In this new work Shebageget further explores the uniformity and numbness of these cookie cutter homes designed to populate First Nation reservations. The program managed by the Engineering and Construction Service, Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Citizenship and ...
As my FB post this morning struck a chord, sharing again here: Moving on from National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, a consideration around purchasing art work, hiring, contracting or asking Indigenous people to provide consulting type services is to *PAY EXTRA*. ...
This work is dedicated to the memory of all children of these residential schools and their families. It is a call for debwewin (truth) and public awareness about this devastating scar on Canada’s history. We must never forget what happened at these schools, and Canada must ...
Using photographs, lenticular imagery and paintings, contemporary artist Rosalie Favell pieces together the multiple, intersecting histories of Winnipeg and the Indigenous peoples of the Red River settlement. ~Winnipeg Art Gallery This past April, Family Legacy, a solo ...
He began his work as a film photographer but as digital SLR cameras, GPS and drone technology as well as 360 and 3D documentation progress Thomas has been inspired to find new ways of conversing, documenting and asserting Indigenous presence. This current phase of work has ...
We’ve been working on the project in the capacity of public art coordinators with Adrian Stimson and landscape architects the MBTW Group in creating a design for a monument that expresses Canada’s gratitude for the sacrifices made by Canadians who lost their lives or were ...
Leah Snyder of The L Project was invited to contribute these essays, based on her personal interviews with the artist and through her own insightful and well-researched approach to writing. She has creatively captured the meaning and intent behind each of Ace’s works that ...
As people, we may modify and intervene, make a mark or deliver a blow, but we are only a small part in the sequence of what has come before and what will come after. At this overwhelming time of increasingly accelerated societal and climate change, I have appreciated how ...
Wednesday, August 14 was the opening for some of the Ottawa University’s MFA 2017 cohort which included Anishinaabe artist Michael Belmore (www.michaelbelmore.com) on now at AXENÉO7 gallery in Gatineau. Arriving before the crowds came, I was able to spend time in ...
ON THE EDGE OF IMMENSITY Travelling into unknown land. Birds as companions and guides. Retracing ancestral steps. On paths walked many times. Great migrations across land and water. Connecting with kinfolk. On journeys that lead here. Time passes by in cycles. On journeys ...