SF’s Free Waterfront “Landscape Is Homeland Festival” 2023

Submitted by the Event Organizer

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 and stories that are deeply rooted in the California landscape. Enjoy panel conversations and film 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.

Ohlone People: Survivance to Thrivance
Film
2:00 p.m.

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

Happening on the Plaza

Demonstrations, Art, and Market
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

Meyo Marrufo, Eastern Pomo
Graphic Art and Relationship to Land

Rico Miranda, Rumsen Ohlone
California Native Games Demonstration

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

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.