Kooshkopayiw Awakening: Art Crawl
Schedule
Sat May 18 2024 at 12:00 pm to 04:30 pm
Location
1080 Keewatin St, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, Ontario P7B 6T7 | Thunder Bay, ON
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The Metis Nation of Ontario Arts Council is hosting a pop up art crawl event at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery on Saturday, May, 18, 2024 from 12 - 4:30 pm. Interested in submitting your work for display?
Please contact :
George Simard at 519-512-1824 or [email protected] of the Metis Nation of Ontario
or
Wendy Houston at 807-887-4469 or [email protected] the local Metis Council.
This event is open to the public.
Kooshkopayiw means “to awaken” in Michif. This is what George Simard, president of the Metis Arts Council, hopes to do with this newly formed arts council for artists in the Metis Nation of Ontario. The council hopes to bridge the gap between Metis artists and the provincial arts community with a series of arts crawls. This event will showcase the talent of Metis artists of all ages that span across disciplines, allowing the public to come out and learn what Metis art is. The need for an increase of Metis representation is vital for the community, not only to share culture, but art is often a source of income for Metis people, whether it be traditional floral beadwork or painting. Metis leader Louis Riel once said, “My people will sleep for 100 years, but it is the artists who will give them their spirit back.” That is exactly what the new Metis Nation of Ontario’s Art Council hopes to do.
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Where is it happening?
1080 Keewatin St, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, Ontario P7B 6T7Event Location & Nearby Stays: