Hi friends! I have work up at the @mitchellartgallery for the next while as part of a group show titled From where the grain itself can speak co curated by Theo Donovan and Carolyn Jervis.
I’ll also be part of an online panel talk about the exhibition with the other artists on Friday February 5th at noon MST. Happy to send out links :^) Hope to see some of you in the zoom room.
Hi friends! You may have seen Dans more timely post, but my cousin @dancarcardinal and I are giving a talk this Saturday at 10am MST / noon EST for our duo exhibition at @artspaceptbo .
I missed the days of being able to watch talks during my lunch break or while doing the dishes (lol) so we decided to go for a virtual zoom artist talk! Message or email the gallery for a zoom invite! Hope to see a few faces :^)
I’ve been thinking about names for this tile work, and I’ve lightly settled on “stories to get us through the winter”. Or something to that effect!
There’s lots of reasons for that, but the main one being is that (like everyone!) I’m struggling with balancing engaging with personally triggering topics like colonialism, politics… with my struggles as an artist to make work that actually feels like it’s “doing something”. I don’t really think a bunch of ceramic tiles are an answer to any large question; but the stories I’m telling through these tiles are maybe something to help us get through the winter, to last us until the spring. To be coupled with offline activism and front line work.
Enjoy the tile crunching ASMR!
My Banff centre residency is over! I wanted to share a little bit of info about the body of work that I made in the last week of the residency - some of you who came to visit me may have heard me tell this story before!
A few years ago when I was driving on the highway down to Writing on Stone, I drove past a horrific scene: just moments before I got there, a dog had been hit on the side of the highway. I passed the scene of the family mourning their dog at 100 km, only getting a brief glimpse of this death scene.
Even since then I’ve been processing this scene, and recently have been dreaming about it. So I started drawing it out, and eventually translating the scene into ceramic tiles. My dream is to eventually make enough tiles to create not just the dog, but the highway at actual scale. The red drawings are made from ochre, the tiles handmade by myself with a mix of commercial and Banff centre glazes.
Hi friends! I wanted to share some photos from my Duo exhibition called “then they saw firelight” with @dancarcardinal . Now open until the end of August at @artspaceptbo !
Week 2 at Banff with my nephew 2x removed @dancarcardinal
Horrors persisting ✅
Tummy ache ✅
Studio smells weird because of something I did ✅
Work is……progressing? ✅
Hi friends! I haven’t done a good job of updating- I’m at the Banff centre for a residency with my cuzzin for the next 5 weeks! Come visit! I’ll draw you a lil doodle
Staci Duchene-Wolfe is Mohawk from Lake of 2 Mountains in Kanesatake, Ontario. When Staci started her business WolfDen Designz, she wanted to continue a way of life that her ancestors led for thousands of years. She learned hide tanning, beading and sewing from her grandmother. In her hands, a hide would become buttery soft and would be turned into wearable art for the harsh winters in Ontario. No part of the animal goes to waste, and she is proud to continue that tradition today.
Please join us in celebrating Staci and their work at our open studios and soft opening event for our exhibition “With every stitch I imagine a world” on April 12th from 6 - 9pm!
video shot and produced by @cinicstudio
Jasmine Piper is an emerging artist and arts administrator in Mohkinstsis, with family ties all across the prairies from Cold Lake First Nations to Peace River County. She aspires to be a better drum maker, fisherwoman, and beader. Her artwork includes researching decolonization, Indigenizing art, and exploring reconnection to her Nehiyaw and Métis ancestors by connecting with the supernatural. Aliens, magic, and medicine are common themes played with throughout her work. Her practice is intertwined with a passion for supporting fellow artists, curators, and arts organizers by collaborating with them to create equitable programming and opportunities for people of marginalized identities.
Please join us in celebrating Jasmine and their work at our open studios and soft opening event for our exhibition “With every stitch I imagine a world” on April 12th from 6 - 9pm!
video shot and produced by @cinicstudio
We’d like to reintroduce Morgan Possberg TRUCK’s Emerging Curatorial Resident, alongside Blake McLeod, our video collaborator who has been working alongside Morgan on their curatorial project.
Blake McLeod is an interdisciplinary artist and storyteller of Nehiyaw + settler descent from Fort St. John, BC in Treaty 8 and has been living and working as a guest on Treaty 7 territory in Mohkinstsis / Calgary, AB since 2013. McLeod is the Creative Director and Founder of CINIC Studio, an arthouse providing service work to collaborators and community designing and producing apparel, zines, stickers, photos, and video. Through the means of writing, illustration, photography, filmmaking, silkscreen printmaking, and music, they weave together narratives of Indigiqueer identity, space/placemaking, and the ongoing search for belonging amidst polite-washing and historical erasure in the prairies.
Morgan Possberg (Metis / Cree / Chippewa / Irish) is a transgender curator, craftsperson, and sculptor who makes work focused on queer histories, colonialism, activism, environmentalism, and present day politics through a storytelling lens; placing these histories and truths into personal and digestible realities in conversation with each other. They completed their BFA at NSCAD University in Halifax, are currently pursuing their Master of Fine Arts at University of Guelph, and split their time between Calgary AB, and Guelph Ont. They are the current emerging curatorial resident at Truck contemporary art in Calgary.
Come to our open studios and soft opening event for our exhibition “With every stitch I imagine a world” on April 12th from 6 - 9pm!
Danielle Piper is an interdisciplinary artist and a member of Cold Lake First Nations with nehiyaw, Métis, denesuline and european ancestry. Her practice is rooted in craftwork, as she understands the slow labour as an echo of that of reclaiming her ancestral languages and cultural identity, as well as the labour required of us all in seeking ‘reconciliation.’ She is also a board member of Sparrow Artspace, and originated Wasakamapiwak Collective in 2023
Please join us in celebrating Danielle and their work at our open studios and soft opening event for our exhibition “With every stitch I imagine a world” on April 12th from 6 - 9pm!
video shot and produced by @cinicstudio
Please join us in celebrating Sarah and their work at our open studios and soft opening event for our exhibition “With every stitch I imagine a world” on April 12th from 6 - 9pm!
Sarah Whalen Lunn is a multi media Inuit artist and traditional tattoo practitioner from Alaska, now based in Calgary. Her work explores Indigenous identity, cultural reclamation, and the empowerment of women. Through traditional tattooing and visual arts, Sarah addresses social issues and fosters healing by reconnecting individuals to their heritage. Her art creates space for dialogue, reflecting raw emotions and offering a powerful perspective on modern Indigenous experience and the need for transformative change.
video shot and produced by @cinicstudio
