Join FLAG on Friday, July 10 for West Side Fest, a free celebration of arts and culture across Manhattan’s west side.
11 AM-8 PM: View UNTIL THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN accompanied by a live recording of Raven Chacon’s 10-hour score, “Tiguex,” a performance the artist orchestrated in New Mexico in 2025. A lithograph mapping that performance is on view in the exhibition.
12 PM: Attend a curatorial walkthrough of “Anoushka Mirchandani: Everyone You Love Lives Here” with FLAG’s Deputy Director, Caroline Cassidy. The tour will be followed by a visitor activation of the exhibition’s title through postcard writing (materials provided).
6-8 PM: Attend a curatorial walkthrough of UNTIL THE MOON COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN with FLAG’s Director Jonathan Rider, and Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Art History and Material Culture at Parsons School of Design.
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika Nation) is an Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Art History and Material Culture in the Art and Design History and Theory program at Parsons School of Design in New York City. A curator and Native art historian, her research and curatorial practice center Indigenous fashion at the intersection of art, fashion, design, and Indigenous knowledge systems.
She holds M.A. degrees in American Indian Studies and Art History from the University of Arizona. Prior to joining Parsons, she served as Assistant Faculty of Native Art History in the Museum Studies Department at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Bear Robe serves on the Editorial Board of Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America and is an International Ambassador for the International Indigenous Fashion Council. Her curatorial projects include Future Imaginaries at the Autry Museum of the American West (2024–2026), Fashioning Indigenous Futurism at the Getty (2024), and Always in Fashion at the Textile Museum of Canada (2026–2027). She also served as Creative Director and Producer of Native fashion shows in Santa Fe from 2012 to 2025, contributing significantly to the advancement of Indigenous fashion on national and international platforms.