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EXHIBITION CLOSING: Frank Shebageget’s “Creature Comforts” at Central Art Garage in Ottawa

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 ...

NATIONAL DAY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILATION: Ongoing Support of Indigenous Professionals in the Arts

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*. ...

CLIENT WORK: Barry Ace’s “How can you expect me to reconcile, when I know the truth?” (2018)

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 ...

CLIENT EXHIBITION: Featuring Rosalie Favell’s “Family Legacy” at the WAG for National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021

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 ...

CLIENT FEATURE: Jeff Thomas in Art Canada Institute’s Father’s Day Digital Publication

In honour of Father’s Day this Sunday, we’re looking at artists who have created works about familial relationships that are at once deeply personal and also connected to broader issues of identity. ~Sarah Angel, Founder and Executive Director, Art Canada Institute For ...

CLIENT CONFERENCE: In Conversation with Jeff Thomas for “Indigenous Mobilities” Conference University of Kent UK

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 ...

CLIENT PROJECT: Team Stimson Proposal Shortlisted for National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan

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 ...

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