Save the Date!
Actually save two dates. First …
Dorothy Ramon Learning Center’s annual celebration of Southern California Native American cultures is coming right up! Please join us for the Dragonfly Gala at Morongo Community Center on Morongo Reservation, August 13, 2022.
Center President and Elder Ernest Siva (Cahuilla/Serrano) invites you:
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Dragonfly Gala Delights:
Food. Eat a delicious dinner featuring traditional pit BBQ beef cooked by the Mathews family, salads, and more. Say “yes” to desserts.
Singing and dancing. Lift your heart with traditional bird songs, flute music, and more.
Shop! Find eclectic art, Native American jewelry, and much more in the Center’s famed silent auction and for sale, every penny from your purchase helping the 501c3 Dorothy Ramon Learning Center save and share Native American cultures.
Dragonfly Exchange! Bring a dragonfly that you’ve made, and take one home in the community dragonfly exchange, celebrating the kind heart that brings Dragonfly to you and to others.
This year’s Dragonfly Gala theme is Native art.
Celebrate Southern California Native American art, cultures, and the 2022 Dragonfly Award winner for soaring achievements in saving and sharing Native American cultures, Gerald Clarke of Cahuilla Reservation.
Gerald Clarke, at left, shown singing at a previous Dragonfly Gala, is the 2022 Dragonfly Award winner.
(Carlos Puma Photo)
Details:
Aug. 13, 2022, Morongo Community Center, Morongo Reservation.
Your $50 ticket, $1,000; $2,000; $3,000 tables; or sponsorship all support the 501c3 Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, led by Elder Ernest Siva.
Please RSVP, and reserve your seat or table, space is limited!
Gerald Clarke is a Cahuilla artist, rancher, bird singer, professor of ethnic studies at UC Riverside, member of the California Arts Council, just to name a few ways he shares Cahuilla culture and serves the community.
Read more about his art in here, in News from Dorothy Ramon Learning Center.
And Save this Other Date! In July, come to the Center to discover and explore Native American art with artist
Gerald Clarke.
Gerald Clarke, photo courtesy of UC Riverside Communications.
“Exploring Native American Art with Gerald Clarke,” a community cultural in-person gathering and Dragonfly Lecture at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 11, 2022, at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San Gorgonio Avenue, Banning. Suggested donation $10. Join us for a creative journey with Cahuilla artist Gerald Clarke.
“Combining various media in his sculptures, paintings, and installations, Clarke derives artistic inspiration from his homeland’s cultural heritage and its desert and mountain environment. He utilizes wit and humor to expose historical and present-day injustices found in critical social, economic, and environmental issues facing our world.
“Art and life are inseparable for Gerald Clarke and his creative acts are expressions of sovereignty. The use of found and everyday objects ranging from discarded books and beer cans to gumball machines and road signs occurs throughout Clarke’s career. He often incorporates Cahuilla elements blending the traditional with the contemporary to bridge past and present. Clarke’s art celebrates life experiences—from joyous to tragic, from past to present—by deploying common objects and everyday iconography in his work. These everyday objects are part of a dynamic living present that he uses to express his contemporary perspective on the world.” — Provided by Palm Springs Art Museum during his 2020 museum exhibit, “Falling Rock.”
We look forward to seeing you, and thank you! News from Dorothy Ramon Learning Center welcomes your EMAIL. Thank you from Editor Pat Murkland, June 8, 2022.