Inaugural Performances

The Center for Indigenous Studies held its inaugural public presentations on Bard’s Annandale-on-Hudson campus in the summer of 2023. Performances by influential artists Ya Tseen and Emily Johnson/Catalyst were presented in partnership with the Fisher Center at Bard College and the Hessel Museum of Art, respectively. Ya Tseen (“be alive” in Tlingit), the electro-soul music project of artist Nicholas Galanin, performed on Saturday, June 24, at the Fisher Center’s Spiegeltent. Being Future Being: Land/Celestial, an outdoor, multi-scalar, movement-based performance work by Emily Johnson/Catalyst, took place on Saturday, July 22, on the grounds of the Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard).