“Stirring the Pot: Bringing the Wanamaker Photos Home” is set to open Jan. 21 at the Center Gallery on Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus.
The exhibition will remain on view 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through March 11, with a panel discussion planned for noon-1 p.m. on Feb. 9. The exhibition and discussion are free and open to the public. The Center Gallery is located inside JCC’s College Center at 260 N. Union St. in Olean.
Curated by Drs. Fileve Palmer and Joe Stahlman, Stirring the Pot is a digital-repatriation project that uses images from the collection of more than 8,000 photos taken by Joseph Dixon on a then-commercial endeavor to photograph Native American life between 1908 and 1921.
Expanding on the work done on Tuscarora Indian Nation to the other Iroquois nations, Stirring the Pot collected stories from living descendants of the people in the Wanamaker photos, and photographed them with their ancestors. Allowing people to choose their favorite places, adornments, and poses, participants took part in constructing their own visual narratives.
To learn more about the exhibition, visit www.stirringthepotexhibit.wordpress.com.
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Per JCC COVID-19 protocols, face masks must be worn by attendees, regardless of vaccination status.
