Native Artists Panel
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
@ 11:00 AM MST
2020 was a year where community relations strengthened in a myriad of ways.
We had an opportunity during the summer to work closely with SWAIA Indian Market as they underwent the process to create an entirely virtual market for the first time. This meant that indigenous artists, across the country, had a short time to build out individual online store fronts, something that many of them had little to no experience in. This called for a large amount of volunteers to assist artists, one-on-one, as the influx of questions and difficulties rolled in. Community Learning Network tapped into our college communities and friends to provide SWAIA with enough volunteers and coached them through this process of building websites and answering questions. This was a special bond forged between our indigenous artist communities and mostly college-aged friends who were tech-savvy and happy to help out when the duty called. This experience led to the following event.
The Native Artists Panel, part of the official Global Entrepreneurship Week, was hosted virtually via Zoom. During this discussion, we had three artists from pueblos in New Mexico joined a group of interested learners and familiar faces to discuss their personal stories and how they have discovered, nurtured and become the entrepreneurial artists that they are today. They shared their mediums and techniques so we could understand about what their artistic process is. In addition, they told us about how this past year's pandemic has impacted business and how it has shaped their own lives and artistic creations. This was a truly incredible opportunity to hear from such good-hearted and talented individuals and we are excited to share with you the recorded event below!
We had an opportunity during the summer to work closely with SWAIA Indian Market as they underwent the process to create an entirely virtual market for the first time. This meant that indigenous artists, across the country, had a short time to build out individual online store fronts, something that many of them had little to no experience in. This called for a large amount of volunteers to assist artists, one-on-one, as the influx of questions and difficulties rolled in. Community Learning Network tapped into our college communities and friends to provide SWAIA with enough volunteers and coached them through this process of building websites and answering questions. This was a special bond forged between our indigenous artist communities and mostly college-aged friends who were tech-savvy and happy to help out when the duty called. This experience led to the following event.
The Native Artists Panel, part of the official Global Entrepreneurship Week, was hosted virtually via Zoom. During this discussion, we had three artists from pueblos in New Mexico joined a group of interested learners and familiar faces to discuss their personal stories and how they have discovered, nurtured and become the entrepreneurial artists that they are today. They shared their mediums and techniques so we could understand about what their artistic process is. In addition, they told us about how this past year's pandemic has impacted business and how it has shaped their own lives and artistic creations. This was a truly incredible opportunity to hear from such good-hearted and talented individuals and we are excited to share with you the recorded event below!
GEW Native Artists Panel Video Recordings:
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