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- Walking in the Spirit Circle -

A collection of fifty-eight works in various media by
American Indian Artists of North Carolina
which offers an exciting mosaic of images and ideas
that tell a proud story of survival and promise

Opening Reception Held Friday, June 14, 2002 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
at the Guilford Native American Association Art Gallery
200 North Davie Street, Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina
Exhibit Dates: June 14 - August 31, 2002
Free and Open to the Public!

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“Crying to the Great Spirit”
by...
James Locklear
Artist - Lumbee

Split Reed “Sunday Tote Basket” by Mary Jacobs Bell

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Reed “Market Basket” by Mary Jacobs Bell







(Left) Long Leaf Pine “Lumbee Warrior Shield”
(Right) Poem “The Legend of the Chinaberry Tree”
both by Loretta O. Oxendine

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Leather “Tracking the Spirit” by Mark A. Chavis





(Left) Ceramic“Turtle Power” by Connie Locklear
(Right) Ceramic “Mimosa and Bluebirds” by Connie Locklear



Oil on Skin “Spirit Adoption Ceremony”
by Karen Y. Harley





Collage “Indian Time” by Alyssa Hinton



Oil “Joe” by William Paul Locklear

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Alceon Jones, Lumbee Tribe



“Round Dance” by Alceon Jones



Acrylic and Color by Alceon Jones



Acrylic and Color “How many creatures do you see?”
by Alceon Jones



Acrylic “Symmetry”
by Alceon Jones

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Medicine Jars for Corn, Squash, and Beans
by Senora Lynch, Haliwa-Saponi Tribe



Ceramic...“The Dream's Fading” by Hayes Allen Locklear



“Cornbabies” by Phyllis Lowry

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Green, Blue, and Black Bowl Ceramics
by L. Cynthia Brooks



Pottery by L. Cynthia Brooks

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Mixed Media “Walking Serpent” by Herman L. Oxendine, Lumbee Tribe



Oak and Rabbit “Walking Stick” by James Locklear



Oak with Beads “War Axe” by James Locklear

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Ceramic “Chimney” by Connie Locklear, Coharie Tribe

(Back Left) Gourd Bowl by Herman L. Oxendine



(Back Right) Ceramic Pitcher by Connie Locklear
(Front) Ceramic “Story Pot” by Connie Locklear, Coharie Tribe

(Back Left) Clay Bud Vase
(Back Right) Clay “Etched Urn”
(Front) Clay Mug Vase by Herman L. Oxendine
(In Frame) “SpottedTurtle's Passing Song” by Ray Spottedturtle

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...by Alan Jones



Oil Sticks on Paper “The Spirit” by Alan Jones



Pencil “Face of Evil” by Alan Jones - Fifth Grader



Artwork by Hatty Miller



Acrylic “I Here You Knocking” by Hatty Miller



Acrylic “Tea at High Noon” by Hatty Miller

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Baskets by Mary Jacobs Bell, Lumbee Tribe
American Indian Artist - Professional Basketmaker

Mrs. Bell moved from her home of Robeson County in the mid 40's to live and teach school in Sampson County. There she married James Daniel Bell, Coharie, and made her home in Sampson County with her husband and the Coharie people for more than 50 years. There she and her husband raised their two sons - Danny and Phillip. Mrs. Bell is a retired educator, successful gardner, and also a blue ribbon winner for her culinary skills and talents.

A woman of many talents, Mrs. Bell is today known most for the beautiful baskets that she weaves with love and perfection in the true Native American way. Intrigued by the processes of how wood strips, leaves from trees or woody vines from a Vitis plant could be transformed into a beautiful work of art that serves many purposes, Mrs. Bell found a new love in basket making. Today, her baskets are in high demand, treasured and displayed in many locations from Alaska to Florida to North Carolina to California. Still going strong after many moons, Mrs. Bell can be found showing, demonstrating, explaining, and selling her baskets at Native Pow Wows, Arts Festivals, Indian Unity Conferences, in Museums and Art Galleries throughout North Carolina. She has won many honors, ribbons, and awards for her beautiful and unique baskets.

Elisha Locklear “Spirit of the Longhouse”
Carved Tupelo Gum Wood

Backets in Back from Left to Right
Split Reed Cathedral Window Basket
Split Reed Casserole Basket
White Oak Market Basket
by Mary Jacobs Bell



Pottery “Her Entity”
by Dianne Schenandoah



(Left to Right)
Wire “Triangles”
Wire “Melting”
Wood and Wire “Hand”
by Shawn Jacobs

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- Admiring the Beautiful Art -



- Admiring the Beautiful Art -



- Food and Fellowship Just Outside the Gallery -

- Food and Fellowship Just Outside the Gallery -

Charlene Awolow Assists
Behind the Gift Shop Counter

- Reviewing the Opening Reception Program -

Oilsticks on Paper “Landscape” by Alceon Jones



Oilsticks on Paper “The Path” by Alceon Jones



Oilsticks and Ink on Paper “Grain” by Alceon Jones

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- Waiting with Anticipation for Program to Begin -



