During the summer of 2018, I was employed by the First Nations University of Canada as a summer artist researcher. I was part of a team of seven people that would research, design, collaborate, and create 14 tipi liners as part of an instillation project / memorial. The theme was Education, and we decided to create a timeline of Indigenous education from pre-contact to modern times. Of course there would be references to residential schools, making this project difficult to navigate emotionally and sensitively. I am very proud of the work that we were able to create together, inspiring each other along the way.
We collaborated on the largest tipi, the memorial for those that have gone before us, both in life and in leadership, and worked individually on the remaining ones. My tipis were “Living Knowledge” and “Paradigm shifts”.
Here is a small write up from the local paper (that I am not mentioned in! Even though I gave a speech at the opening haha)
And another write up from APTN (That I am also not credited in!)
Some process pics of the experience and finished works to follow!