Trickster Gallery-Native American Arts will mark its 7th Anniversary with a big celebration March 3rd, 2012 at 190 S. Roselle Rd. Schaumburg, Illinois. Three Native American Music Award winners will be performing, including Folk & Blues rocker Keith Secola (Ojibwe), Classical Guitarist Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui), and Flutist/Singer Cody Blackbird (Dakota/Cherokee). Joining them with a Hoopdance performance will be Samsoche and Lumhe Sampson (Seminole/Creek), sons of the late actor and artist Will Sampson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Poltergeist II). Local Navajo designer LeAnn Hascon Ward will be presenting her one of a kind designs during her All Native Fashion Show, modeled by Native youth. 
New exhibits will be opening featuring the work of Jodi Webster from the Ho-Chunk and Prairie Band Potawatomi Nations. The other, a group show entitled “Misplaced Generations”, will be a visual/multi-media exhibit that will convey and articulate cultural loss (i.e. dissipating tribal languages, disconnection, devoid of identity, Native diaspora, etc.). Misplaced Generations serves as a catalyst in an effort to revitalize cultural identity in urban communities.
“The Gallery and these events are important for all generations, to learn about our past and to inspire future generations to follow in the footsteps we leave behind”, says Vietnam veteran artist Joe L.Yazzie (Navajo).
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, $5 for children 6-12, and free for children under 5. Tickets can be purchased at Trickster Gallery or by calling 847-301-2090 Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-5pm.
Tickets will also be available by visiting the American Indian Center of Chicago at 1630 W. Wilson Ave. Chicago.
Trickster Gallery opened in 2005 as an extension of the American Indian Center of Chicago’s Arts Program. The American Indian Center is the oldest urban Indian Center in the country, with Trickster Gallery being the only Native owned and operated arts institution in the state. The Gallery is dedicated to providing space for first-voice arts and features contemporary Native art, augmenting exhibits with film screenings, featured speakers, panel discussions, school tours and educator workshops. Trickster Gallery programs raise public awareness and advance ideals of tolerance and diversity by combating stereotypes and deconstructing predetermined imagery that has long defined Native Americans. They are created by rural and urban-based Native American communities for the larger community. This provides a necessary inclusive platform for cultural exchange as we continue to celebrate Native America in Illinois.
TRICKSTER GALLERY Native American Arts 190 S. Roselle Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60193 trickstergallery@aic-chicago.org 847-301-2090
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