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URL:https://museum.msu.edu/events/quillwork-demonstration-and-talk/
SUMMARY:Quillwork: Demonstration and Talk
DESCRIPTION:Experience the art of quillwork through an exhibition talk and 
 live demonstration with Monica Raphael\, an Anishinaabe-Lakota artist\, kn
 owledge keeper\, and fifth-generation quill worker. Through stories\, cult
 ural insights\, and hands-on artistry\, Monica will explore how traditiona
 l practices carry knowledge across generations and remain vibrant expressi
 ons of creativity today.\nLight refreshments will be served.\nRegistration
  link coming soon!\nThe program is in conjunction with the exhibition\, Ga
 awii Eta-Go Aawizinoo Gaawiye Mkakoons / It’s Not Just a Quill Box\, on 
 view September 1 - November 25\, 2026.\n\nMore About Monica Raphael\nThe A
 nishinaabe word for “old woman” is mindimooyehn and when broken down t
 ranslates to “one that holds it all together\;” the mindimooyehn is th
 e foundation for many Anishinaabe families. Monica Jo Raphael (Anishinaabe
 -Lakota) considers herself a mindimooyehh who likes to create art and shar
 e stories of creation from Mother Earth. A culture bearer\, knowledge keep
 er\, grandmother\, multi-media artist and fifth generation quill worker\, 
 Monica has dedicated her life to preserving her culture’s traditional te
 achings\, stories\, language\, and practices\, and sharing her cultural kn
 owledge with others to be carried on.\nBorn to the Ginew “golden eagle
 ” clan of the Anishinaabek\, Monica is an enrolled citizen of the Grand 
 Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa\, a descendant of Chief Spotted Tail 
 of the Sičánğu Lakota\, and the Huron and Pokagon Potawatomi. She learn
 ed the traditional art form of quill and birch box making while living in 
 the village of Peshawbestown on the Grand Traverse Band Reservation. Quick
 ly mastering both the woodland flora and fauna designs for which her famil
 y was known\, Monica has excelled in creating even more complex designs wh
 ile using traditional materials and techniques along with bright modern co
 lors to create a modern twist to a timeless art form. When creating her in
 terpretation of an art that predated European contact and the introduction
  of glass seed beads\, Monica feels as if she is having a dialogue with he
 r Ancestors. She continues to be inspired to create art as a form of peace
 ful resistance\; a way to share that “We as Native peoples are still pro
 udly here and have survived despite the devastating effects that settler c
 olonialism created for our Ancestors and people.”\nHer award-winning wor
 k has quickly become known all over the world for its clear intention to c
 raftsmanship\, and unwavering dedication to patience. In 2021 she was awar
 ded a First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellowship and the Native Arts a
 nd Cultures Foundation LIFT Fellowship she has received awards at the Smit
 hsonian National Craft Show\, SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market\, Cherokee Art 
 Market\, Eiteljorg Indian Market Festival\, Heard Indian Market\, Abbe Mus
 eum Indian Market\, Autry Indian Market\, Southeastern Art Show and Market
 \, Artesian Arts Festival\, and the Woodland Indian Market. Her celebrated
  work can be found in several museum and personal collections\, including 
 the Michigan State University Museum\, the Eiteljorg Museum of American In
 dians and Western Art\, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College\, the\
 , Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the Gochman Famil
 y Collection at the Forge Project.\nMonica is presently the Hoback Curator
  of Great Lakes Native Art\, Cultures and Community Engagement working to 
 ensure Indigenous ways of knowing\, practices and perspectives are include
 d in the care of the collection as well as all aspects of programming and 
 content at the at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
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