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INDIGENOUS AND REGIONAL CULTURES
AND WORLD MARKETS

News from Bronitsky and Associates
Bringing Together Indigenous Peoples and the World Since 1992

Dr Gordon Bronitsky, President, Bronitsky and Associates, 216 Edith SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, cell 505-238-3739; e-mail

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a bi-monthly newsletter from Bronitsky and Associates about events and people from Indigenous and Regional cultures in the international scene - festivals, funding, conferences, publications and current issues.

Correspondence, subscription/unsubscription, opportunities, talent news, etc. should be directed to the United States office

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Number 101, August 31, 2010

Our News - what's keeping us busy!
Greenland Cruise
Inuit Throat Singer Lois Suluk Locke in New Mexico
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band To Perform In Munich in November
Update--IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries

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Our News - what's keeping us busy!

Greenland Cruise

Travel with Gordon Bronitsky, President of Bronitsky and Associates, to explore the Inuit culture of Greenland! Visit small settlements and experience wild nature while meeting Greenlandic performers and artists and visiting destinations only accessible by boat onboard the MS Fram.

With a PhD in anthropology, Gordon Bronitsky is a trained archeologist and anthropologist. As a past professor he truly enjoys passing on his knowledge of indigenous cultures and less visited lands to his group participants.

Highlights of the trip include: a city tour of Copenhagen, cruise onboard the MS Fram expedition vessel, beautiful scenery including massive icebergs and glaciers, and amazing wildlife such as musk ox, mingle with the locals and indulge in traditional Greenlandic food.

This small group adventure departs June 8, 2011 for 14 days.

Trip Details and Itinerary (Adobe Acrobat format)
Reservation Form (Adobe Acrobat format).

Inuit Throat Singer Lois Suluk Locke in New Mexico

Bronitsky and Associates brought Inuit throat singer Lois Suluk Locke from Arviat, Nunavut, Canada, to perform in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lois Suluk Locke performed during the Santa Fe Indian Market, the oldest, largest and most famous juried show of traditional and contemporary American Indian arts and crafts in the United States. Lois Suluk Locke was the first non-US Indigenous performer ever invited to perform during Indian Market, and also participated in the clothing contest on Sunday morning during Indian Market, the most photographed portion of this annual event, which attracts over 100,000 people to Santa Fe. Lois also performed at the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque. It was a very exciting tour, and you can read all about it and see images of Lois in performance on our blog at http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/wordpress/.

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band to Perform in Munich in November

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band has been invited to open the 24. Jüdische Kulturtage München at the Jewish Museum in Munich (GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG JÜDISCHER KULTUR UND TRADITION E.V.) Maxwell Street will be opening the festival, playing the first concert on Saturday night in the Carl Orff Hall (Munich), November 20.

The theme of the festival is "Jewish Music from Berlin," so Maxwell Street will offer a program highlighting the musical contributions of Jewish musicians and singers from who immigrated to America.

This will be Maxwell Street's second concert for this Munich festival. Here is what the concert organizer had to say last time:

"The concert of your band at Gastieg's Carl-Orff-Saal was sold out long before and every single musician gave the audience what is expected: an exhilarating, delightful high-voltage performance! The concert will remain in our mind and heart for a long time. It was a pleasure to meet the band and work with you, we are looking forward to your next concert in Munich."
 - Ilse Ruth Snopkowski, Gesellschaft zur Förderung jüdischer Kultur und Tradition, Munich.

We worked with the United States embassy in Lithuania to tour them to perform at the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon Museum in Vilnius in May, where they got rave reviews from the Center, audiences and the Embassy.

Update--IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera From Three Continents and Three Countries

Pamela Karantonis, Associate Producer for IndigeNOW!, has been voted as a co-ordinator of the Music Theatre/Opera Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research. This will be a joint position shared with Dominic Symonds, editor of the journal Studies in Musical Theatre. For more information, please visit http://www.bronitskyandassociates.com/indigenow.htm#Karantonis.

