Earn 3 units & volunteer at the CSULB Pow Wow!

Looking for an engaging course to complement your class schedule? Consider adding American Indian Traditional Material Culture Arts & Crafts on Thursday nights from 7:00 to 9:45 pm with Professor Craig Stone.

This course engages with the American Indian Community and the Annual CSULB Pow Wow to explore American Indian cultural expression. Meet American Indian elders, artists, singers and dancers as they share the meaning and significance of American Indian expressive culture. Explore the historical, philiophical and spirtual significance of American Indian Culture while learning to create beginning crafts/artworks.

Become familiar with the nuances, meaning and significance of American Indian music while learning about American Indian social dances and ceremonies. Students also have the option to engage in Service Learning by volunteering with the 41st Annual CSULB Pow Wow or with an American Indian cultural organization.

AIS 420 is guided by Craig Stone, who is a working artist and interdisciplinary Professor of Art in the American Indian Studies Program and Department of Art. His Persona Series of the 1970s, his Metaphor as Substitution / Subject Matter as Content Series of the 1980s and 1990s, and his public art commissions, have been the subject of 120+ articles and 40+ exhibition reviews. His work has been exhibited in 19 solo exhibitions and 65+ group exhibitions. He has lectured about his work to some 40+ museums, galleries, and colleges and is currently working on seven commissioned works, the largest of which will extend over thirty-eight blocks along the coast of California.

AIS 420 is open to all majors and students. The course fulfills requirements for the following:

All Students: Upper Division Elective Credit

Visual and Performing Arts - Area 3

Liberal Studies Track I:

Liberal Studies Track II: Concentration in American Indian Studies

American Indian Studies Minor & American Indian Studies Certificate

AIS-420:  American Indian Traditional Material Culture Arts & Crafts - Section: 01 - Code: 8061