Meet Canada’s first Aboriginal art curator. As a curator, writer, art historian, artist, and arts administrator, Tom Hill has been a driving force behind the development of Aboriginal visual arts in Canada since his involvement with the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67. Take this opportunity to gain insight into the experience of Aboriginal artists from the visionary who has been in the forefront of altering the perception of contemporary First Nations art in Canada from “crafted art” to fine art which is integrated into the Canadian artistic mainstream.

 

 

Meet the artist who created this well-known image that is one of many from Shelley Niro’s body of work to comment on modern Aboriginal identity, and to challenge, often with humour, the stereotypical images of Aboriginal peoples. Shelley Niro is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in a variety of media, including photography, painting, film, and beadwork.

         

           Shelley Niro as Marilyn Monroe            

                                     The 500 Year Itch  1992                                     

Gelatin silver print with applied

colour, mounted on Masonite

© Shelley Niro

Shelley Niro in her Brantford studio

which we will visit on this tour

 

To add to the memorable day on the Six Nations Reserve, a lunch based on Virginia General’s best-loved Native recipes will be served by Family Traditions of the Grand. 

 

Virginia General

 

The Woodland Cultural Centre has an extensive exhibition and publishing program. The many illustrated catalogues, which document their contemporary art shows, are available for purchase.

 

Installation photo from the exhibition,

Forced to Make a Stand, at the Woodland Cultural Centre,

August to October 2011.

Photo courtesy of the Woodland Cultural Centre

 

For more information on the Woodland Cultural Centre, please visit their website at http://www.woodland-centre.on.ca/index.php or see their current e-newsletter.