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About the Exhibition

“The act of creating an image becomes a ritual, a holy act that also allows the viewer to transcend time.

Over the decades, I have photographed Indigenous Peoples fighting for their lands, their traditions, their languages, and their very lives against corporate, governmental and missionary interests and the encroachment of capitalism. Years ago, I met a beautiful man in a dusty roadside market in Kenya. With tribal markings on his forehead and a torn western t-shirt, he was caught between his traditional village and the modern capital of Nairobi. He asked me to take his portrait. I called this image “Tribal Man in Transition,” a thematic precursor to my current photographs.

It is my sincere wish that DIGNITY will serve as a critical call-to-action in support of all Indigenous Peoples. “The ancient ones” tell us where we have come from and where we must go as a world community. Humanity’s survival depends on how carefully we listen.”

– Dana Gluckstein

Dana Gluckstein Bio

Dana Gluckstein has photographed iconic figures including Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu, and Muhammad Ali, as well as award-winning advertising campaigns for clients such as Apple and Toyota. Her portraits are held in the permanent collections of museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Her book, DIGNITY: In Honor of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the associated international museum exhibition, DIGNITY: Tribes in Transition, have received international acclaim and awards.

DIGNITY, in association with Amnesty International for their 50th anniversary, helped create the “tipping point” for President Obama to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. DIGNITY exhibited at the U.N. in Geneva in 2011. Gluckstein addressed the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland in 2013 on how art can impact the state of the world. The DIGNITY exhibition, which presented at European museums for the past several years, begins a U.S. tour at the Boston University Art Gallery on January 29th, 2015. Gluckstein is currently working in association with Amnesty International USA on a DIGNITY campaign to end discrimination and sexual assaults of Native American Women.

Gluckstein graduated from Stanford University, where she studied psychology, painting, and photography, and realized the power of images to shape consciousness. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children. www.danagluckstein.com

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Saturday, April 13
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Slow Art Day BYU Museum of Art Take your time to look at art slowly. You'll be surprised what things you never noticed before!
Saturday, March 16
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open Studio – Flower Looms BYU Museum of Art Open studio is our art-making event for all ages, with new activities each month!
Saturday, March 02
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open Studio – Flower Looms BYU Museum of Art Open studio is our art-making event for all ages, with new activities each month!
Friday, March 29
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tour de la Vía Dolorosa (Español) BYU Museum of Art El Viernes Santo, el Profesor Elliott Wise les va a acompañar a una peregrinación artística por la Vía Dolorosa en la exposición 'España y el Mundo Hispánico.'
Friday, May 31
7:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Music at the MOA: The Music of Worship BYU Museum of Art Join us for a special interfaith musical event at the MOA!

Visit the following exhibitions presented at the BYU Museum of Art in conjunction with Dana Gluckstein—Dignity: Tribes in Transition.

Rick Shaefer: Refugee Trilogy

Adrian Paci: Albanian Stories

“The Indigenous Peoples of the world have a gift to give that the world needs desperately, this reminder that we are made for harmony, for interdependence.”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, DIGNITY