Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their inaugural First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts from playwrights’ work will be performed live by indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Presented as part of Creative Nations’ First Storytellers Festival and co-presented by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.

About

Creative Nations is an all Indigenous-led artists collective, founded in 2020 at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder, CO. We operate the Sacred Space, a permanent establishment for Indigenous Artists to create and share their work.

 

–Accurate Representation – To provide accurate representation of Native arts: Our world needs more Indigenous representation, not just for diversity and equity’s sake. Indigenous culture teaches reverence for the Earth—plants, animals, and even objects are to be honored. By fostering a relationship with the environment through mindfulness and conservation and moving away from colonial behavior, humanity can find greater peace, wisdom, and harmony.

 

–Focus on the Next Generation – To create opportunities, resources, and platforms for emerging artists and youth through exhibitions, performances, and mentorship: As the 7th generation prophecy states, today’s youth are here to heal the world. This generation of artists is poised to do great things and needs a platform for their work.

 

–Inclusion and Balance – To foster empowerment of women and Two-Spirit & Non-binary energies through Indigenous cultural traditions to bring about a balance between the masculine and feminine: This is the Age of the Daughters and the White Buffalo Woman and it ushers in a rise in feminine energy to balance the masculine. By recognizing individual beauty and supporting the power within each individual, a more balanced union and sum of the parts allows the collective voice to speak with greater power and purpose.

 

–Create Community – To grow the Native community engaged with our dedicated multi-functional space, coming together in sacred creativity: Art has the power to create community and bring people together organically. It is our sacred duty to utilize our position as community culture bearers to develop places where Native people can come together as one.

 

Free/Reservations Recommended
Reserve Tickets Online or call 303-651-8374.

 

• • Or watch the livestream:
    On the Longmont Museum’s Facebook page
    On Longmont Public Media‘s website or LPM Roku App on your Smart TV
    Local Channel 8/880 HD

 

The Longmont Museum is open until 9 pm on Thursday evenings. Come early to visit our new exhibit  “Build: Design & Create with LEGO!”

or take an Adult Art & Sip class.

 

In our Stewart Auditorium, every Thursday evening we offer a film, performance, or talk.

View upcoming Thursday Nights at the Museum.