Drum Performance

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Location: Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (View on map )

A circular brown hide drum decorated with a central geometric star in green, blue, pink, and black outlines. Stylized floral motifs in red, orange, and light blue encircle it, connected by a thin blue line. The drum's side has a woven latticework pattern.
David Martin (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, b. 1973) and Joe Syrette (Ojibwe, Batchewana First Nation, b. 1981), Song of the Water/The Healing Drum, 2025, Tattooed buffalo hides, wood, and rawhide. Alice Tully Fund and Director’s Discretionary Fund, 2025.011

Join us as we celebrate and welcome Song of the Water / The Healing Drum into the Museum—a powwow drum created by Pokagon Band of Potawatomi artist David Martin. Although part of the Museum’s collection, this work is a living entity that will be played periodically both within the Museum and beyond. This inaugural public performance will feature drummers, singers, and dancers.

Parking is available in the Visitor Lot immediately north of the Sculpture Park for a fee during the week (before 4:30 p.m.). Free two-hour parking is available in the Eddy Street Commons Parking Garage or along Angela Blvd. After 4:30 p.m. and on weekends, parking is free and available in any non-gated campus lot. If traveling via South Bend Transpo, take the No.7 bus and use the Eddy St. Commons stop.