NEWSLETTER
October 22, Artpark Lower Park (South 4th Street entrance)
Lewiston, NY – On Saturday, October 22, from 1pm-4pm, Artpark presents the 1st Annual Native Fall Harvest Celebration of thanks with traditional songs, dance, harvest storytelling, Lacrosse workshop, interactive activities and a Corn Husk Doll workshop. There will also be traditional foods, beading demonstrations and an interactive native marketplace - just in time for the holiday season.
We will celebrate together in gratitude and give thanks to every living thing around for helping us live through sacrificing themselves to be food and clothing for us.
We celebrate the harvest of our Three Sisters: the corn, bean and Squash, the fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, fish, small game and other foods. We celebrate our ancestors' knowledge and their planting strategy practiced as we prepare Mother Earth for her blanket of snow and her time to replenish.
Guests will see continuous demonstrations throughout the day of unique crafts and skills at the vendors booths.
Admission is free.
Native American Harvest Celebration Activities Timeline: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
1:00pm
Preparing the Garden for her time of rest - Smudging with the medicines for those who wish to do so. Offering tobacco to the garden - all can participate.
1:20pm
Official Welcome Address with Jordan Smith.
1:30pm
Offer a Song and a dance of gratitude to Mother Earth and the plant world to help prepare the garden for her blanket of snow.
1:45pm
Harvest Teaching/Story of the Corn to Celebrate Mother Earth by Perry Ground.
1:55pm
Friendship Round Dance all participants may join in.
2:00pm
Weed and turn-over the soil so our Community Garden will be ready for her rest period.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Create a harvest pony-bead wampum strand, visit the largest Wampum Display in America and try drilling a wampum shell with Richard Hamell.
2:00pm - 2:45pm Back by popular demand Lacrosse workshop!
Join Perry Ground in the Creator’s Game - Lacrosse workshop. Learn the meaning of the creators game from the Indigenous lens while working on several Lacrosse techniques through various activities.
2:15pm - 3:00pm Corn Husk Dolls Session I (Open to 7 registrants)
pre- register @ michele-elise-burnette@artpark.net
Corn Husk Dolls Workshop - Create your own and learn the teaching of the Corn Husk Dolls and the importance of the Harvest.
3:15pm - 4pm Corn Husk Dolls Session II (Open to 8 registrants)
pre- register @ michele-elise-burnette@artpark.net
Corn Husk Dolls Workshop - Create your own and learn the teaching of the Corn Husk Dolls and the importance of the Harvest.
About Artpark
Artpark, located in Lewiston, NY on the banks of the scenic Niagara River gorge and seven miles from Niagara Falls, opened in 1974 as a New York State Park. Since 1996, Artpark has been managed under a contractual agreement between the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and not-for-profit organization Artpark & Company, Inc. Artpark is a major resource for culture including visual and performing arts, entertainment, education serving over 150,000 people at 100+ public events and programs during its summer season. More info at www.artpark.net.
The 2022 Artpark Season is supported by: M&T Bank; Cullen Foundation; Labatt Blue Light; Bud Light; Southern Tier Brewing; Try-it Distributing; National Endowment for the Arts; Parks & Trails New York; Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds at the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo; New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; New York Stage Council on the Arts; FACE Foundation; Mid Atlantic Arts; and Northtown Automotive Companies.
Please visit artpark.net for a current calendar of events.
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The Earl W. Brydges Artpark is being operated by Artpark & Company, Inc. for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation under a long-term collaborative agreement.
Contact: Andy Dulski, Director of Marketing & Sales, Artpark
716-583-4292