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Page 8 The Skanner September 21, 2016 News Wendy Red Star Wins the 2016 Betty Bowen Award U.S. Postal Service Releases African American History Stamp T he Seattle Art Museum (SAM) and the Betty Bowen Committee, chaired by Gary Glant, announced today that Wendy Red Star is the winner of the 2016 Betty Bowen Award. The award comes with an unrestricted cash award of $15,000. Founded in 1977 to continue the legacy of local arts ad- vocate and support- er Betty Bowen, the annu- al award honors a Northwest artist for their origi- nal, excep- Wendy Red Star tional, and compel- ling work. Red Star’s work operates at the intersections of traditional Native American culture and colonialist histo- ries and modes of representation; her work will be featured in an installation at the Seattle Art Museum beginning November 10. In addition, Dawn Cerny was select- ed to receive the Special Recognition Award in the amount of $2,500, and Mark Mitchell was awarded the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award in the amount of $2,500. Five inal- ists, including Evan Baden and Sadie Wechsler, were chosen from a pool of 446 applicants from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to compete for the $20,000 in awards. The award ceremony honoring Red Star, Cerny, and Mitchell will take place at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Seattle Art Museum. The ceremony and reception following the artists’ remarks are free and open to the public. The winner was selected in a two-part jury process. In the irst round, the ap- plicants are reviewed anonymously. Over the course of two days, ive or six inalists are selected from the pool of applicants. The inalists are then invit- ed to present their work to the commit- tee in person during the second round. 2016 winner Wendy Red Star of Portland was raised on the Apsáa- looke (Crow) reservation in Montana. Red Star works cross-generationally, looking in particular at matrilineal relationships within Crow culture and ceremony. She has critically examined historical portraits of Crow leaders by white photographers and taken apart stereotypical representations of Na- tive American women in a variety of popular culture contexts. Her work centers on photography but sculpture, video, iber arts, and performance are also important to her practice. Working in a wide array of mediums including printmaking, collage, and sculpture, special recognition award winner Dawn Cerny of Seattle is in- terested in the placement of objects as visual evidence of cultural and be- havioral value systems, especially in the context of the home. In her recent work, Cerny is increasingly exploring strategies to present objects informal- ly, relating an understanding of art as T he U.S. Postal Service has an- nounced that in 2017 it will in- troduce a stamp celebrating the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Oc- cupying a 5-acre site on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The muse- um is the 19th Smithsonian museum and the only national museum de- voted exclusively to African Amer- something lived within daily life. Mark Mitchell of Seattle, winner of the Kayla Skinner special recognition award, works in hand-sewn textiles to examine issues of ceremony, tribute, and mourning, oten using the tropes of funeral traditions. In his recent body of work, Burial, Mitchell explored these ideas through a series of intricate burial garments. His current project, Burial 2, tackles issues of mass incar- ceration, prison reform, and the racial disparity of the prison system — imbu- ing mourning with an activist inten- tion. We honor the many accomplishments of African Americans. It is our primary goal as a labor union to better the lives of all people working in the building trades through advocacy, civil demonstration, and the long-held belief that workers deserve a “family wage” - fair pay for an honest day’s work. A family wage, and the beneits that go with it, not only strengthens families, but also allows our communities to become stronger, more cohesive, and more responsive to their citizens’ needs. Our family wage agenda relects our commitment to people working in the building trades, and to workers everywhere. In this small way, we are doing our part to help people achieve the American Dream. This dream that workers can hold dear regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, creed, or religious beliefs. Paciic Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters Representing more than 5,000 construction workers in Oregon State. Do you want to know more about becoming a Union carpenter? Go to www.NWCarpenters.org PORTLAND: 1636 East Burnside, Portland, OR 97214 | 503.261.1862 | 800.974.9052 HEADQUARTERS: 25120 Paciic Hwy S, Ste 200, Kent, WA 98032 | 253.954.8800 | 800.573.8333 ican life, art, history and culture. The stamp is based on a photograph of the museum by Alan Karchmer showing a view of the northwest cor- ner of the building. Text in the up- per let corner reads “National Mu- seum of African American History and Culture.” Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp. Betty Bowen (1918–1977) was a Wash- ington native and enthusiastic support- er of Northwest artists. Her friends established the annual Betty Bowen Award as a celebration of her life and to honor and continue her eforts to pro- vide inancial support to the artists of the region. Since 1977, SAM has hosted the yearly grant application process by which the selection committee chooses one artist from the Northwest to re- ceive an unrestricted cash award, eligi- ble to visual artists living and working in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Nicki Minaj to perform at Tidal show NEW YORK (AP) — Be- yonce, Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj, artist-own- ers of Tidal, will perform at a concert in New York for the streaming ser- vice. Tidal announced Wednesday that Lauryn Hill, Common and Rob- in Thicke will also per- form at the Oct. 15 event dubbed “TIDAL X: 1015” at the Barclays Center in In this June 26, 2016, ile photo, Beyonce performs “Freedom” at Brooklyn. Pre-sale tickets for Tid- the BET Awards in Los Angeles. al subscribers go on sale Nicki Minaj, Beyonce and Alicia Thursday; tickets for the Keys, artist-owners of Tidal, will general public will be perform at a concert in New York available Monday. The for the streaming service. The event, in its second year, Oct. 15 event, dubbed “TIDAL X: will beneit Tidal-sup- 1015” will be held at the Barclays ported nonproits as well Center in Brooklyn. as the Robin Hood Foun- dation, which ights poverty in New York. Others performers include T.I., DNCE, Emeli Sande, Prince Royce, Blood Orange, Bebe Rexha and more. The concert will be livestreamed on Tidal, which is also owned by Jay Z, Usher, Madonna, Kanye West, Jason Aldean and others. PHOTO BY MATT SAYLES/INVISION/AP, FILE Seattle Art Museum USPS TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT Two Special Recognition winners also selected