And check out our new IndigeNOW! logo:

IndigeNOW! Indigenous Opera from Three Continents and Three Countries

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Events

Indigenous Opera is Here!
Pecan Summer
Composed and Directed by Deborah Cheetham
Preview: October 8, 2010, 1 pm
Premier: October 9, 2010, 7:30 pm
Westside Performing Arts Center, Mooroopna

Tickets to both performances are only AUS$35
To purchase tickets, visit www.riverlinksvenues.com.au

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair
20 - 22 August, 2010
Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, Australia

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair (CIAF) is unique among international art fairs, bringing galleries together with Indigenous art centres at a major marketplace which is complemented with a program of dance, music, film, children’s activities, talks and forums.

In the relaxed rainforest setting of Tanks Arts Centre, the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is transformed into a celebration of the rich practices of contemporary and traditional Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture.

More information: http://www.ciaf.com.au/

Lakovi – A Play in the Fijian Language
Lakovi was a 90 minute drama which focuses on a typical Fijian family of today facing the social complexities of living a lifestyle where there are choices to make between culture and modernisation. The main plot centres on the daughter who has been asked for traditionally to marry a young man serving in the British army. The boy in contrast has been raised in a Fijian Village setting.

Lakovi was a groundbreaking contribution to creative writing in Fijian as well as to literature in the Fijian language which there is not much of. A study of the issues raised in the play asks questions of identity, cultural traditions, responsibility and leadership in Fijian families, communities and the larger indigenous society. The production was captured on DVD and there will also be a publication.

The production, and publication, is a response to one of the objectives of the Fijians Trust Fund where it is to undertake initiatives and promote the Fijian language and culture. In this case, Lakovi depicts a typical Fijian social setting of today and the intention is for those concerned to be asking questions of the directions they are taking their families and communities towards in terms of being Fijian and living the Fijian language and culture.

Dr Apolonia Tamata holds the position of a senior culture and heritage specialist at the Fijians Trust Fund Board, and is the writer of Lakovi. Notable playwright and documentary filmmaker in the Pacific Larry Thomas, is co-writer and director of the play.

For further details, please contact Unaisi Manulevu on 3319637, or on 9241356, or

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Festivals

Extreme Yiddish Makeover: Toronto’s Ashkenaz Festival Spotlights the Multicultural Morph and Jubilance of Pan-Jewish Culture
All roads lead to the Ashkenaz Festival, following the twists and turns of a boldly adaptive, constantly evolving culture. They are highways running from Klezmer hotspots like New York, Berkeley, and Berlin. They are medieval trade routes spanning from the Sephardic heartlands of Spain and Morocco to dusty desert trails of the Middle East. Some are faint, forgotten paths from unsung outposts like Florence, Sarajevo, Kishinev and Rio de Janeiro. Others run from imagined clubs where klezmorim jam with salseros, cantors croon with Afrobeat brass bands, and 80’s “hair” bands belt out Yiddish ditties accompanied by screeching guitars and synthesizers.

They come together at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre (and several other venues) for dozens of free performances and events August 31-September 6, 2010 (full festival information at www.ashkenazfestival.com). With more than 90 acts and 200 individual artists hailing from over a dozen countries, North America’s premier festival of Jewish music and culture is marking its 15th anniversary in an undertaking so ambitious that it has taken two years of planning to organize.

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Funding

Funds for U.S. Performing Arts Projects
The Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, supports original new work in all disciplines and traditions of the live performing arts. The goal of the MAP Fund is to assist artists who are exploring and challenging the dynamics of live performance within our changing society, thus reflecting our culture's innovation and growing diversity. MAP is especially interested in supporting work early in its development; the touring of completed projects is not eligible for funding. Applications for MAP grants must come from U.S. nonprofit organizations; nonprofit artist-services organizations may apply as fiscal sponsors on behalf of artists or ensembles. Applying organizations and artists must demonstrate at least two years of professional experience. The online letter of inquiry process opens September 15, 2010 with a due date of October 15, 2010. Invited proposals must be submitted by January 10, 2011.

Visit the MAP website for eligibility information and application guidelines at www.mapfund.org.

Association of Performing Arts Presenters Accepting Applications for Cultural Exchange Fund Travel Grants
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (www.artspresenters.org) is accepting applications for the Cultural Exchange Fund travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (www.mellon.org) to meet the individual and group travel needs for Arts Presenters members who are building partnerships and collaborations with international artists. This funding round will support travel taking place between December 2010 and June 2011.

The fund is a travel subsidy program meant to assist U.S.-based presenters working to build partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators and to encourage presentation of the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, Arts Presenters strongly encourages travel to the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Arts Presenters will award travel subsidies to individual presenters, presenting organizations, and to groups of presenters traveling to see the work of artists, companies, and/or to develop and advance projects with international artists and their collaborators.

All applicants must be active members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. For-profit organizations are not eligible. The fund does not support artists who are performing or traveling to meet with international presenters about performance opportunities, nor does it fund managers, agents, or producers working to expand business rosters.

The maximum amount awarded per individual organization, inclusive of travel costs and per diem, is $2,000. Group travel subsidies will be awarded only to groups of three or more presenters from different member presenting organizations. The maximum award for a group is $10,000, with no more than $2,000 awarded per organization. The lead partner organization must be a presenter or presenting organization.

Visit the Arts Presenters Web site for more information at www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=304900017.

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Conferences

2010 World Crafts Council
World Crafts Council/Handicrafts Association of Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia
26 October 2010 to 28 October 2010

The World Crafts Council in collaboration with the Handicrafts Association of Zambia and in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Zambia will be hosting the 2010 World Crafts Council 1st Africa Assembly Art and Crafts African Exhibition and Tourism Marketing Workshop in Lusaka, Zambia at the Mulungushi International Confrence Centre from 26-28th October 2010.

For more information, visit www.worldcraftscouncil.org.

Third International Conference on African Culture and Development
Kumasi, Ghana
14 November 2010 to 17 November 2010

The Golden Jubilee celebrations of these African countries were considered in choosing this year’s theme which is; “Post Independent Africa: Cultural imperatives for development.”

ICACD 2010 presents a unique position for Africans to input into action the cultural perspective of all these concerns. Each participant will be given the opportunity to actively participate in this forum and to take the energy and ideas that each of us brings back to our homes. The future of Africans is in the hands of each of us. ICACD 2010 will be an interdisciplinary conference of Academics, artists, cultural and development workers, Government agencies and policy makers and all people committed to working to see the development of Africa as a reality.

For more information, visit www.icacdafrica.org.

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Publications

Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct
Following feedback from the Indigenous visual arts industry, a Charter of Principles for Publicly Funded Collecting Institutions (Charter) was also developed to complement the commercial code. The Charter was developed in consultation with state and territory collecting institutions and the national collecting institutions, and was approved by CMC at its October 2009 meeting.

The Charter aims to affirm the minimum ethical standards and best practice principles that Australia's public collecting institutions follow when acquiring, displaying and deaccessioning Indigenous works of art. The affirmation of these high ethical standards by the public collecting institutions that adopt the Charter will help to spread awareness and best practice across the collections and Indigenous visual arts sectors.

Public collecting institutions that adopt the Charter will also be sending a clear message to the Indigenous visual arts industry that the background and provenance of Indigenous works of art will be examined carefully prior to acquisition.

Public collecting institutions are also encouraged to become Code Supporter members of the Company, recognising that while they may not be commercially dealing in Indigenous Australian art, they support the ethical principles of the Code.

For more information, visit www.indigenousartcode.org/the_code.

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Call for Submissions and Papers

New Native Theatre
New Native Theatre is soliciting applications from Native American composers/musicians for $2,500 commission - all levels and genres encouraged to apply.

New Native Theatre is the newest theatre company in the Twin Cities. Like our name suggests, we are here to provide a new way of looking at, thinking about, and staging Native American stories.

We are beginning work on our latest play, THE DREAMING BUNDLE. This new play is a community created show in which we will bring to the stage the dream life of our Native community. We’ll explore our Native dreamlands and intact cultural memories. We will see what DNA/historical stories we still play out in our dreamtime and we will see what dreams are common themes within the Native community.

