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Bridge Walkers – de Young Museum September 07, 2012 6-8 p.m.

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— FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —                           Contact: Catherine Herrera,  415-202-5204, catherine@flordemielfilms.com BRIDGE WALKERS – INSTALLATION/DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES THE IMPORTANCE OF SACRED SITES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND BEYOND – Worldwide Release – Filmmaker and photographer Catherine Herrera has completed a multi-year project with the culmination of a three-screen video installation and documentary Bridge Walkers showing at the de Young Museum on September 07, 2012 from 6-8 p.m. In 1907, Nels Nelson discovered and plotted on a map over 400 Ohlone Sacred Sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. So large were some of the Shellmound and Sacred Sites of the … Continue reading Bridge Walkers – de Young Museum September 07, 2012 6-8 p.m.

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Ohlone Sacred Sites – Walking Bridges

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On March 11, 2011, I presented a four part, interactive video installation at the de Young Museum. Technical issues with my DVD burner, on top of the tragic news in Japan, all moved me deeply that day. In fact, I doubt I had ever been so nervous. Today, I feel very calm and hopeful. I was taught that when I add a shell to a necklace I am making, whether for myself or someone else, it is a prayer. Ever since my work began with the de Young, having the opportunity and space to work over time, slowly depending on … Continue reading Ohlone Sacred Sites – Walking Bridges

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Early Spring, Sacred Sites and San Francisco

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Bridge Walkers will be showing a second time – tba – I’ve gotten great feedback, and helpful reflections. I am really grateful to everyone who came out on March 11, 2011 to the de Young Museum. That date will be etched forever in our minds, for the terrible news of the triple tragedy that struck Japan that fateful day. The installation reflects on volcanos and tsunami in very subtle ways, but rather than a harbinger, these brief visuals were a reflection of the tension in the air, as, in the past 10 years, we have witnessed, as a world, so … Continue reading Early Spring, Sacred Sites and San Francisco

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ATA Screening of Witness the Healing and Interview

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I’m showing portions of Witness the Healing tonight at ATA in San Francisco, with KPOO radio simultaneous broadcast of the interviews with Mary Jean Robertson. Ann Marie Sayers, Tribal Leader, Mutsun Ohlone, Indian Canyon, will be there to share more about her life’s work with Coastanoan Indian Research, and Ohlone people today. The photographer and creator with Community Works, Ruth Morgan, will also be there to talk more about the photos she took of the Ohlone women at an event to honor the elder women I was involved several years ago. Visit Ruth Morgan to learn more about her photography. … Continue reading ATA Screening of Witness the Healing and Interview