Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) will host a party to celebrate the opening of two summer exhibitions: In Dialogue and Quill Boxes from Mnidoo Mnising.
When: Monday, May 14, 2018, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., opening remarks will be delivered at 6 p.m. by Claudette Commanda (with ASL interpretation).
Where: Carleton University Art Gallery, St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
Info: This event is free and open to everyone. CUAG is a fully accessible space, with barrier-free washrooms and elevator.
Media are invited to attend the event.
“We are honoured to be opening the compelling group exhibition In Dialogue,’’ said CUAG Director Sandra Dyck. “Works by 12 First Nations, Métis and Sami artists invite visitors into discussions about what it means to be Indigenous today.
“Quill Boxes from Mnidoo Mnising presents beautiful birchbark boxes adorned with intricate designs in porcupine quills. Made by Anishinaabe women artists from Manitoulin Island for sale to visitors, the boxes embody dynamic forms of intercultural exchange across time and space.”
A performance by artist Nicole Kelly Westman called “I felt you listening through the tenderness of your fingertips” will take place during the opening. DJ OH JAY (FEELS) will spin sets.
About In Dialogue
In Dialogue is an exhibition structured as a conversation. It features the work of 12 First Nations, Métis and Sami artists. As the exhibition’s organizer, John G. Hampton, says, the gathering of painting, video, installation and mixed-media works embraces the “tumble of connections and contradictions that constitute contemporary Indigenous identities.” Hampton hopes to generate dialogue that will undermine monolithic or simplistic understandings of Indigeneity by offering multiple perspectives and by creating spaces for new understandings to arise.
When: Exhibition open from May 14 to Aug. 26, 2018
Features artists Raymond Boisjoly, Raven Davis, David Garneau, Carola Grahn, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Amy Malbeuf, Peter Morin, Nadia Myre, Native Art Department International (Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan), Krista Belle Stewart and Nicole Kelly Westman. Co-presented with Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and Art Museum at the University of Toronto.
About Quill Boxes from Mnidoo Mnising
Anishinaabe women have made and sold quill boxes since the early 19th century. Made from birchbark and sweetgrass, these extraordinary boxes are elaborately decorated with complex designs worked in porcupine quills. This exhibition presents 16 quill boxes made by artists from Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island), specifically for sale to visitors to the island. As Crystal Migwans has said, quillwork has been a “life-giving art for Anishinaabe families through centuries of cultural upheaval and economic precarity.”
When: Exhibition open from May 14 to Aug. 26, 2018
Features artists Delia Bebonang, Josephine Bondi, Maime Migwans, Marina Recollet, Evelyn Toulouse and Linda Williams. Curated by Andrew Braid, Mark Bujaki, Christopher Davidson, Hilary Dow, Maham Farooq, Christine Hodge, Alexia Kokozaki, Annika Mazzarella and Rebecca Semple.
For more information on these exhibitions, please visit cuag.ca.
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