We are accepting submissions from Native American composers/musicians to be commissioned $2,500 to create original music for this production opening in December 2010.

Local composers/musicians of all musical backgrounds and levels, those interested in theatre, and those able to perform in addition to composing are highly encouraged to apply. Composer/musician must be an enrolled tribal member and/or show proof of cultural sensitivity, experience, heritage, and background.

To be considered for this commission please schedule an interview with artistic director, Rhiana Yazzie by emailing your letter of interest and resume at by August 31, 2010. Commissioned artist will be announced mid September.

1st Annual Native Woodland Peoples Art Market
October 28, 29 & 30, 2010

We invite you to tell the story of Eastern Woodland Art and Culture. Join us at the traditional Woodland People's meeting place, Bawating the Place of the Rapids, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Our first gathering will be held at Kewadin Casino DreamMakers Theater.

Spaces are limited, cash prizes in six categories, along with best of show! Best of Show recipient will also receive "Featured Artist" display in the Bawating Art Gallery in Kewadin Casino.

For information and your application, call Mahdezewin International at 906-635-8227.

32nd American Indian Workshop
“Approaching Native American Cultures from an Inter-American Perspective: Similarities and Differences”
March 31-April 3, 2011
Graz, Austria

The 2011 workshop plans to examine Native American Cultures from an Inter-American vantage point, both from a contemporary as well as a historical perspective. Within the wider field of American Studies, Inter-American Studies is taking on the role of transcending national boundaries – both in Europe and the Americas – in order to establish new structures of research and teaching with the potential to revolutionize not only how we think about the Americas (including their relationships with Europe and Africa and their pre-Columbian worlds) but about the various disciplines involved, as the scholar Earl Fitz has pointed out (1). This redefinition of research areas – away from national connotations towards regional (hemispheric) denotations, should also lead to a discussion in the field of Native American Studies in terms of interconnectedness within the Western Hemisphere. By looking at similarities and differences of Native American Cultures both in North and South America, scholars can re-conceptualize the Americas through comparative research transcending linguistic, political, and geographical borders that divide the Americas, and thus also position Native American Cultures within a new field of research.

By an emphasis of an Inter-American perspective, this workshop wants to explore a new approach to Native American cultures, and thus offer the possibility of defining Native American cultures by an interregional and interdisciplinary approach in the context of two continents - often seen as one.

Contributions are invited which will address the following general themes:

  1. Native American History from an Inter-American Perspective
  2. Borders and Boundaries of the Continent/Continents
  3. Inter-American Studies as an Approach to Native American Topics
  4. Current Research

Please submit proposals for presentation, including a title, an abstract of up to 200 words, and a short bio, to Heidrun Moertl ( ) by October 1, 2010.

5th World Summit on Arts and Culture, Melbourne, Australia, 3-6 October 2011: Call for Speakers
The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts are seeking your suggestions of keynote speakers, panellists or presenters of case studies who can successfully address the Summit’s theme: Creative Intersections.

The World Summit will investigate how the arts can give voice to different communities and concerns through collaborations with other sectors such as business and the economy, new technologies, health and well-being, the environment, education and identity through Indigenous, local and global cultures (an overview of the theme is available at http://media.ifacca.org/files/5WSProgrammetheme.pdf).

The Summit’s Programme Director, to be announced this month, will work with us to develop the conference programme and secure speakers who will share their experience and knowledge with colleagues from around the world.

Proposals need to be submitted to us via the online form:

Native Literatures: Generations
www.nativeliteratures.com

In this issue works by: Alice Azure, D.L. Birchfield, Marge Bruchac, Dean Chavers, Holland Colclasure, Janice Gould, Matthew Haynes, lance henson, Sy Hoahwah, Geary Hobson, Brittany Luby, Ardie Medina, Tiffany Midge, Deborah Miranda, MariJo Moore, Jeanne Reames, Brigit Truex, Jeanette Weaskus, as well as John Wenitong and Tony Robles.

