Juan de la Cruz Machicado Sketch for a mural of the Biennial Program. Watercolor

ECUADOR Jorge Iván Cevallos. Crazy Horse General Producer and Director. Biennial of the Indigenous Art. Inglaterra E3-58 & Eloy Alfaro Edificio Novoa. Ofc. 202 - E mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

UNITED STATES CONTACT INFO Mrs. Quincy Ranville Events Director ST. IGNACE VISITORS BUREAU Program: VIII BIENNIAL OF THE INDIGENOUS ART 6 Spring St. Suite 100 St. Ignace. Michigan. 49781 U.S.A E mail: [email protected] Phone number 9066436950

Artwork at the cover: Martin Gómez. .

2 Yacu Samy The Spirit of the Waterfalls El Espíritu de las aguas

Previous display. Art Gallery of the Public Library. Portland. Maine.

It is a pleasure to introduce the General Plan of the VIII edition of the INTERCONTINENTAL BIENNIAL OF INDIGENOUS ART, to be held in the United States during the months of August – September 2020.

This pamphlet includes the suggestions made in the last few weeks by those who are part of the Organizing Committee, as well as artist, patrons and team members. We are sharing it in a close network, in order to offer a perspective on the effective execution of the plan. This document will be the basis for the development of the General Catalog of Participants, to be presented during the Awards and Closing Ceremony.

Guest artists will participate as PROGRAM RESIDENTS. They will present their Artwork in planned

3 exhibitions and will be teachers of the workshops, or coordinate specific areas, as organized during the pre-production phase carried out in the last four months during our visit to the United States, Peru, and Ecuador.

To both spaces (art exhibitions and workshops), we have invited local colleagues to join us to make up a stronger team and a rich art exhibition. Likewise, our invitation is open to art lovers, groups, organizations, public or private institutions to support us.

As part of this collective effort, we feel honored to present a very special display on Native American Art, as an homage to the Host, hence we invite the local community authorities to support us, spreading this call among artists of the Indigenous Artist to participate through the submission of works. We think that the communitarian authority is welcome to play a leading role in this process.

We thank the team for the professionalism they have shown during the pre-production phase. Their contributions have been key to the completion of this plan.

For now, on we are open to any idea that improves or complements the contents of this General Plan.

We are filled with love and gratitude for you all,

Jorge Iván Cevallos Executive Director THE INDIGENOUS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, COMMUNITY OF LEARNING AND FOUNDATION

General Director and Producer www.biai.art

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4 Felix Pinche Sanches. 1st. Prize. Painting Genre. Metropolitan Museum of Lima. VIII Biennial. Oct. 2018. 5 The www.biai.art in Chicago, Illinois. June 2018

WHO WE ARE

The Ecuadorian Community around the world. of Learning and Foundation To achieve our success, we “The Indigenous School of account with the help and the Arts” and our program vision of the public and private THE INTERCONTINENTAL institutions and persons that BIENNIAL OF THE INDIGENOUS share our goal, of a world ART, are the pragmatic outcome built on balance, in which art of a process experienced by plays an important role at a group of artists, cultural the moment of shaping our groups and organizations from communities. Our success is 22 countries, for over three also based on the talented and decades. proactive mentality of fellow We work with different artists and collective parts of alliances to set an agenda that our community. allows us to contribute to the strengthening of the cultural heritage of native nations Juan de la Cruz Machicado. Perú

6 Quintin Borda Ticona. First Price, Sculpture. VII Biennial. Metropolitan Museum. Lima. October 2018. 7 St. Ignace, across the Mackinac Bridge. A city of Arts and Culture

PRINCIPLES THAT INSPIRE US:

• Foment individual and collective construction of knowledge. • Provoke important paradigmatic changes. • Conceive the reality as a fabric that is recreating. • Approach knowledge from a parameter of respect for nature and consequently to the beings that populate the universe. • Recover diverse educational and pedagogical philosophy and practices, adapting to our reality and long term perspectives. • Strengthen community, family and social ties.

ORIENTING PARADIGMS

• Recover skills and knowledge. • Revitalize and cultivate the millennial arts. • Support the decolonization of thought. • Awaken individual and collective imaginations.

