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Asheville Art Museum and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian present A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary and Contemporary Art
Exhibition on view beginning June 12, 2021 at the Museum of Cherokee Indian
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Exhibition on view beginning June 12, 2021 at the Museum of Cherokee Indian
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Asheville Art Museum
A Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary and Contemporary Art features over 50 works of art in a variety of media by 30+ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and Cherokee Nation artists. The exhibition highlights the use of the written Cherokee language, a syllabary developed by Cherokee innovator Sequoyah (circa 1776–1843). Cherokee syllabary is frequently found in the work of Cherokee artists as a compositional element or the subject matter of the work itself. The exhibition will be on view at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, North Carolina from June 12, 2021 to October 31, 2021, and in the Asheville Art Museum’s Appleby Foundation Exhibition