This is an archived event from Culture Days 2021.
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Audie Murray Exhibition Opening Reception
In-person
Indigenous Interdisciplinary Visual artsDate and time
Location
Nanaimo Art Gallery
150 Commercial Street
Nanaimo, BC
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Join us to celebrate the opening of "Pawatamihk", a solo exhibition by Regina-based Michif artist Audie Murray. "Pawatamihk" means dream in Michif, and the exhibition features artworks made in the last two years that address the revolutionary potential of dreaming.
While Murray works in beading, quillwork, video, sculpture, painting, and photography, dreaming is a key element in her creative process. In contemporary society making time to dream rather than constantly produce is often frowned upon. Dreaming is dangerous for colonial worldviews as it allows a window of time and space to listen to the earth and to ancestors, to imagine the world differently, and to prepare to enact change. In Pawatamihk Murray shares works that speak to the value of slowing down, taking care, and reflecting, considerations that resonate strongly in a year in which Nanaimo Art Gallery asks What is Progress?
Links
- Learn more about "Pawatamihk" nanaimoartgallery.ca
- Go online for more event information! nanaimoartgallery.ca
Organizer
Nanaimo Art Gallery
Nanaimo Art Gallery is located in the heart of downtown Nanaimo on the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. The Gallery enhances the cultural environment of Vancouver Island, serving a regional population base of approximately 225,000, through exhibitions, education, and outreach that encourages active public involvement with the visual arts.