eagle Bone) VR Experience
Sunday, May 7th
Drop in for this FREE 5 min. Virtual Reality experience any time between 3PM – 6PM
Originator Studios
718 Northwestern Ave, Austin, TX 78702
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Ch’aak’ S’aagi (Eagle Bone) Tracy Rector 5 min, Color, Virtual Reality USA, 2016, English CH’AAK’ S’AAGI (EAGLE BONE) is a collective step in a new direction of visual storytelling rooted in being unapologetically Indigenous. Through freestyle spoken word and lush Pacific Northwest scenes, we enter into a journey of remembrance and reflection on the lessons of the old ones. Teachings that remind us that we are all individual vessels of spirit and change, yet inextricably connected. |