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Dare Turner

Dare Turner (Darienne Turner), enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe of California and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Brooklyn Museum — its first full-time curator of Native art.

Oct 5, 2026

48:15
Can you explain to people what they'll see?
48:17
Yeah, so we'll see, um, baskets both that would've been given to, uh, girls as they're developing, as well as a- Baskets featured in the contemporary art section.
48:27
So there's a whole other section of the show where it's really focused on women who produced artwork for the art market.
48:34
So starting in the late 19th century, on through the 20th century, and to today, Hopi women artists have responded to market demands and to the demands of their community by creating beautiful works that range from magnificent giant coiled baskets to the more utilitarian sifter baskets that were made for community use.
48:55
So we have a wonderful blend of both types.
49:02
Explain it for us.
49:03
Yeah, so the butterfly dance is an incredibly important social dance, which means that it's sacred, but it's also open to, um, broader communities, is it isn't just focused on Hopi folks.
49:15
And so in this dance, girls partner with male clan relatives, and these girls are often teenagers that are responsible, taking on new res- um, new duties within their families.

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