Virtual Artist Talk: Tyrrell Tapaha (Diné)
Tyrrell Tapaha, "Adá Nítsíijíkees: Think for Yourself", 2022, Handspun and commercial vegetal-dyed Navajo Churro alpaca. Tia Collection.
In conjunction with the Zimmerli Art Museum’s exhibition Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always, Tyrrell Tapaha virtually joins us to discuss his artwork “Adá Nítsíjíkees: Think for Yourself,” and his textile art-making practices on April 14 at 7pm.
Free & open to the public. You must register in advance for this webinar on Zoom: https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p37DqtQ7SHCsxPwuiyifYA
The series also includes virtual talks with:
May 12: Michael Namingha (Tewa/Hopi)
June 9: Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Tyrrell Tapaha is a Diné weaver and fiber artist whose work encompasses the intergenerational pastoral living handed down to him through his grandfather, great-grandmother, and other relatives willing to teach. Tapaha’s work acts as a tangible bank of feelings, memories, and experiences, a practice that not only sustains his life force but is the powerhouse to many lifeways of his people. Culture isn’t stagnant, it’s living and breathing, and every generation within the Tapaha family has had its own experience with what this media means to them. “We give ourselves to our weaving, and it gives itself to us.”