Not to be missed! The First Nations Art & Culture Conference Tour on Monday, April 2nd now includes a workshop on the beading and styles of the Iroquois Flat Purse!

This workshop offers a unique opportunity to learn about the rich history of the beaded flat purses and the unique beading patterns of the early 1800’s; including a survey of the beaded symbols and their meanings. Participants will createa flat purse using clay, design a beading pattern, and then create the pattern using real beads. The workshop will be led by artist, author, and storyteller, Lorrie Gallant.
Registration for this tour is open until 9am on Friday, March 30th. Please visit the Hospitality/Registration on the Lower Concourse Vide area to sign up –spaces are still available.

Enjoy a day immersed in Canadian art and take away as your memento of the experience: two important exhibition catalogues on Inuit art published by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and writtenby curators who are renown in their fields. The first stop on the Canadian Art: Picturing a Distinctive Land Tour is the McMichael, located north of the city in picturesque Kleinburg, and a wooded setting inspired by the art of the Group of Seven. See its unparalleled Group of Seven collection, Inuit and First Nations art, and a new sculpture garden (weather permitting). Then back to downtown Toronto and the Art Gallery of Ontario, spectacularlytransformed by architect Frank Gehry. A choice of small tours, led by AGO staff, will be offered including the Thomson Collection of Canadian art, and the Weston Family Learning Centre, the AGO’s revolutionary new home for art education. Foodies will also want to join this tour to sample the Canadian-flavours at the delicious lunch buffet created especially for ARLIS/NA by McMichael’s chef, Bradley Yip.

Three Women, Three Generations: Drawings by Pitseolak Ashoona, Napatchie Pootoogook and Shuvinai Ashoona, by Jean Blodgett

Strange Scenes: Early Cape Dorset Drawings, by Susan Gustavison

Information on this tour is also available from the conference web site: http://www.arlisna.org/toronto2012/tours.html

 

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