UNM Art

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UNM Art Computation and Art Virtual Computer
Applications Courses

• Student Perspectives and experiences from the
  2006 2007 and 2007 2008 school years in the
  New Visions, New Voices project.
• August 2008

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Sandpainting Project

• Felix Vigil, painter from Jemez Pueblo
• First Class Project
• Semester 1 development of story through a visual
  element.

3
A trip to see the awesome power of Indigeneity!!!

• Chaco Culture National Historical Park has around
  12 sites that were in use by Indigenous people at
  one point.

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A trip to see the awesome power of Indigeneity!!!

• This trip was intended to bring out the creative
  thoughts for our virtual world project.
• Within Chaco Canyon the village known as Pueblo
  Bonito was used for inspiration for our First
  semester project.

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Our Trip To Museum of Indian Art and Culture in
Santa Fe, NM

• A quest for inspiration
• Students took a behind the scenes tour of the
  museum.
• Cultural items provided a medium for our
  creativity linking our past and the present.

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Our Native Languages

• 3 different languages used in class projects
• Diné (Navajo)
• Towa (Jemez)
• Shiwi (Zuni)

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A tool to encourage use our Native Languages

• Use of modern and evolving technology.
• Putting our Native Languages into modern day
  context.
• It is a means to bring the different Native
  Languages together.
• Multimedia with its interactivity and ability to
  combine audio, text and pictures is ideal for
  language education and should be specifically
  tailored to preserve and teach Native languages.

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Guest Artists

• Felix Vigil (Jemez Pueblo/Jicarilla Apache)
• Bruce King (Oneida)
• Larry McNeil (Tlingit/Nishga)
• Manny Rettinger (Mexican American/Apache)
• Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek)
• Raven Chacon (Dine)
• Nick Galanin (Tlingit)
• Erica Lord (Athabascan/Inupiat)
• Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee/Yakama)

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Advantages of Multimedia

• New technologies can intuitively bring together a
  generation with elder knowledge and a technically
  savvy younger generation to reach out to kids who
  are more comfortable and literate in computers.

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• Year 1 Students
• Kellen Shelendewa
• Rory LaMarr
• Janice Tosa
• Arlan Sando
• Venancio Aragon
• Towana Yepa
• JayCee Beyale
• Chelsey Barton
• Juanita Toledo

Kellen Shelendewa Chelsey Barton Juanita
Toledo Francis Montoya Vanessa Whitehorse
Venancio Aragon Jaycee Beyale Tobias Major
Jonathan Pino Daphne Littlebear Josh Rivera
Year 2 Students Delia Halona Loucia Jose