Indigenous Art
The following list of links was created as part of a class project answering the inquiry question – Why is it important to bring contemporary Indigenous art into the classroom? The resources below do not form a comprehensive list by any means, but offer a starting point for knowledge building, which I will add to as I make new discoveries.
WEBSITES
Aboriginal Curatorial Collective – Founded in 2005, membership includes Canadian Aboriginal and Native American curators, academics, arts professionals and artists from Canada and the United States of America, as well as several international Indigenous members.
Art Bridges – ArtBridges is a Canada-wide hub for community-engaged arts focusing on under-resourced and under-served communities.
Canada Council for the Arts – Aboriginal Arts Office – Artist Stories, Research papers
Media Indigena – is an interactive, multimedia magazine dedicated to Indigenous news, views and creative expression.
Native Women in the Arts – Facebook page – Native Women in the Arts was established in 1993, and is a not-for-profit organization for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit women from diverse nations and artistic disciplines who share a common interest in culture, art, community and the advancement of Indigenous peoples.
National Gallery of Canada – Aboriginal Art Collection
Online Art Gallery – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Government of Canada
University of Lethbridge – Curriculum Resources Collection – Collection of lessons and resources designed to help pre and inservice teachers incorporate FNMI content in their teaching across subjects and grade levels.
ARTICLES
Aboriginal Art Report: The Group of Who?
By Nancy Tousley
Understanding Aboriginal Arts in Canada Today: A Knowledge and Literature Review
By France Trépanier and Chris Chreighton-Kelly for the Canada Council for the Arts
Interview: Steve Loft on Indigenous Curation and “Ghost Dance”
By Joseph Henry
BOOKS
Creative Subversions: Whiteness, Indigeneity, and the National Imaginary
By Margot Francis
Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives
Edited by Gerald McMaster & Lee-Ann Martin
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century
Edited by W. Jackson Rushing
EXHIBITIONS
Multiple Dates 2013 – 2019
2014 June 15 – August 23
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, AB
Sakahan: International Indigenous Art
2013 July 17 – September 9
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools
2013 September 6 – December 1
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
7: Professional Native Indian artists Inc.
2013 September 21 – 2014 January 12
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
Sanaunguabik: Traditions and Transformations in Inuit Art
2013 October 1 – December 21
University of Alberta Museums, Edmonton, AB
2012 September 23 – November 20
Ottawa Art Gallery
2008 June 21 – September 21
Art Gallery of Alberta
ARTISTS
2014/10/21