National Anthropological Archives

MS 7514 Lecture by James Luna: "Important works from the last five years"

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7514
Creators:
Luna, James
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs
Dates:
November 13, 1992
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The tape is of a lecture given at Baird Auditorium in the National History Building at the Smithsonian Institution. A pamphlet about Luna is included. Related photographs are in NAA Photographic lot 91-26.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
James Luna is a performance artist who won the Bessie Creator Award of the New York Dance and Theater Workshop in 1991. He is a consultant to the Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, and his works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada, Whitney Museum of American Art, and many other placed in the United States. He was brought to Washington in 1992 as part of the American Indian Public Programs of the National Museum of Natural History.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Important works from the last five years Sound recording."

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7514, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7514

Local Note

Local Note
Cassette tape


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Performance art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Luiseno/Diegueno Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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