the last little while ⭐️🐎 art, bodies of water, and beautiful things!
1. what if the body is not a problem to be solved @hamiltonartistsinc (2025) + these gaps are worlds @piquesandvalleys (2025)
2. eli nolet + alex jacobs-blum at piques and valleys & unbodied (2024) @nthenyou__ (thanks to @dun.a.way !!)
3. adrien crossman (babe, yr my religion) @artspaceptbo
4. larry towel @jnaag + shary boyle @at_theagh
NEW DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 27 - SEE THE DETAILS BELOW
Join us for an insightful artist talk with Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator Alex Jacobs-Blum (@alexjacobsblum ) on March 27 at Hart House!
Alex will speak about her career, methodologies, photographs, her research focusing on Indigenous futurities and accessing embodied ancestral Hodinöhsö:ni' knowledge, and more. The core of her practice and methodology is a strong foundation in community building, fostering relationships, empowering youth and Indigenizing institutional spaces. Her creative process is rooted in storytelling and challenging hierarchical power structures. Alex seeks to facilitate transformative change infused with love and care.
Artist Talk with Alex Jacobs-Blum
Friday, March 27, 2026, 4-5 pm
Hart House, Donald Burwash Dining Room
Registration is encouraged. Light refreshments will be provided.
See the link in our bio for more details.
Photo credit: Alex Jacobs-Blum, ”A Search for Peace,” 2023, archival inkjet print, framed, 30” × 45”
📷 from "Infinite Frequencies" by Alex Jacobs-Blum (2024)
'Woven from Gayogo̱hó:nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German lineages, my identity opens space for reflection on belonging and enduring connections to the land. My practice becomes a sacred gateway, offering space to reclaim my Indigeneity with an emphasis on the land that has sustained my Hodinöhsö:ni’ lineage across generations. It is a journey that leads me to (re)discover and honour the ancestral knowledge preserved within the land that lives in recesses of my memory.'
Alex Jacobs-Blum (she/her) is a Gayogo̱hó:nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator living in Hamilton, ON. Her research focuses on Indigenous futurities and accessing embodied Ancestral Hodinöhsö:ni' knowledge. The core of her practice and methodology is a strong foundation in community building, fostering relationships, empowering youth, and Indigenizing institutional spaces. Her creative process is rooted in storytelling and challenging hierarchical power structures. Alex seeks to facilitate transformative change infused with love and care.
Alex received a Bachelor of Photography at Sheridan College in 2015, where she was awarded the Canon Award of Excellence for Narrative Photography. Her curatorial projects include Indigenous Art Annual Juried Exhibition (2025) at Woodland Cultural Centre, Ascending Horizons (2025) at McMaster Museum of Art, In the Shadow of the Eclipse (2024) at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Treaty Girl (2024) at Longhouse Labs, University of Waterloo, and Born Celestial (2022) at Hamilton Artists Inc. Alex is also a member of the Bawaadan Collective.
"Infinite Frequencies" can be seen in Renegade Love, Ed Video's exhibition currently on display at the Sally Wismer Gallery (55 Wyndham Street N. Suite 22B, Guelph ON). Please join us for the reception on Friday, February 20th from 5-7PM ✨
Renegade Love | RECEPTION | Friday February 20th from 5-7pm.
Ed Video is thrilled to present Renegade Love @ the Guelph Arts Council's Sally Wismer Gallery.
This exhibition features the works of:
-Wren Kahgee-Sterling
-Debbie Ebanks
-Alex Jacobs-Blum
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Coves Collective | Michelle Wilson
#latergram from Toronto visit: deeply thoughtful exhibition curated by @mxmigwans at @artmuseumuoft ✨✨✨
“Earthwork critically reassesses the art historical framings of “earthwork” popularized by the Minimalist and Land Art movements of the 1960s and 1970s, reclaiming the term through an Indigenous lens. The exhibition re-imagines what it means to work with and for Earth, building on ancestral and contemporary practices of repair and resilience toward possible futures.
