BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.6.4//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:98@museum.msu.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241107T193000 DTSTAMP:20241107T164118Z URL:https://museum.msu.edu/events/indigenous-hip-hop-talk-with-frank-waln/ SUMMARY:Indigenous Hip Hop | talk with Frank Waln (SOLD OUT) DESCRIPTION:Indigenous Hip Hop: Frank Waln’s Journey of Music\, Activism\ , and Resilience\nConversation Moderated by Kevin Leonard\n\nCelebrate Nat ive American Heritage Month with the MSU Museum and experience a powerful conversation with award-winning artist Frank Waln. Discover his inspiring journey\, his music\, and his mission to share and preserve his culture. I n collaboration with the MSU Native American Institute\, this event will b e moderated by the institute's director\, Dr. Kevin Leonard. This event is SOLD OUT but please join us for the livestream!\n\nDate: Thursday\, Novem ber 7\nTime: 6-7:30 PM (talk + 30 minute reception after)\nLocation: WKAR Studio (room 145)\n\nJoin the Livestream Here!\n\nMore About Frank Waln\nF rank Waln is an award winning Sicangu Lakota multi-genre music artist\, pu blic speaker and educator from the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Audio Arts &\; Acoustics from Columbia Col lege Chicago\, where he is recognized as a notable alumnus and was given t he prestigious Mayor's Award for Civic Engagement upon graduating. Frank W aln has appeared on MTV\, CNN\, NPR and ESPN for his work and has won nume rous awards for his work including Native American Music Awards and “Bes t Music Video” at the Das Indianer international film festival.\n\nHis i mpactful work has been showcased at prominent venues such as the Smithsoni an National Museum of the American Indian\, the Linden Museum in Germany\, and the Kennedy Center. His role as a curator has left a lasting imprint\ , notably in his design of a captivating music exhibit within the Native A merican Exhibition Hall at the Field Museum in Chicago. Frank Waln also cu rated Chicago’s first ever all Indigenous music showcase during the 2022 Pritzker Pavilion Outdoor Summer Music Series. Frank Waln's writing has b een published in academic journals including the School Library Journal a nd he was a contributing author to America Ferrera's New York Times Best S eller American Like Me. \n\nFrank Waln's influence extends to higher edu cation and for the last decade\, he has toured colleges and universities a round the world. He has been a guest lecturer in numerous college classes and has held residencies at institutions such as Stanford University and H arvard University. Frank Waln’s recent work centers his family’s histo ry with boarding schools which became the focus of an artist residency he held at Harvard University in 2023-2024. In recognition of his commitment to preserving cultural heritage\, Frank Waln was commissioned by Harvard U niversity's Committee on the Arts to curate programming on campus and crea te new music paying tribute to his great grandmother's resilience as a sur vivor of Indian boarding schools. Frank Waln is currently a professor at W estern Michigan University where he teaches about Indigenous music and his tory. Frank Waln’s self-published music is available on all streaming pl atforms.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://museum.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/1 0/MSUM-Programming-IndigenousHipHop-Website-900x600-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Featured Events LOCATION:Communications Arts and Sciences Building\, 404 Wilson Rd\, East L ansing\, Michigan\, 48823\, United States GEO:42.722459;-84.48143 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=404 Wilson Rd\, East Lansin g\, Michigan\, 48823\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Communicat ions Arts and Sciences Building:geo:42.722459,-84.48143 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR