The Delaware Art Museum’s Indigenous arts programming includes exhibitions, powwows and fashion events; its second annual Indigenous/Native Fashion Art Show, “Living in the Present,” is set for Nov. 6 in Wilmington. The program will bring together artists whose work draws on Indigenous histories and cultures, including one designer’s runway portrayal of the Aztec feathered serpent deity Quetzalcoatl.
The Nov. 6 event will open with a drumming ceremony led by the Red Blanket Singers and hosted by Chief Urie of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe, according to WHYY. Attendees can explore Indigenous fashion and artwork and enjoy food from local vendors throughout the evening, the station reports.
Iz Balleto, cultural programs manager at the Delaware Art Museum, described the show as a story of Indigenous nations across the Americas honoring the past while living in the present. Balleto said Indigenous people across South, Central and North America are relatives and family, framing the event as a bridge among those communities rather than a showcase of one region.
A Multidisciplinary Artist Returns to Her Roots
Multidisciplinary artist Adaysela Reyes, who also works under the artistic name Dayesla Ixtli, draws on her Matlatzinca and Mexican-Nahuatl roots for her presentation. Reyes is from Tenancingo, a small city in the south-central State of Mexico that she has described as rich in pre-Hispanic culture. Ixtli was born there and moved to Delaware with her mother at age 7, according to Spotlight Delaware…