Philosophy inspired by the principles promoted by the Ecuadorian Confederation of the Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities – CONAIE. upon the creation of the “Amawtay Wasi Intercultural University” – House of Wisdom – which is permanently nourished in experiences and concepts arising during our own processes.

8 Inti Muenala. Ecuador PUBLISHED BASES TO PARTICIPATE World Prize to the most distinguished of Millenarian Art, Thinking & Culture. GENERAL DISPOSITIONS

• The call is directed in particular to artists from native or indigenous cultures of the 5 continents, encouraging and welcoming the participation of artists from other cultures, that embrace the wisdom of a Millennial Culture.

• The participation is open in all modalities, without discrimination of any nature, neither personal, nor related to the format or technique of the work.

• The theme must be intimately related to the cosmovision or universe of mother cultures, anywhere on the planet.

• Except for the “Grand Masters Hall” and the “Guest Collective Exhibitions”, all works sent individually or collectively enter the competition.

9 • Except for the “Grand Masters Hall” and the “Guest Collective Exhibitions”, each artist participates with a maximum of three works.

• Participation is open in any of the modalities, without discrimination of any nature, neither personally, nor in relation to the format or technique of the work.

• The selection of winners in diverse modalities will be determined by the Jury, considering the votes and opinions coming from the attendants during the exhibit days, or through the Internet.

• All nominations include their publication on the Website – Virtual Catalogue.

• The winners of the FIRST MENTION OF ARTISTIC MERIT receives as recognition a silver button, called the Tinku - which represents the meeting of the Sun and the Moon, accompanied by the respective certificate.

• Besides the trophy, THE ABSOLUTE WINNER IN EACH CATEGORY will get a pass to participate in the Artistic Residency of the IX Biennial to be held October 2022. The Prize includes hotel; food and drinks on daily basis; inside-the-host-country transportation and permanent guidance; materials for the workshops and entrances to museums, theaters, and galleries as part of the circuit of the IX Biennial.

The first prize winner can also send an artistic proposal (individually or collectively), to be presented as Guest Exhibition, within the General Art Exhibition.

• There will be a maximum of 2 winners per category. The Jury may suggest an exception.

10 Fabián Antón. Muralismo Project 2019. St. Ignace

PARTICIPATING CATEGORIES

• Fine Arts. In all its modalities: Painting, Sculpture, Engraving, Drawing, etc. • Performing Arts Theater, Dance and Construction of Costumes and Masks. • Music written in sheet music or recorded. Unpublished or published. • Oral and Written Literature. • Science, Technology and Social and Scientific Research. • Film, Video, Virtual Reality and Photography. • Popular Crafts. All expressions. • Gastronomy. Recipes with wisdom.

Darryl Brown. Paiting Workshop. Machinaw City. 2019

11 The Children’s Workshop. St. Ignace 2019 THE ATAHUALLPA AWARDS TO CHILDREN’S ART / PARTICIPATING CATEGORIES All aforementioned genres and categories, distinguishing themselves through their target to the service of Children:

• Story Telling, for the series “My Grandparents Told Me”. • Songs and Music, for the series “Singing with the Children of the World”. • Illustration and Drawing, to be edited in a special section for comics or animation.

Products to be distributed in future stages as a gift of the Indigenous, to the children of public and private childcare institutions, nursery schools and kindergartens throughout the world. THE YOUNG AND ADOLESCENT PROGRAM It is a special program, created to serve young people and teenagers from various countries. A group of seven international scholarships and up to 40 locals participants, who have in common their affinity to art and stand out as leaders in their communities. It is free and the participants will attend the various workshops scheduled. The South American guest will complement an artistic experience with introductory classes of the English language and 12 a first experience in sharing his Spanish language with the young and adolescent members of the host community. A special group of Volunteers has been integrated to coordinate this area; it is chaired by Mrs. Patty Peek and integrated by teachers Mary Sue Kunze and Sue St. Onge. So far the following quotas have been assigned:

