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MS 7514 Lecture by James Luna: "Important works from the last five years"

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Creator:
Luna, James  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs  Search this
Culture:
Luiseno/Diegueno  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
November 13, 1992
Scope and Contents:
The tape is of a lecture given at Baird Auditorium in the National History Building at the Smithsonian Institution. A pamphlet about Luna is included. Related photographs are in NAA Photographic lot 91-26.
Biographical / Historical:
James Luna is a performance artist who won the Bessie Creator Award of the New York Dance and Theater Workshop in 1991. He is a consultant to the Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, and his works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada, Whitney Museum of American Art, and many other placed in the United States. He was brought to Washington in 1992 as part of the American Indian Public Programs of the National Museum of Natural History.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7514
Local Note:
Cassette tape
Topic:
Performance art  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 7514, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7514
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b0978f70-f82e-4310-b4fa-efc6e60fc0f1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7514