Announcing A New Exhibit In The Healing Nautilus
Diné Sacred Sandpainting Opening Reception & Gallary Talk: Thursday, June 11th, 7:00 pm - Free
exhibit to open on June 11, 2009
A new show opening at Ringing Rocks Foundation features Diné Medicine Woman, Walking Thunder and renowned photographer, Larry Lindahl portraying the beautiful and deeply spiritual practice of Diné sandpainting
This June, in conjunction with Sedona's first annual Festival of Native American Culture, RRF will host a new exhibit in the Healing Nautilus. The show will feature the sacred, healing art of Diné sandpainting. The Diné use sandpaintings as a way of inviting the spirits or Yei into the material plane in order to bless, heal and offer guidance.
"The intention of this new show is to educate people about this ancient healing technique used by the Diné to interact with the spirit realm." offers Arcania Blystone, Executive Director of Ringing Rocks Foundation. "When we learned that the Arizona Archaeological Society was planning on hosting a festival to honor Native American culture, we knew that we wanted to contribute to the success of the event. We offered to host a sandpainting demonstration by Walking Thunder as a way of sharing this important aspect of the spiritual life of the Diné people."
To bring this beautiful Diné tradition to life, RRF has partnered with renowned photographer, Larry Lindahl, whose work appears in Arizona Highways magazine as well as many other publications, to work closely with Walking Thunder as she gathers the various types of stones and pollens used in the paintings. Larry will illuminate the prayers and rituals used as the stones are ground into sand and will bring to life the ceremony of sacred sandpainting throughout the entire process of a healing ritual.
The show opens with a sandpainting demonstration and discussion of the spiritual aspects of this ancient practice by Walking Thunder on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 7 pm. In addition, Larry Lindahl will discuss the artistic process he went through to visually share the story of the creation of a sacred sandpainting.