1. Saywa Achic Toaquisa Tigasi. Tigua community. Ecuador. Talented young musician. 15 years old. 2. Cuilluir Sisa Toaquiza Tigasi. Tigua community. Ecuador. Talented young musician. 23 years old. 3. Juliana Antón Aira. Lima. Perú. Love for language and Painting. Peru. 15 years old. 4. Ariana Ruiz Valladares. Student of Arts, specialized in the area of education. Piura. Peru. 18 years old. 5. Yatiri Muenala Vega. Pasion for drawing and painting. Detroit, U.S. 12 years old. 6. Tupac Amaru Cevallos Valdez. Music and Youtber. Quito, Ecuador. 11 years old. 7. Atahuallpa Cevallos Shiguango. Science and Art lover. Story telling. Ecuador. 16 years old. 8. Nevaeh Miller. New Zealand.

The Teenagers Workshop. Puno - Perú. February 2020

13 Luis Ricardo Falconi. Nazca 14 THE VIII BIENNIAL – STRUCTURE

HOST CITIES 1. Municipalities of St. Ignace. • The Little Bear; • Kewadin Casinos Coliseum; • Art Gallery of the Historical Society of Michillimackinac; • Rendezvous at the Straits Powwow, Festival of Art and Indigenous Culture; • The Ojibwa Museum Art Gallery and Gardens; • Totem Village Art Gallery.

2. Mackinac Island. • Cultural Center and Cinema.

3. Mackinaw City. • Conklin Park. II Water Is Life Festival; • Biere de Mac Brew Works. Muralism project and concerts showcase.

4. Chicago. • September 12 - 19. Co-Prosperity Sphere. 3219 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60608. COMPONENTS OF THE VIII BIENNIAL

• The Artistic Exhibitions; • The Traveling Gallery and its Artistic Residence; • The Academic events: New talent training, updating and technical rehearsal; • Public Venues: exhibitions, fairs and main ceremonies.

15 Harry Chávez. Perú THE GENERAL ARTISTIC COMPONENTS. BREAKDOWN:

• Hall of the Great Masters. Consecrated artists or winners of previous biennials only. Out of competition; • The Art exhibition by participant countries; • The Hall of Sculpture, Drawing and Engraving; • II International Hall of the of Visionary Art. Psychedelic Art; • II International Hall “From the Arts to the Crafts”; • The Hall of the Performing and Multimedia Art. Includes Staging Workshop. The Video, Cinema and Photography exhibition; • The Children’s Hall of the Arts; • The Music Concerts and Traditional Medicine and Crafts Fairs.

16 Alvaro Córdova. Tenaz. Mural Workshop. Ecuador 2019 PROGRAMMED WORKSHOPS 1. Music and Construction of Musical Instruments; 2. Dance and Theater; 3. Weaving; 4. Staging: Theater, Dance and Construction of Costumes and Masks; 5. Children’s and Teenagers’ Workshops; 6. Drawing, Painting and Muralism; 7. Sculpture on metal, wood and clay.

Our artist-led workshop will culminate with the Water Is Life Festival. The goal will be to spread a hopeful, inspirational and Indigenous message relating to environmental justice. Through this workshop participants will engage in a way to build relationships with each other and the environment.

17 IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

• Up to 40 participants by workshop; • Up to 40 hours of artistic experimentation in each workshop, distributed during the days of the VIII Biennial; • Academic activities that converge on the staging of a collective artwork, to be presented at the awards ceremony. VIII Biennial. September 6. St. Ignace. COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS. GUEST.

• Antonio Maro Collective. Painting exhibition. Lima, Peru. • SOS. Hunters of Dreams. 100 Meters For Life. Edwin Valle. Mural Painting on Canvas. Ecuador. • ASOCIACIÓN DE PINTORES PERUANOS. ASPAP. Collective Exhibition. Painting. • Ink Engraving Art. Tribute to Eva y Santos Chavez. Chile. In partnership with the Foundation Eva and Santos Chavez. Alongside, will be presented the exhibition: “The Tapestry Honors the Imaginary Poetics of Santos Chavez”, by the Mapuche Nation Weaver, Viviana Ranthul Bahamonce.

