Indigenous Peoples' Day

Indigenous Peoples' Day at Stockton

Monday, October 13, 2025
΢è Art Gallery

Join the ΢è Art Gallery and School of Arts and Humanities for a full day of programming.

October 13th Programming

DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE NATURAL DYES WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 10/15

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 
΢è Art Gallery

Enjoy this special Natural Dyes Club programming presented by Artist Sarah Lacy (Event Planning & Promotion at ΢è) as part of ΢è Arts & Humanities Indigenous People's Day programming! 

All Supplies & Dyes Provided

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
L-Wing between PAC & Art Gallery

Presented by the Lenapehoking Indigenous Youth Program

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
΢è Art Gallery & Zoom (Panel Starts @6pm, Zoom Link )

Connecting the Future with Chief Mark "Quiet Hawk" Gould (retired chief of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation) and Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis (Lenapehoking Re-Establishment Project), Lia "Watching Sparrow" Gould (Lenapehoking Reestablishment Project) moderated by Aaron Moss, Associate Professor of Theatre/Directing

Preserving the Past with Prof. Jacob Camacho (ARHU) and Prof. Ricardo Gabriel (SOBL), moderated by Adam Miyashiro, Professor of Literature

Reception & Refreshments Following the Event

Past Events

΢è's School of Arts and Humanities presented a full day of events for Indigenous Peoples' Day 2024.


In connection to the ΢è Art Gallery Fall 2024 exhibition, Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures, the ΢è Art Gallery, Visual Arts Program, and campus partners presented university-wide programming for Indigenous Peoples' Day 2024.

 

The full day of events included a welcome reception, a performance by the Lenni-Lenape Youth Group, panel discussions, and more.

October 14th Programming

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
΢è Lower Level Art Gallery

Speakers: President Joe Bertolino (Welcome Remarks), and Tyrese "Bright Flower" Gould Jacinto (Reading and Recognition of Place)

Includes exhibition tour and light breakfast.
Sponsored by the Office of Student Development

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Multicultural Center Courtyard

Presented by the Lenapehoking Indigenous Youth Program

Sponsored by the Multicultural Center

Rain location: L-Wing (between Stockton PAC and Art Gallery)

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Campus Center Theatre

Moderated by Jeremy Newman, Associate Professor of Communication Studies with featured speakers: Ashton Pemapanik Dunkley, Tyrese "Bright Flower" Gould Jacinto & Ty "Dancing Wolf" Ellis

Reception and refreshments following event.

Sponsored by the School of Arts and Humanities

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
΢è Upper Level Art Gallery

Moderated by Dr. Raz Segal, Associate Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, with featured speakers: Adam Miyashiro, Jacob Camacho, Phoebe Farris & Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley

Reception and refreshments following event.

Sponsored by the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Literature


About Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures

SU Art Gallery exhibition 2024

΢è Art Gallery Exhibition

Fall 2024

Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures examines the intersecting themes of land, sustainability and identity within contemporary indigenous work. Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures is a two-floor showcase of indigenous contemporary work including sculpture, printmaking and textiles (lower gallery) and photography (upper gallery). In addition to a catalogue and exhibition tours, programming will include a lecture series, collaborative workshops, a Lenape youth outreach program and a special projects course, Art, Design & Folk Art: Indigenous Traditions & Global Contexts, with our visiting artist Tyrese "Bright Flower" Gould Jacinto.

The exhibition runs from September 5, 2024 to November 10, 2024 and highlights over 25 national / international indigenous artists and communities.


Additional Programming

Sept
17
Artist Talk & Gourd Painting
with Tyrese "Bright Flower" Gould Jacinto
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 | 12 p.m.
Location: Lower and Upper Art Gallery
Sept
23
Artist Talk with Layqa Nuna Yawar
Moderated by Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez, Director of Stockton’s Holocaust Resource Center
Monday, September 23, 2024 | 12:45 p.m.
Location: Lower Level Art Gallery
Oct
15
Natural Plants Dye Workshop
with instructor Sarah Lacy
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | 11:20 a.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Location: Lower Level Art Gallery
Oct
28
Weaving Workshop
with instructor Erin O'Hanlon-Keys
Monday, October 28, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Lower Level Art Gallery
Oct
31
Masks in Indigenous Cultures
with artist Tyrese Gould Jacinto & Professor Mariana Smith
Thursday, October 31, 2024 | 11:20 - 1:50 p.m.
Location: Lower Level Art Gallery
Lecture and workshop addressing cultural appropriation/ costuming.
Nov
12
Closing Event
Presentation of Student Work
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Location: Upper Level Art Gallery
Nov
12
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Upper Level Art Gallery
Co-sponsored by ΢è Alumni Relations
 

Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures at ΢è