An excerpt from the panel presentation, “No Wasted Seasons: A Conversation on the Poetics of Gordon Henry, Jr.” with Molly McGlennen, Gordon Henry, Jesse Peters, Jane Haladay, and Kimberly Blaeser

In our first issue: Works by: Kim Blaeser, D.L. Birchfield, Eric Gansworth, Diane Glancy, Geary Hobson, kuʽualoha hoʽomanawanui, Lee Maracle, Philip H. Red Eagle, Carter Revard, and Laura Tohe.

NLG is dedicated to providing a global forum for original works of literature by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. Our goal is to support writers in their endeavors by offering a venue linking them with new audiences and potential publishers. Moreover, our magazine is designed to generate funds to provide financial support for writers through scholarships for their studies or grants for specific writing projects.

NLG is a quarterly, with content accessible online for three months with rights reverting to authors thereafter.

Submissions:
NLG is seeking original, unpublished works by writers from the indigenous nations of North America and Hawai’i. We publish in all genres: poetry, fiction (short stories but also novel excerpts if self-contained), creative nonfiction, drama and mixed-genre/media. We are seeking works that extend this body of literature by avoiding cliché and trite conventions through risk-taking and experimentation, but also through distinctive and engaging voices, exciting and innovative approaches. For full submission guidelines, please visit our website. For information, contact or .

The International Journal of Business Anthropology
The International Journal of Business Anthropology is a newly created peer-reviewed referral journal in the field of business anthropology to be published by the North American Business Press biannually. We define business anthropology as a practical oriented scholastic field in which anthropologists or scholars from other disciplines apply anthropological theories, methods, and skills to identify, to study, and to provide the solutions to solve all kinds of business related problems that faced by all kinds business organizations, from the smallest single person run corner stores to the hugest corporations that are with thousands of employees, in their everyday business operations in various business environments, domestically, internationally, or globally.

Objectives:

  • Generate an exchange of ideas between scholars, practitioners and industry specialists
  • Enhance the development of Business Anthropology
  • Acknowledge and disseminate achievement in regional business and economic development thinking
  • Provide an additional outlet for scholars and experts to contribute their ongoing work in the area of applied cross-functional business and economic topics

For more information, visit www.na-businesspress.com/ijbaopen.html

To submit a paper to the International Journal of Business Anthropology, please contact:

Dr. Robert Guang Tian
Doctoral Faculty Mentor
Core Professor of Business Administration
TUI University
or
www.tourou.edu

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News

Western Australia Indigenous Art Awards
The Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards is a national art award founded in 2008 to celebrate the diversity and richness of Indigenous art from across the country. In its third year, the Western Australian Indigenous Art Awards has gone from strength to strength, with 185 nominations received this year from arts organisations nationally.

The awards comprise a group exhibition of outstanding art and three non-acquisitive awards:

This year's Awards exhibition includes sculpture, video, painting and photography by five artists from Western Australia and 11 artists from other parts of Australia.
http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/WAIAA-2010/wa-indigenous-art-awards.asp

Maori Artists on Maori Television
A moko (tattoo) artist, a composer and a celebrity chef are just three of the artists profiled in the new season of Maori Television’s art show KETE ARONUI – starting September 19 at 8:00 PM. Now in its eighth year, KETE ARONUI covers the creative spectrum - from carvers and film-makers to writers, painters and glass blowers - to get to the heart of Maori art. A unique blend of culture and creativity, the show pays tribute to contemporary Maori artists, but also celebrates the traditions and culture that makes their work Maori.
(Press release Maori Television service)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1008/S00373/maori-artists-on-show.htm

Peruvian Indians to Launch Political Party
Peru's native Amazon Indians say they plan to launch their own political party and participate in next year's presidential election, possibly fielding as its candidate an indigenous protest leader facing rebellion charges.
(Voice of America http://www.voanews.com/english/news/americas/Peruvian-Indians-to-Launch-Political-Party-100523829.html)

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Sites of Interest

For more information please contact: .

Inuit Throat Singing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_throat_singing

Ainu Throat Singing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rekuhkara

Throat Singing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing

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