Spotlight Sundays: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts
Spotlight Sundays: Land as Body—A Community Ritual with Puri Arts
June 21 from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
This Spotlight Sundays, we are excited to welcome back Dohee Lee and Puri Arts with their project Land as Body: Belonging, a powerful community ritual that interweaves ceremony, storytelling, and drumming. This spirited offering provides a ceremonial bridge for healing between ancestors and the people of all lands that have endured ruptures due to deportation, incarceration, and all forms of colonial violence.
In collaboration with Asian Refugees United-Connect-Reflect-Enact (ARU-CRE) and Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) (including members inside and out of San Quentin Prison), Land as Body cultivates a collective of immigrants, refugees, and settlers on the Indigenous lands of Turtle Island where they live and belong. Please join us for this potent expression of healing and connection.
Program Schedule
1–1:30 pm | Welcome Ceremony
1:30–3 pm | Traditional Jeju Island Ritual – Storytelling and Offerings
3–4 pm | Community Circle – Drumming and Dance
This program is free and open to the public (no tickets required)
About Dohee Lee
Born on Jeju Island, Corea, Dohee trained in Corean traditional music and dance, deeply rooted in Corean Indigenous practice (shamanism), especially that of Jeju Island. In 2002, Dohee immigrated to Oakland and founded Puri Arts in 2004 to create a new art form. Since then, she has contributed to both traditional and contemporary arts. She emphasizes the mythical, experimental, ritualistic, historical and healing aspects of performance and installation, catalyzing new relationships between identity, nature, spirituality, and the political. Dohee is Artistic Director of Dohee Lee Puri Arts, Director of Art and Healing with Asian Refugees United, and is faculty at Tamalpa Institute.
About Puri Arts (PA)
PA is an art organization that practices cultural and ancestral ritual performances rooted in Corean indigenous practice and contemporary arts for healing justice.
About Asian Refugees United (ARU-CRE)
ARU-CRE is a non-profit organization centered on art, healing, and social justice leadership for immigrants and refugees in the Asian diaspora.
About Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC)
APSC provides direct support to Asian and Pacific Islander (API) prisoners and raises awareness about the growing number of APIs being imprisoned, detained, and deported.
Accessibility
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible, welcoming, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs, sensory inclusive devices, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations, like American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese, Spanish or another language interpreter, please email [email protected] at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options.