Santos Chavez. Serigraphy. Engraving. Chile. 18 St. Ignace. Mural Workshop 2019

ACADEMIC EVENTS

• The Rights of Nature in the International Legislation. • Plurinationality and Interculturality in Modern States. • Children and Youth on the Arts. The Teaching Experience.

19 General view of the I INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE VISIONARY ARTS. VII Biennial. Lima. Peru. October 2018

II INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF VISIONARY ART

This show will present a selection of works and artists that participated in the first, held in the context of the VII Biennial, Lima, October 2018. The coordination of this hall has been re-entrusted to Master Harry Chavez, who presents the following theoretical content:

“Originally, “Visionary art” refers to the works of artists who were ahead of their time and anticipated an ultraterrestrial reality. These men and woman offer through their art an understanding of the world in its multiple dimensions and describe the fundamental forces that operate on it.

It is also common to use this term today to describe the movement in art comprising representations of visions produced by the effect of psychoactive substances, plants, shamans or physical-mental experiences of high demand. While this sample contemplates both senses it is necessary to provide warning that calling art visionary can be redundant: almost every work of art is visionary, as it is the manifestation of a vision that comes from a universe invisible to the outer eyes, and that the Artist crystallizes inside and then recreates it in this flow that we agree to call reality.

That is why, if there is a trade that shares the mechanisms of the shamanic tradition to a large extent, it is the artist’s. An Artis, like a shaman, has the sensibility to perceive the invisible forces that exert pressure on reality and model it with its impact. Thus, artists channel these forces through their works and offer us a vision in the form of allegory, representing them”. Harry Chavez. Curator

20 The Shipivo Family. Olinda Silvano. Painters and Weavers. The I INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FORM THE CRAFTS TO THE ARTS. Metropolitan Museum. Lima, Peru. VII Biennial. October 2018.

II INTERNATIONAL HALL, FROM THE CRAFTS TO THE ARTS

This will include guests with compact artisan samples, from the countries of Ecuador, Peru and the United States. It will have the character of a demonstrative fair, having, as a thematic axis, the link between Crafts and the Arts. The theoretical framework will be comprised of curatorial text, prepared by Master Fedora Martinez Grimaldo, in the following tenor:

“Public and private spaces of social interaction build needs; the evolution between the knowledge formalized by the academy and transmitted familiar knowledge, without formal documents, that accredit the academic step, and accentuate the discrimination towards those who had a way of life in the artisan activity. Thus, the artisan lost exhibition spaces in exhibitions recognized as academic. The academy and the art consumers opted for the artisanal.

The Artisan is potentially a maker of works of art, in it is the essence of ancient aesthetic roots; they keep production techniques, and the complex iconographic universe flows with kindness and indifference, promoting identity for the national collective. In the proposal we try to establish milestones of reflection; understand the displacements, the reasons, the persistence, and the encounters.

Fedora Martínez, Curator

21 Milton Martel. 22 Medal for Artistic Merit . Intercontinental Biennial of Indigenous art. World Prize for the Highlights of Millenarian Thought, Art and Culture.

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 1. Connie Litzner. City Mayor of St. Ignace; 2. Darryl Brown. Director. Rendeous at the Straits Powwow; 3. Quincy Ranville. Events Director. St. Ignace Visitors Bureau. Michigan; 4. Mary Beth Powers. Director of the Fort de Buade Museum; 5. Philip Rice. Director of Culture of the Island of Mackinac; 6. Graham Livingston. Director. Chicago Satellite Collective; 7. Shirley Sorrel. Director of the Ojibwa Museum; 8. Megan Hess. We The People-Michigan; 9. Jorge Iván Cevallos. Ejecutive Director. The Indigenous School for the Arts, Community of Learning and Foundation. Ecuador.

Edwin Valle. SOS. 100 Meters For Life. Mural painting on canvas. Ecuador.

23 The Art Exhibition. The Traveling Gallery. St. Ignace. 2019 THE EXECUTIVE TEAM • Jorge Iván Cevallos. General Producer and Director. Ecuador; • Darryl Brown. Co. Director. USA; • Juan de la Cruz Machicado, Enrique Galdos Rivas & Herbert Dante Calumani. Presidents for Life of the Qualifying Jury; • Carlos Michelena Soria. Curator of the Artistic Exhibition. Ecuador; • Inty Muenala Vega. Artistic Director. Ecuador - USA; • Hector Cisneros Sánchez. Academic Director and Director of the Staging Laboratory. Ecuador; • Miguel Huenchullan, Chile. Musical Director. Chile; • Claudio Durán Rey. Technical Director and Sound Engineer. Online Producer for the VIII Biennial. Argentina - Ecuador; • Monica Alvarado. Argentina / Sue St. Onge, Patty Peek & Mary Sue Kunze. United States / Carmen Rodríguez. Peru. SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE. The Eduardo Kingman Hall of Children and Youth Art. 2020; • Fedora Martínez Grimaldo. Curator. II Exhibit from the Crafts to the Arts. Peru; • Harry Chavez. Curator of the II International Exhibition of Visionary Art. Peru; • Celina Velotery. Director of Ceramics Workshops. Argentina; • César Augusto Lozada Prado. Director. Drawing, Sculpture and Engraving Exhibit and Workshop. Peru; • Luis Ricardo Falconí Quispe. Co-Director. Drawing, Sculpture and Engraving Exhibit Workshop. Peru; • Alfredo Chinguel Ticliahuanca. Director of the Film, Video, Photography and Multimedia Arts Festival. Peru; • Práxedes Herman Neira. Guest Muralist; • Juan Daniel Macas. Director of the Weaving Exhibith and Workshop. Community of Saraguro. Loja, Ecuador; • Luis Molina. Director of the Sculpture on Metal Workshop; • Álvaro Córdova. Muralist and Painter. Director of the Muralism Workshop. Comunnity of Peguche. Imbabura province. Ecuador; • José Ruiz Tume. Co Director. Muralism Workshop. Piura, Peru; • Joe Alexis Fernández Castro. Coordinator of the Muralism program for Teenagers. Peru;

24 • Diana Valdez Mosquera. Press and Communications Officer. Ecuador; • Pablo Varea. Musician. Assistant in writing music sheet for the VIII Biennial Orchestra. Quito, Ecuador; • Elizabeth Bautista Sánchez. Singer and Instructor. The Children’s Construction of Musical Instruments on Bamboo Workshop. Pijal Community. Imbabura province, Ecuador; • Luis Mariano Sandoval; Gavin Daros & Edwin Valle. Ecuador. Instructors. Painting Workshops; • Avelino Tunay. Medicine Man and Story Teller. Ruku Llackta Community. Napo province. Staging Workshop at the Drama Clubs; • Ricardo Suza. Web Master. Ecuador; • Maki Creativa. Image Directors and Graphic Designers; • Robin Kissinger. Outdoor Events Coordinator. USA.

From right to left: María L. Astudillo, Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Culture and Patrimony of Ecuador; Artist, Carlos Michelena, Curator of the Biennial; Juan Fernando Velasco, Ministry of Culture of Ecuador; Diana Valdez, Biennial’s Press and Communications Officer and Jorge Ivan Cevallos (Crazy Horse), General Director and Producer of the Biennial. Presentation of the General Plan. VIII BIENNIAL.

25 GENERAL AGENDA 2020 AUGUST

• Saturday 10. Arrival. Technical Team. • Tuesday 15 - 20. Arrival of guests and delegations. • Thursday. VIP Opening night. • Friday 21st. Opening Ceremony 1. St. Ignace. • Saturday 22nd. Opening Ceremony 2. Mackinac Island. • Sunday 23rd. Music, Film and Video Festival. Mackinac Island. Guest. • 24, 25 and 26. Simultaneous workshops in the 3 cities. They include academic activities such as panels and conversations. • Thursday 27. Inauguration of the II International Exhibition of Visionary Art. Headquarters: Totem Village Art Gallery. St. Ignace. • Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th August. Participation in the Rendezvous at the Straits Powwow Festival. It includes artistic exhibition, art fair and workshops. Headquarters: Father Memorials Park. St. Ignace. • Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th. Muralism workshop, music concert and traveling artistic exhibition. The Viajera Gallery visits the city of Mackinaw.

