BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas

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1. AMIND_210106_13.JPG: Welcome to a Native Place From the moment you step onto the museum's grounds, you are in a Native place. Explore the forest, meadow, wetlands, and croplands to see the restored environments of the Chesapeake Bay and Piedmont regions from four hundred years ago. Did You Know? The museum grounds contain more than 30,000 trees, shrubs, and other plants, representing 150 different species.
2. AMIND_210130_29.JPG: Always Becoming From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Always Becoming is an artwork created in 2007 by Nora Naranjo-Morse (born 1953), a Native American Potter and poet. She currently resides in Española, New Mexico, just north of Santa Fe and is a member of the Santa Clara Pueblo. Description The sculpture consists of five separate sculptures, that make up a family. Grounded in figures from Santa Clara Pueblo oral tradition the sculptures are named: Father Mother Little one Moon Woman Mountain Bird The sculptures were built in-situ over the summer of 2007, Nora Naranjo-Morse worked with her niece Athena Swentzell Steen and her husband Bill Steen who are experts at building structures with natural material, and the family of Don Juan Morales (Tepehuan) from the Mexican state of Durango, as well as many volunteers including museum staff and visitors. Being strangers at the beginning of this journey, we came from distant places with the intent to build sculptures, and in the process built a family as well. -- Nora Naranajo-Morse, 2007 Materials The Sculptures are made entirely of natural materials: dirt, sand, straw, clay, stone, black locust wood, bamboo, grass, and yam vines. These natural elements were selected to take on a life of their own and thus affect the sculptures over time. In this way the materials ensure the forms are 'always becoming'. Dimensions The five sculptures range in size from seven and a half to sixteen feet tall. History and Location On May 24, 2006, the National Museum of the American Indian announced that Naranjo-Morse had won its outdoor sculpture design competition. "Always Becoming" was selected unanimously from more than 55 entries submitted by Native artists from throughout the Western Hemisphere. During the summer of 2007, on the grounds of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC, Naranjo-Morse built a family of clay sculptures. The commissioned work is located on the 'Native landscape' at the museum's south entrance on Maryland Avenue S.W. near 4th Street and Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. A public dedication, officially opening these public works of art, took place on September 1, 2007. The sculptures are intended to disintegrate over time, and the lives of sculptures from the initial idea through the continued process of stewardship are being documented by Filmmaker Dax Thomas (Laguna/Acoma). As the sculptures disintegrate the films of their life will form a more permanent record of their existence and are therefore an essential part of the artistic process, and the work of art itself. Native culture and the environment served as the inspiration for the sculpture design. 'Always Becoming' will reflect themes of growth and adaptation and represent indigenous peoples' unique relationship to the environment, ... The sculpture's metaphor of home and family not only conveys a universal theme to all peoples, but also enhances the visitors' experience that they have entered a Native place when they step foot [sic] on the museum grounds. -- Nora Naranajo-Morse, 2007
3. AMIND_210521_21.JPG: Line Starts Here Bag screening in progress. Please following the guidelines below: * Prepare your bags for screening. * Remove all items from your pockets. * Maintain a safe social distance. * Wear a face covering at all times. The following are prohibited: * Scissors * Smoking * Knives * Animals (other than service animals) * Guns Smithsonian
4. AMIND_210521_25.JPG: Timed-entry passes are required for entry Reserve your passes online or visit www.si.edu/tickets
5. AMIND_210521_33.JPG: Take Precautions to protect yourself and others during your visit * Maintain a safe social distance * Wear a face covering * Wash hands, sanitize and practice good hygiene The following activities are prohibited at the National Native American Veterans Memorial: Do not play any form of sports, including, but not limited to jogging, bicycling, skating, ball and frisbee playing. Do not litter. Do not walk off the path through the landscape, climb trees, walk through shrubs, grass or other plantings. Do not allow pets to run loose.
6. AMIND_210728_01.JPG: Face Covering Required
7. AMIND_211219_02.JPG: They had a Smithsonian 150th flag flying outside of the museum
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2021 photos: This year, which started with former child president's attempted coup and the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, gradually got better. Trips this year: (May, October) After getting fully vaccinated, I made two trips down to Asheville, NC to visit my dad and his wife Dixie, and (mid-July) I made a quick trip up to Stockbridge, MA to see the Norman Rockwell Museum again as well as Daniel Chester French's place @ Chesterwood. Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: about 283,000, up slightly from 2020 levels but still really low.
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