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CULTURE & HERITAGE
JULY 27�AUG. 3, 2022
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
Learn about Indigenous beadwork at workshop
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
LA GRANDE — Pamela Pascali has
grown up learning the artwork of her
ancestors, and she will share these tra-
ditions during two Indigenous beadwork
workshops at Art Center East, 1006 Penn
Ave. There are two workshops scheduled:
Aug. 6 and 7, and Oct. 8 and 9.
Both include two days, from 9 a.m.-
3 p.m. All supplies are included. Cost is
$70 for ACE members or $85 for non-
members. Youth scholarships are avail-
able. To learn more, or to register, go to
www.artcentereast.org/calendar and click
on the workshop.
These are
INDIGENOUS BEADWORK
examples of
Pamela Pascali will teach two,
contemporary
two-day workshops on Indigenous
Indigenous
beadwork at Art Center East, 1006
beadwork
Penn Ave. in La Grande.
by Pamela
Dates: Aug. 6 and 7 and Oct. 8 and 9
Pascali, who
will teach a
Cost: $70 ACE members, $85
workshop at
nonmembers
Art Center
Register: artcentereast.org/calendar
East on Aug.
or 541-624-2800
6 and 7, then
again Oct. 8
and 9.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Pascali grew up in Pocatello, Idaho,
and she lives there now as she pursues a
master’s degree at Idaho State University.
“I practice traditional artwork because
of my heritage,” she said.
That heritage is the Ute tribe of north-
east Utah, and specifi cally the White River
band.
During her workshops at ACE, Pascali
will talk about the history of Indigenous
beadwork. She said tribes along the
Pacifi c Coast used natural items, such as
shells and bones, to make beads. When
explorers came west, they started trading
colorful glass beads.
She said specifi c patterns are associ-
ated with diff erent tribes.
“You can really tell tribes apart by the
patterns that they used,” she said.
Pascali works in contemporary bead-
Pamela Pascali/
Contributed
Photo
work, and that’s what she’ll be teaching at
the workshops.
“I don’t do a lot of traditional patterns
because those go with specifi c regalia —
bright and colorful,” she said.
At the workshops, she will talk about
traditional beadwork, and then lead par-
ticipants in using contemporary designs
to make a pair of earrings or a keychain.
“I’ll explain as I go,” she said. “I want to
introduce people to this culture and the
history of it as storytelling — heritage or
creation myth.”
She wants, she said, to off er partici-
pants a chance to learn more about bead-
work and understand its history.
“To have people dabble in it,” she said.
“It’s a cool medium for people to explore.”
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