Native art symposium to be held at U of L

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LETHBRIDGE - The Native American Studies Department and the Division of Continuing Education are organizing an international symposium on contemporary Native art in Canada and the United States.

Throughout July, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Bowman Arts Centre, the

Galt Museum and the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery will simultaneously exhibit art works of Native artists from throughout Canada and the Northwest Territories. This will be the first time Lethbridge's four major art centres have contemporaneously exhibited Native art.

Organizer Professor Alfred Young Man and Co-ordinator Louis M. Soop are asking that abstracts on the subject of Native art be sent to the Native American Studies Department, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta,

T1K 3M4.

A juried exhibit of Native art works from throughout Canada is also planned by the Galt Museum in Lethbridge. All interested Native artists are asked to send works after May 31,1987. The works may possibly be purchased by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs for their Art Centre Collection.

Field trips to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Fort MacLeod and to the community of Standoff for their annual powwow are also scheduled.

For further information about the event, contact Professor Alfred Young Man or Co-ordinator Louis M. Soop at the Native American Studies Department, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4. Telephone (403) 329-2532 - or (403) 329-2635.