GNAA Board Chair,
Frances Stewart Lowry, Greets Crowd



Ruth Revels, Art Gallery Director,
Tells About the Exhibit



- Ray and Brenda Silva Demonstrate to Participants -

Brenda Silva

Ray Silva

“Go My Son” “Proud to Be an... American Indian”

Alicia Thomas, Lumbee - (Left) 2001- 02 Miss Guilford Native
Thelma Huggins, Lumbee - (Right) Senior GNAA

Executive Director Rick Oxendine
Honoring Ceremony - “Indian Man” Executive Director Rick Oxendine

Singing and Dancing

Singing and Dancing

Dancers and Gallery Staff



Ruth Revels, Art Gallery Director,
Has Her Picture Taken with Dancers and Gallery Staff

Carmen Deese

Art Gallery Assistant Carmen Deese Shares a Special Father's Day Tribute



Art Gallery Assistant Carmen Deese
Shares a Special Father's Day Tribute

John and Rosemary Loy along with Lorraine Joslin From England
Are Photographed With the Dancers at Our Exhibit Opening



John and Rosemary Loy along with Lorraine Joslin From England
Are Photographed With...
Executive Director Rick Oxendine and Board Chair Frances Stewart Lowry




Walking in the Spirit Circle

Expressions of Eastern North Carolina Native Americans
About the Exhibition and The Artists

We are proud to present Walking in the Spirit Circle, the latest product of The SPIRITWORKS Group. The focus of the Group, and of the exhibit, is to keep alive, through art, the spirit and traditions of eastern North Carolina Native Americans. The tribes and nations represented in Walking in the Spirit Circle include Coharie, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee and Tuscarora.

The artists and elders involved in the planning and execution of Walking in the Spirit Circle are: Mary Jacobs Bell, Barbara Braveboy-Locklear, L. Cynthia Brooks, Earl Many Skins Carter, Mark A. Chavis, Raymond Spotted Turtle Clark, Gaye Cushing, Karen Harley, Alyssa Hinton, Shawn Jacobs, Alan Jones, Alceon Jones, Connie Locklear, Elisha Locklear, Hayes Alan Locklear, Jada Locklear, James Locklear, Mozelle Locklear, William Paul Locklear, Phyllis Lowry, Senora Lynch, Hatty Miller, Herman Lee Oxendine, Loretta O. Oxendine and Julia Lowry Russell. The media and styles in which these individuals carry on their artistic traditions vary from basketry to poetry, from ceramics to buckskin, from paper collage to wordcarving, from wire sculpture to decorated gourds, from traditional paint-on-leather to modern acrylic-on-canvas.

The poignant poetry of Jada Locklear "Sing to Me", Julia Lowry Russell "Woman and Child" and Gaye Cushing "Last Beauty"; the powerful ceramics of James Locklear "Cry to the Great Spirit", Senora Lynch "Medicine for Corn, Beans and Squash" and Herman Oxendine "Etched Urn"; the delightful group of "Corn Babies" by Phyllis Lowry and the provocative "Indian Time" by Alyssa Hinton; the profound oil-slicks-and-ink-on-paper piece, "The Path" by Alceon Jones and the captivating mixed media piece, "Lumbee War Shield", by Loretta Oxendine; and all the methods and messages throughout this collection offer an exciting mosaic of images and ideas. Taken together, they tell a proud story of survival and promise.

Perhaps Barbara Braveboy-Locklear put it best in her poem, "Walking in the Spirit Circle". "WE ARE WALKING FOR: Older generations. Ancient lessons. Murmurs of grace. Firekeepers. Sacred songs. Holy silence. Wordless patience. Broken arrows. Empty chambers. The sighing of the pine, silver voices of the aspen, clashing cymbals of the birch, scent of the cedar. Beads of the Chinaberry. Paths of green. Untrodden prairies. Turtle crossings. Cornfields. Sage rows. Reeded lagoons. A rippling black stream.

"WE ARE NOT WALKING FOR: Muffled voices. Whispered songs. Silent drums, laughs. Alien beliefs. Broken treaties. Broken spirits. Broken gravestones. Unbroken arrows. Loaded chambers. Unlit fires. Unbaited fish hooks. Treeless banks. A stilled black stream. No huckleberries. No sassafras. Fogless meadows. Fogged minds. Extinction."

