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Native art exhibition at Republic Plaza
Contributed by: Amie Cavarra on 8/3/2006
" NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD...at Home in Colorado, The Douglas Society Collects"
August 25 - Novemnber 9, 2006
REPUBLIC PLAZA Lobby and Concourse Levels
DENVER - "Brookfield Properties announces an upcoming exhibit , " NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD...at Home in Colorado, The Douglas
Society Collects, " featuring native arts from North America, Africa and Oceania, to be held at Republic Plaza, August 25 through October 27,
2006. All works on exhibit have been generously loaned by members of The Douglas Society, a support group for the NATIVE ARTS
DEPARTMENT of the DENVER ART MUSEUM. Works on exhibit will include beadwork, jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture and textiles
representing the following cultures: African, Australian Aboriginal, Inuit, Native American and Oceanic.
The Opening Reception for "NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD ... " will be held Friday evening, August 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. A special
presentation, "Why We Collect" will be held at 7:00 p.m. Members of the Douglas Society representing native art collections from various
cultures will speak about the works of art they collect . Dr. Sam Wagonfeld, Board Member and collector of Inuit Art will be the moderator.
This exhibit is curated by Andra Archer and Rand Smith, members of the Douglas Society, and presented by Brookfield Properties,
owner/manager of Republic Plaza, located at 370 Seventeenth Street, Downtown Denver, Colorado. The exhibit is open to the public free of
charge Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. "
Douglas Society website: www.douglassociety.org
Information and virtual tour of the exhibition: http://www.douglassociety.org/Republic_Plaza_exhibition.html
The Douglas Society
Named in honor of Frederic Huntington Douglas, the museum’s curator of native arts from 1929 to 1956 and one of the first
scholars to present American Indian, Oceanic, and African objects as artistic achievements, the Douglas Society carries on his
efforts in education and in the continual development of the native arts collection. Programs include lectures, visits with
contemporary artists, trips to regional museums, and tours of private collections. Although the principal purpose of the Douglas
Society is education, fund-raising activities support acquisitions and an extensive library.
Contributed by: Amie Cavarra on 8/3/2006
" NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD...at Home in Colorado, The Douglas Society Collects"
August 25 - Novemnber 9, 2006
REPUBLIC PLAZA Lobby and Concourse Levels
DENVER - "Brookfield Properties announces an upcoming exhibit , " NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD...at Home in Colorado, The Douglas
Society Collects, " featuring native arts from North America, Africa and Oceania, to be held at Republic Plaza, August 25 through October 27,
2006. All works on exhibit have been generously loaned by members of The Douglas Society, a support group for the NATIVE ARTS
DEPARTMENT of the DENVER ART MUSEUM. Works on exhibit will include beadwork, jewelry, paintings, pottery, sculpture and textiles
representing the following cultures: African, Australian Aboriginal, Inuit, Native American and Oceanic.
The Opening Reception for "NATIVE ARTS OF THE WORLD ... " will be held Friday evening, August 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. A special
presentation, "Why We Collect" will be held at 7:00 p.m. Members of the Douglas Society representing native art collections from various
cultures will speak about the works of art they collect . Dr. Sam Wagonfeld, Board Member and collector of Inuit Art will be the moderator.
This exhibit is curated by Andra Archer and Rand Smith, members of the Douglas Society, and presented by Brookfield Properties,
owner/manager of Republic Plaza, located at 370 Seventeenth Street, Downtown Denver, Colorado. The exhibit is open to the public free of
charge Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. "
Douglas Society website: www.douglassociety.org
Information and virtual tour of the exhibition: http://www.douglassociety.org/Republic_Plaza_exhibition.html
The Douglas Society
Named in honor of Frederic Huntington Douglas, the museum’s curator of native arts from 1929 to 1956 and one of the first
scholars to present American Indian, Oceanic, and African objects as artistic achievements, the Douglas Society carries on his
efforts in education and in the continual development of the native arts collection. Programs include lectures, visits with
contemporary artists, trips to regional museums, and tours of private collections. Although the principal purpose of the Douglas
Society is education, fund-raising activities support acquisitions and an extensive library.