Wildoak LivingTM
Wildoak LivingTM
Monday, June 20, 2016
Previous Broadcast - Local Museums Bring History to Life
Join Johanna "Wildoak" for Wildoak Living,
the radio program about living sustainably
in Mendocino County and beyond.
The next program will air live on
Monday, June 20, from 9 to 10am PT
on Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (KZYX)
and on the web at kzyx.org
Program Topic:
Local Mendocino County Museums Bring History to Life
In this upcoming program, Johanna “Wildoak” shares information about two Mendocino County gems: The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah and the Anderson Valley Museum in Boonville.
In the first half of the program, Johanna talks with Wes Smoot and Marvin Schenk, board members of the Anderson Valley Historical Society, about the Anderson Valley Museum. The museum is centrally located a half-mile northwest of Boonville in the Con Creek Schoolhouse. Built in 1891, it taught children of lumberjacks and sheep farmers for almost ninety years before closing in 1979. Today, the museum shares relics and information about Anderson Valley’s colorful past, including the original native residents up to Boontling. The Anderson Valley Historical Society is a non-profit, volunteer organization who collects, researches and shares the rich history of Anderson Valley. Their annual meeting/public presentation on Sunday, July 17 will include a presentations about Boontling, the whimsical local language once spoken widely throughout the valley. Students from Nadia Berrigan’s High School Computer Class will share details on their Cemetery mapping project, and there will be music, food and fun.
In the second half of the program, Johanna talks with Sherrie Smith-Ferri, Director of the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, about the museum’s current exhibit She Sang Me a Good Luck Song: The California Indian Photographs of Dugan Aguilar. Filled with stunning photographs that reveal the richness and vibrancy of contemporary Native Californian cultures, this traveling exhibit features the work of Dugan Aguilar (Mountain Maidu/Washoe/Pit River/Walker River Paiute). From basket makers and dancers to military veterans and motorcyclists, his images provide an intimate look at the lives of current day California Indians. At the Grace Hudson Museum, Aguilar's photos will be supplemented with Native objects and regalia. We will find out more about a panel discussion coming up on Saturday, June 25, from 2–4 pm with "She Sang Me a Good Luck Song" exhibit photographer Dugan Aguilar, catalog editor Theresa Harlan, artist L. Frank, and photographer Austin Stevenot, along with moderator and artist Meyo Maruffo, as they discuss the state of contemporary Native photography.
Sherrie will also talk about the progress being made towards creating an outdoor educational component for the Museum by restructuring the Carpenter-Hudson park that surrounds the Museum and Sun House. This project is made possible by a California State Parks and Recreation Department’s Nature Education Facilities Program award of $3 million to the City of Ukiah. It will utilize the Museum's grounds as interpretive spaces, landscaped entirely with native Mendocino County plants. The park will be used to teach visitors about Pomo Indian land management traditions and values, and how these can inform contemporary sustainable practices.
More info about this program topic:
http://www.andersonvalleymuseum.org/
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