SEPTEMBER

• Tuesday 1. Music, Film and Video Festival. Mackinac Island • Wenesday. 2 The Water Ceremony Pry. Prelude. • Thursday 3. Outdoor Music Concert at St. Ignace. Jam Session. • Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6. Indigenous Peoples’ Memorial and Festival. It includes an artistic exhibition, a music concert and a craft fair, natural medicine and gastronomic lessons. Headquarters: To be determined. • Saturday 5th. Participation in the Water Is Life Festival. Mackinaw City. • Monday 7th. End of the program in Michigan. Return participants to their cities and countries of origin. • IMPORTANT TO NOTE: from September 12 - 19, Saturday to Sunday, the Traveling Gallery of the Biennial and its Artists Residence and Workshops will visit Chicago, at the Co-Prosperity Sphere Art Gallery.

26 Participants Artists. THE CHICAGO ARTS RESIDENCE. From September 12 – 20. Co-Prosperity Sphere. 3219 S. Morgan Street. Chicago. Illinois, 60608.

1. Nadia Sirry. Egypt; 2. Luis Mariano Sandoval. Ecuador. 3. Álvaro Córdova. Tenaz. Ecuador. 4. Mario Vargas Cuellar. . 5. José Ruis Tume. Perú. 6. Scott Hill. United States. Oneida. Wisconsin; 7. Darryl Brown. United States. Ojibwa. Michigan; 8. Robin Kissigner. United States. Cherokee. Illinois; 9. Graham Livingston. Collective Satélite. United States. Chicago; 10. Anna Luy Tan. Collective Satélite. United States. Chicago; 11. Charlie Tokowitz. Collective Satélite. United States. Chicago.

General view of the art show in Chicago. Summer 2019. The Traveling Gallery.

27 Speech of the Director of the Cervantes Institute of Chicago, on the occasion of the opening of THE TRAVELING GALLERY of the Biennial in that city.

“The artists who are part of this exhibition show with their works how art crosses borders ... saves distances and brings people closer. All have as common points, to talk about the values of their culture, move us to fantastic worlds, to lived sensations and perceptions that overwhelm our senses, surpassing the visual.

In creative processes they experiment with compositions dominated by bright colors. They describe every day, mythological elements, uses and traditions. They combine aspects of their peoples’ identity with elements of the globalized world, captivating us...

In each artistic expression live a story. This exhibition allows us to discover it as a whole and serves as a bridge to know the legacy of these Native Nations, which enrich us with their artistic merits.

Teresa Hernando Cultural Program Director THE CERVANTES INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

Painter & Sculptor Martín Gómez. With the Ecuatorian General Consul in Chicago, Dr. Lenin House. June 2019. The Travelling Gallery

28 Jorge Ivan Cevallos (Chairman of the Biennial) welcomes Senator Jack Bergman to visit the Art Exhibition in St. Ignace, Michigan. August 2019. The Traveling Gallery.

Presentation of a mural project for the city of Antonio Ante. Imbabura Master Juan de la Cruz Machicado. Tribute. By master Luis Wiracocha. The Travelling GalleryEcuador

29 30 Eduardo Cochachin. Laguna Silenciosa PARTICIPANT COUNTRIES ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, , CHILE, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, EGYPT, , MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PARAGUAY, , PERU, UNITED STATES, URUGUAY.

FINAL NOTE The Intercontinental Biennale of Indigenous Art is an independent and pioneering initiative. With its permanent and common action, it contributes to the strengthening of the heritage of indigenous nationalities and peoples, with which we are fortunate to interact, in several countries.

To achieve our success, we appeal to the professional and selfless work of public and private institutions, natural and legal persons, that we have a community of goals and that we are inspired by the desire to serve our communities.

The talent and creative vision of colleagues around the world are also the basis of our success. With many of them we prepared this general plan, to meet at Biennale number VIII.

As of this date, applications and inquiries are welcome. Sincerely,

Quincy Ranville EVENTS DIRECTOR ST. IGNACE VISITORS BUREAU

31 Enrique Galdos Rivas. The Magician of the Color. PreColumbian Scene.

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