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A Father's Tribute
Honoring is an American Indian tradition, and Guilford Native
is proud to follow that tradition. This evening - the Board, Staff
and entire Native Community join us in a Special Memorial to the
Fathers of our Native Community as we remember them during
this Father's Day Celebration,

*Mr. Jimmy Locklear	*Mr. Buck Oxendine
*Mr. Hollis Locklear	*Mr. Junior Oxendine
*Rev. Willie Lee Stewart	*Mr. Van Medlin
*Mr. Leonard Godwin	*Mr. Leroy Maynor
*Mr. George Lewis	*Ben Locklear
*Mr. Calvin Hunt	*Buddy Oxendine
*Mr. Luther Locklear	*Mr. Sherman Hunt
*Rev. Cleo McCoy	*Mr. Thurman Locklear
*Mr. Gene Jacobs	*Mr. Robert Maynor
*Mr. Redford Jones	*Mr. Hoover Maynor
*Mr. Julius Locklear	*Rev. Howard Hammonds
*Mr. Robert Hunt	*Mr. Hubert Hollerman
Sunset Locklear	David Bartley
* Mr. Fuller Jacobs
*Denotes Elders

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Congratulations/Recognitions

There are some very special people who have retired, are retiring
and/or leaving for other opportunities from the
Greensboro Cultural Center and City Parks and Recreation.
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you a thousand times over for the many, many ways
in which you helped and supported the Guilford Native American Art Gallery, the Pow Wow, Cultural Festivals and
the many other Cultural Arts Programs that we produce each year. We absolutely could not have been successful without
your support and friendships.

We wish each of you well as you leave and hope you will be back often to visit,
volunteer and participate in our programs.

May the Great Spirit watch over each of you and may you find
peace, happiness and success always.

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Carole Lindsay-Potter, City Arts - Greensboro Parks and Recreation
John Santucio, United Arts Council of Greensboro
Robert Harris, City Arts - Greensboro Parks and Recreation
Judy Morton, United Arts Council of Greensboro
Juanita Haith-Lawson, African American Atelier
Don Howard, Greensboro Country Park
Greensboro Parks and Recreation

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Dedication

This Art Exhibition is Dedicated to...
Rev. Herbert Lowry, Pastor of Triad Native American United Methodist Church
and his family - his wife, Connie; his son, Jordan and his daughter, Altman.
We wish you much happiness and success as you leave Greensboro to minister to another congregation.
May God continue to bless you with love, happiness and spiritual guidance.
We hope you will come back to visit us at the Gallery.
Thank you for your support of the Art Gallery while you were here.

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SPECIAL THANKS
The Guilford Native American Association and the Guilford Native American Art Gallery
board and staff would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the following
individuals, organizations and businesses for their support and contributions to the successful
opening of this Exhibition and the production of related Cultural Arts Programs of the
Guilford Native American Art Gallery.

Alison Walls, Installation of Exhibit
City of Greensboro Mayor and City Council, City Manager and Staff
Printing - Bill Revels, Arrowhead Graphics
Susan Hunter, Greensboro Graphics
Photography and Marketing, Ron Helms
Photography, Sue Vaughan, Raleigh
Reception - Maria Harris, Volunteer, Candice Powell, American Express Volunteer
Sandra Hunt, Potato Bread
The Juried Art Exhibition Judges
African American Atelier Art Gallery
Greensboro Artists League
Carla Norrell, Greensboro Cultural Center and Festival Park Coordinator
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art and Art Quest
Mattye Reed African Heritage Art Gallery
Carole Potter, City Arts
Tamra Hunt, Volunteer

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7 PM Opening Exhibition Program
Friday June 14, 2002
(Inside the Gallery)

Greetings
Frances Stewart Lowry, Board Chairperson

Blessing of the Exhibit
Ray Silva, Traditional Artist

About the Exhibit
Ruth Revels, Native American Art Gallery Director

Honoring Ceremony
“Indian Man” Rick Oxendine, GNAA Executive Director
Ray Silva - Brenda Silva, Fancy Dancer
Brenda Sexton, Gallery Assistant and Jingle Dress Dancer
*Young First Americans Dance Company
Tribute to All Men Present in Honor of Father's Day
Women of the Audience

“Go My Son”and “Proud to Be an American Indian”
Heidi and Heather Hunt, Sabrina and Eric Ahmed and Ashley Myers
Directors: Alicia Thomas, Gallery Assistant
and 2001-2002 Miss Guilford Native
Carmen Deese, Gallery Assistant and UNC-G Student

Special Father's Day Tribute
Carmen Deese, Gallery Assistant and UNC-G Student

*Dancers: Ms. Thelma Huggins, John Locklear, Jr., Payne Sheek,
Breanna Locklear and Sierra Locklear, 2001-2002 Little Miss Guilford Native.

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No pieces in this Exhibit may be reproduced.
All rights reserved 2002-2003.

This Exhibition is funded in part by the N.C. Arts Council, a state agency,
and the Grassroots Arts Program.

www.ncarts.org

"Walking in the Spirit Circle:
Expressions of Eastern North Carolina
Native Americans"
is curated by
Dr. Stan Knick and
Ms. Becky Leviner of the
Native American Resource Center at
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
in association with...
The SPIRITWORKS! Group.
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Becky G. Leviner
Public Information Assistant
Native American Resource Center
UNC Pembroke
PO Box 1510 UNCP
Pembroke, NC  28372
910.521.6282
becky.goins@uncp.edu