The Center of Southwest Studies to present a new exhibit, The Real Savages
DURANGO, CO – March 11, 2011 - The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will open a new exhibit on March 18th, The Real Savages. This exhibit presents a viewpoint of how propaganda and American stereotypes have influenced and impacted Native American cultures and identities. Juxtaposing stereotypical, visual images with historical facts, this exhibit explores the experience of culture assimilation, identity and knowledge.
The Real Savages began as a Fort Lewis College student independent study project by graphic design major, Babe Lansing, who also Ute Mountain Ute. The project was inspired after a summer semester in Germany studying propaganda in art. Art professor Paul Booth facilitated both the summer semester, and Lansing’s project. What resulted from dedicated research and creativity was a student exhibition, first displayed in the Fort Lewis College Art Department. “My ideas and motives have come from a variety of sources and influences within my own life and culture. I am pleased to see that the overall final product has exceeded by far what I expected when I first started this project,” says Lansing.
Impressed, the Center of Southwest Studies staff invited the exhibit to the Center’s gallery space, in part to augment the story of Indian boarding schools, which is touched upon in the Center’s new exhibit Frontier Blues: The Legacy of Fort Lewis College, also opening on March 18th as a part of the college Centennial celebration.
An opening reception for both exhibits will be held Friday, March 18, from 4:00-6:00pm at the Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, on the campus of Fort Lewis College. The event is free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided.
DURANGO, CO – March 11, 2011 - The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will open a new exhibit on March 18th, The Real Savages. This exhibit presents a viewpoint of how propaganda and American stereotypes have influenced and impacted Native American cultures and identities. Juxtaposing stereotypical, visual images with historical facts, this exhibit explores the experience of culture assimilation, identity and knowledge.
The Real Savages began as a Fort Lewis College student independent study project by graphic design major, Babe Lansing, who also Ute Mountain Ute. The project was inspired after a summer semester in Germany studying propaganda in art. Art professor Paul Booth facilitated both the summer semester, and Lansing’s project. What resulted from dedicated research and creativity was a student exhibition, first displayed in the Fort Lewis College Art Department. “My ideas and motives have come from a variety of sources and influences within my own life and culture. I am pleased to see that the overall final product has exceeded by far what I expected when I first started this project,” says Lansing.
Impressed, the Center of Southwest Studies staff invited the exhibit to the Center’s gallery space, in part to augment the story of Indian boarding schools, which is touched upon in the Center’s new exhibit Frontier Blues: The Legacy of Fort Lewis College, also opening on March 18th as a part of the college Centennial celebration.
An opening reception for both exhibits will be held Friday, March 18, from 4:00-6:00pm at the Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, on the campus of Fort Lewis College. The event is free and open to the public, with light refreshments provided.
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