Lower East Side Arts and Events Roundup

Here are some of the events on our radar this week:

• The National Museum of the American Indian is hosting a discussion with photojournalists Donovan Quintero (Navajo), Tyler Irvin (Salish and Kootenay Confederate Tribes), and Russell Albert Daniels (Denneh Ancestry and Ho-Chunk Ancestry) on Saturday, February 4 at 1 p.m., titled, A new focus on Native American photography. The photographers’ work is featured in the museum’s current exhibition, Developing Stories: Indigenous Photographers in the Field.

They write: “An increasing number of professional Native American photographers are capturing complex, nuanced, and compelling views of what it means to be Native in the United States today. This program examines the work of five prominent Native American photographers and documentary artists who have taken it upon themselves to capture Modern Indigenous Stories. Deeply interested in who is telling these stories, each participant lends their voice to portray what it means to be a Native American today.” advanced registration It is encouraged for this free event. The National Museum of the American Indian is free, open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and located at 1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004. For information, visit AmericanIndian.si.edu

• More in The New Museum, next installment of Out of bounds The series features an independent archive and memory…