Landscape Is Homeland Festival

This Earth Day weekend, come together for a day of celebration and programming presented in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and the American Indian Cultural District. Join Indigenous artisans and community members as they share practices, stories, and food that are deeply rooted in the California landscape. Enjoy panel conversations in the Kanbar Forum and an all-day market featuring art and demonstrations on the Plaza. Come honor the Earth’s original care keepers and explore the complex bonds that Indigenous communities have with the land that gave birth to them.

Please note: All Landscape Is Homeland Festival programming in the Kanbar Forum and on the Plaza is free and open to the public. For access to the Exploratorium’s other galleries, ticket purchase is required.

Happening in Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar Forum

Gathering in the Changing Climate  
Panel conversation
1:00 p.m.

Restoring Ecologies in the Greater Bay Area
Panel conversation
3:00 p.m.

Happening on the Plaza

Market and Demonstrations
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Featured artists and presenters:

Julia Parker, Lucy Parker, and Family, Miwok/Paiute/Pomo/Yosemite and Coast Miwok
Four Generations of Basketry 

George Blake, Hupa/Karuk
Antler and Bone Carving

Carson Bates, Northern Sierra Mewuk
Working with Cordage, Hemp, and Dogbane

Jennifer Bates, Northern Sierra Mewuk 
Acorn Processing

Lois Conner-Bohna, Mono/Chukchansi
Mono Basket Weaving

Dyann Eckstein, Chukchansi
Soaproot Brushes

Rico Miranda, Rumsen Ohlone
California Native Games Demonstration

Meyo Murrufo, Eastern Pomo
Graphic Art and Relationship to Land 

Dixie Rogers, Karuk/Modoc
Karuk Basket Weaving

Jessie Rouse-Whipple, Illmawi Pit River/Hupa/Wintu
Bear Grass Demonstration

Amora Stevenot, Northern Sierra Mewuk
Acorn Processing

Linda Yamane, Rumsen Ohlone
Then and Now: Ohlone Materials Present and Past