RECIPROCITY
Šika-ka – Quail
Laura Kennedy & Corine Pearce
Oak cuttings from within the park; bent and woven, Jute twine and bailing wire, Recycled camping stakes, Rebar
Laura Kennedy & Corine Pearce
Oak cuttings from within the park; bent and woven, Jute twine and bailing wire, Recycled camping stakes, Rebar
Quails can be seen and heard within the park. Quails often symbolize community, and the value that it holds, as we work together. Native American tribes used quails primarily as a food source and for their feathers in ceremonial and decorative items. Quail bones are also used for tools and crafts, and the birds hold symbolic significance, including abundance and fertility in most Californian Native American communities.
Corine Pearce shared traditional tree tending practices with diverse Lake County community members who pruned low branches of sprouting oaks to support forest health and fire resiliency. Pruned branches were taken to MAC where with guidance from Pearce and Kennedy, they were trimmed, bent, woven, bundled, and tied into meaningful forms creating a covey of quail.
Special thanks to Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance (TERA) who also tended the sprouting oaks and provided materials for the project
Corine Pearce shared traditional tree tending practices with diverse Lake County community members who pruned low branches of sprouting oaks to support forest health and fire resiliency. Pruned branches were taken to MAC where with guidance from Pearce and Kennedy, they were trimmed, bent, woven, bundled, and tied into meaningful forms creating a covey of quail.
Special thanks to Tribal Eco Restoration Alliance (TERA) who also tended the sprouting oaks and provided materials for the project
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Laura Kennedy is a mixed media artist: a painter, sculptor, printmaker, assemblage, and performance artist. Laura has participated in EcoArts numerous times in the past, both independently and in collaboration with youth and adults. She has taught assemblage, drawing, and summer camp at MAC. She has been teaching art and working as a Teacher’s Assistant at the Lake County Charter School for 4 years. Her work is informed by the flora and fauna of place. She combines plant material, bones and other animal remnants with discarded and repurposed materials.
Corine Pearce, Culture Bearer and a member of Redwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians, has dedicated her life to mastering and teaching Pomo basketry to connect past, present and future generations to a living cultural identity. She collaborates with Tribes, NGO’s, and schools to revitalize and celebrate Pomo cultural traditions, leading workshops and speaking widely on Pomo heritage, TEK, and plants for medicine, food and basketry. Corine curated her first exhibit of contemporary Native artists' work in 2022 at the MAC and has curated several exhibits since.
In 2023 Corine received a Silver Award for Community Engagement in the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards “Education, Arts and Culture” category. Her work is recognized by Craft in America, a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship, and a Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award. It is an honor to work and learn with her. |
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