Like the term “beadwork,” earthwork refers to a way of working rather than the making of singular objects. With a Canada-wide scope emphasizing the Great Lakes region, Earthwork takes as its starting point an understanding of ancestral earthworks less as monuments than as sites of ongoing stewardship and care. It considers multiple layers of engagement with the land, including a history of land defense movements, the cultivation of plants, and ancestral practices of prescribed burns alongside contemporary artworks as creative acts of relational intervention.“
@at_theagh team was honoured today to join our colleagues @woodlandculturalcentre for the official unveiling of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School as an Interpretive Historic Site #mohawkinstitute #truthandreconciliation #residentialschools #indigenous #residentialschoolsurvivors
Meet Our Guest Curator!
We’re excited to introduce Alex Jacobs-Blum, the visionary curator behind this year’s landmark exhibition, Indigenous Art 2025: 50th Annual Juried Exhibition.
Alex (she/her) is a Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator based in Hamilton, ON. Her work explores Indigenous futurities and ancestral knowledge, emphasizing storytelling, community building, and challenging hierarchical structures. With a strong background in photography, her curatorial projects include Ascending Horizons at McMaster Museum of Art, In the Shadow of the Eclipse at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and more.
Alex’s approach brings fresh, meaningful perspectives to this historic exhibition, celebrating five decades of Indigenous artistic excellence. We’re thrilled to have her vision guiding this special milestone!
On June 21, 2025, during our National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration, Alex will be giving a guided tour of the gallery at 2:00 PM, don’t miss this special opportunity to learn from her!
Photo Credit: Marc LeSage
#WoodlandCulturalCentre #Indigenous #IndigenousVoices #IndigenousArt #IndigenousLanguages #FirstNations #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousCulture #Brantford #Giving #SixNations #SixNationsEvents #ArtExhibition
Exciting news! The Woodland Cultural Centre is proud to unveil Indigenous Art 2025: 50th Annual Juried Exhibition, opening to the public on Saturday, June 21, 2025. This landmark exhibition celebrates fifty years of Indigenous artistic excellence, showcasing diverse works by emerging, mid-career, and established Indigenous artists across various media and themes.
The opening on June 21st will be part of our National Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration, a special day dedicated to honouring Indigenous cultures, histories, and contributions. Join us for this historic occasion that offers a moment to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and look forward to the future of Indigenous art in Canada.
Additionally, don’t miss the exclusive Director’s Preview event on Friday, June 20th, which features a curator tour, remarks, awards, performances, and more.
If you're interested in attending the Director’s Preview on Friday, June 20th, then comment below and we'll send you the link!
The exhibition runs from June 21 - September 30, 2025
#WoodlandCulturalCentre #Indigenous #IndigenousVoices #IndigenousArt #IndigenousLanguages #FirstNations #IndigenousKnowledge #IndigenousCulture #Brantford #Giving #SixNations #SixNationsEvents #IndigenousPeoplesDay #CulturalCelebration
A couple of weeks ago we spent two days full of reflection, connection and community during the Full Moon Ceremony and Communal Feast at Hart House Farm with our 2024-25 Farm artist-in-residence Alex Jacobs-Blum (@alexjacobsblum ). During this culminating event of the residency, participants also got to join a guided hike, a talk by the Farm’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Don Russel (@donrussellart ) and a presentation of a new book Alex created as part of the residency in collaboration with our placement student Nathan A. Reswara (@nathn.ar ). The first day ended with the Full Moon Ceremony that was led by Indigenous Elder and Knowledge Keeper Valerie King.
We would like to thank Alex, Don and Val for sharing their practice with us and creating space for connection and learning!
Missed the event at the farm? You can still read more about Alex and her work at the link in our bio.
Photo credit: Nathan A. Reswara (@nathn.ar )
#HartHouseFarm #FarmResidency #HartHouse #UofT
I’m so excited to finally announce the first edition of the Photo E(a)st Festival taking place throughout the month of April in Moncton & Sackville with an opening week conference next week! This has been an incredibly collaborative effort that would not be possible without the help of a ton of dedicated people but I want to give a special shout out to co-organizers @kstent@matt_horseman@anniefrancenoel and great friends of the festival @theothercat@lbutetroch@sheddyschmidt@niskimbeault and many others!
This has been a huge dream of mine since the first time (of many) that I ever heard someone say “there are no photographers on the east coast.” That is simply untrue and we are here to say loudly and proudly that we have some of the most talented photographers and lens-based artists in the country. We will announce a rough schedule soon and then a detailed one with specific talks and workshops by the end of this week. Hope to see you there!
