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Story of Iroquois creation to be told through community murals

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On Saturday August 7 from 10 am to 3 pm, guests will have the opportunity to participate in the “History and Art of Iroquois Creation” event from Ganondagan to Victor. For the event, Ganondagan invites community members to participate in the collaborative painting of a 4 ‘by 8’ mural of the traditional story of Iroquois creation.

For those in Rochester, the collaborative painting will take place on August 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Art Gallery. Participants can register online. Tickets for the Memorial Art Gallery mural are $ 5.

At 10:30 am and then at 1:30 pm, Perry Ground, storyteller from Onondaga, “will regale participants with the Creation story and other tales during the painting process,” Ganondagan said in a statement. Ground’s account of the Creation story and other stories will be told “with its usual dramatic flair” to give further inspiration to the participants in the painting. Those who choose to participate in the Memorial Art Gallery mural will have the chance to view Ground at 5:45 p.m. and then again at 7:00 p.m. Indigenous Spirit Dancers will perform Iroquois social dances at 11:30 a.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. for participants in Ganondagan. The painters will work outside in a large tent.

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Participants will also have the chance to view the film on the history of Iroquois creation and to visit the Seneca Art and Culture Center and its exhibits, the gift shop, the Seneca Bark longhouse, interpretive trails. and gardens during their stay in Ganondagan.

Perry Ground (Onondaga) will tell stories in Ögwe'öweh - “Original People” POP-UP Saturdays.

Artist G. Peter Jemison (Senaca, Huron Clan) manages the Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor. In 2015, when the Seneca Art and Culture Center opened, Jemison said they wanted visitors to be introduced to the culture and history of Seneca by watching a video about the history of creation. Iroquois.

The film itself is both an animated film and a live action film. For the animation, Jemison created a series of cartoons for animators, who didn’t know the story. Jemison’s drawings were based on a book originally dictated by a Seneca leader. By providing the drawings, Jemison was able to familiarize the animators with the cultural traditions and iconography of Seneca.

Some of the designs used by Jemison have ended up in Sante Fe, while others are on permanent display in the Orientation Experience at the cultural center.

Now, many will have the opportunity to see some of the drawings, as Jemison uses them to describe the mural.

“I’m making them up to a size of about four feet by eight feet, and they’ll be done on a board that we can paint on, and then they can be shown locally,” Jemison said.

Jemison describes the mural painting process as “kind of like a coloring book”. His designs will provide insight, while visitors will have the opportunity to harness their creative side and paint however they choose.

The Sentries (Large Yellow Version) are 36 inches x 48 inches, acrylic and oil on canvas with collage created by G. Peter Jemison, Heron Clan Seneca Nation of Indians, in 2006.

“There is a lot of room for, you might say, exploration or variation or creativity,” he said. “I’m not locked into having to be a certain way. I provide a surface with paint and an outline and then they get to work.

This is not the first time that Jemison has produced a collaborative mural with the community. After creating the film, he began working on a four foot by eight foot mural of the same creation story, taking one aspect of the story and describing it. Jemison decided to ask community members to help with the process of painting this mural as well. People chose to take a bigger section or a smaller section and then they painted it.

“I created the drawing and I created the design, but then they did the painting part,” Jemison said. “So this was my first experience with something big enough that I could use other people to help me make the full size part. That idea stuck with me.

G. Peter Jemison from Victor, Heron Clan, Seneca Nation of Indians on November 23, 2020 at a studio he works in Victor.

Jemison has a solo exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery titled “To Help People See”, which is on view at the museum until November 14. When the gallery was looking for a community project, Jemison recalled his experience working with community members on the first mural he created. He then realized that this would be a great way to involve the community while teaching them more about the people who inhabited this land before the colonial settlers.

Jemison wants to remind people that they’re going to paint – that is, don’t wear your prettiest Sunday clothes at the mural. Although acrylic is water-based, Jemison says it’s harder to remove from clothes than, say, watercolor.

“I will be relying on them to work on the paint, so get ready to do the paint,” he said. “Bring your creative thinking skills and do a little homework… Young children are much less inhibited than adults or teenagers, and so I hope that (the lack of) inhibition will help them get started and make the difference. painting part. “

He does not yet know what will happen to the fresco once it is painted. Jemison believes the painted mural in Ganondagan will be on display, possibly in the auditorium area. At the Memorial Art Gallery, he does not know how much exposure the mural will receive after its completion.

G. Peter Jemison, Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan State Historic Site and member of the Heron Clan of the Seneca Nation.

“They offered a storage space there to take the mural, so hopefully… it could be placed in an area where there is traffic and where people can see it once we get it. have finished, “he said. “I don’t have a set target for how long, but I hope people will see it. “

Viewing the mural is vital for Jemison, who noticed that the area has little or no readily visible or accessible art that represents the original inhabitants of this area.

“… there aren’t a lot of visuals, the signage is very limited, so I think the creation of this mural is the start of creating something that will be more of a reference for the original people who lived here and a bit of our history will be conveyed through the mural, ”said Jemison.

Adria R. Walker covers Public Education for the Democrat and Columnist in partnership with Report for America. Follow her on Twitter at @adriawalkr or email him at [email protected]. You can support his work with a tax-deductible donation to Report for America.


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