Around town. (Guide to Indian Country 2002: All My Relations).When traveling to your summer destinations, why not take time to visit some of the many museums and art galleries featuring Aboriginal displays and exhibits? Here are a few to get you stared. The Gallery Lambton in Sarnia, Ont., is featuring works on paper and sculptures by Inuit and First Nations artists. The exhibition will run from June 15 to Aug. 17. Mohawk Ideals, Victorian Values: Oronhyatekha, M.D is an exhibit that runs to Aug. 2 at the Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum, commonly known as the ROM (rhyming with Tom), is a major museum for world culture and natural history in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. in Toronto and looks at the life of the first Aboriginal doctor in Canada. Artifacts and memorabilia of Dr. Oronhyatekha (1841-1907) are displayed. The Winnipeg Art Gallery The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is a public art gallery that was founded in 1912. It is Western Canada's oldest civic gallery and the 6th largest in the country. The WAG is located in the heart of the city of Winnipeg, just two blocks from Manitoba's Provincial Legislature and will feature three new exhibitions highlighting Aboriginal artists, drawings and presentations. Gatherings: Aboriginal Art from the Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery will explore three generations of Aboriginal artists. This exhibition runs from June 8 to Oct. 6. No X Plain Nation features paintings and photographs of Plains Indians The Plains Indians are the Indians who lived on the plains and rolling hills of the Great Plains of North America. Their greatest dominance lasted from approximately 1750 to 1890. , who explore the expectations of what an Indian should aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for be. This exhibition runs from June 8 to Oct. 17. Bones Beneath features works from Inuit sculpture and drawings. This exhibition runs to Aug. 19. At the Provincial Museum in Edmonton, the Syncrude Gallery of Aboriginal Culture features a number of exhibitions on the history of First Nation culture in Canada. The Edmonton Art Gallery will feature an exhibition titled Alex Janvier New Work in Watercolour watercolour Painting made with a pigment ground in gum, usually gum arabic, and applied with brush and water to a surface, usually paper. The pigment is ordinarily transparent but can be made opaque by mixing with a whiting to produce gouache. . Born on a reserve near Cold Lake, Alta., Janvier is a painter, muralist and printmaker. A selection of his new works will be featured from June 29 to Sept. 15. The Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian Plains Indian Any member of various Native American tribes that formerly inhabited the Great Plains of the U.S. and southern Canada. Plains Indians are popularly regarded as the typical American Indians. in Banff, Alta. houses a collection of Plains First Nations artifacts, paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography, and is open from May 15 to Oct. 15. The Potlatch potlatch (pŏt`lăch'), ceremonial feast of the natives of the NW coast of North America, entailing the public distribution of property. Collection--Permanent Exhibit is featured at the U'mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, B.C., and is considered one of the finest collections of carved masks and artifacts depicting the potlatch ceremony. Have fun! |
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