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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode One - "How it began" [00:03:47]
Artist Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo) discusses the artistic process of creating an original outdoor sculpture in the landscape of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Two - "Materials" [00:03:06]
Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo) and Athena Steen discuss the origins and inspiration behind the various materials being used to create an original outdoor sculpture in the landscape of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Three - "Family" [00:02:47]
"Being strangers at the beginning of this journey, we came from distant places with the intent to build sculptures, and in the process built a family as well," says Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo). She and niece Athena Steen, co-director of the Canelo Project in Canelo, Arizona, reflect upon the close-knit team brought together to build Always Becoming, the first sculpture project of its kind at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Episode Four - "Community" [00:03:51]
The community of builders creating Always Becoming—NMAI staff, the public, and artist Nora Naranjo-Morse—expresses their profound connections to the sculpture and one another.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Five - "Dialogue" [00:02:26]
Athena Steen reflects upon the ethereal nature of the artistic
process—as NMAI staff and the public offer impressions of how Always Becoming has touched their lives and broadened their perspectives.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Six - "Gathering" [00:03:00]
Working alongside her family to gather clay near their home in northern New Mexico for the Always Becoming sculpture project, artist Nora Naranjo-Morse describes the "aesthetic and pragmatic" elements of micaceous and Santa Clara clays.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Seven - "The Final Coat" [00:02:57]
Sculptor Nora Naranjo-Morse explains the importance of working with clay and plaster, a long-held tradition of her Pueblo ancestors, as well as the breathtaking moments that come with placing the "final coat" of material onto a sculpture or the walls of a home.
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Episode Eight - "Becoming" [00:03:28]
Through narration, historic photographs, and a montage of moving images, artist Nora Naranjo-Morse relates the significance of the Always Becoming project—pride for generations of Native people and the continued stewardship of handmade, living pieces of art.
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Always Becoming Sculpture Project
Episode Nine - "The Earth/La Tierra" [00:02:56]
A dynamic music video featuring a montage of historical and contemporary images related to the Always Becoming project, compiled by Dax Thomas
(Laguna/Acoma) and accompanied by the music of Mapuche hip-hop artist Jaas, entitled "Newen/Life-Force."
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