https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/4337
Gallery 101 is honoured to work in partnership with the Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) to present Aurora Boreawesomer. The OSCS is based in Fort Simpson (Liidlii Kue) in the Dehcho, a multicultural region composed of a dozen or so villages and Aboriginal settlements located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This exhibition focuses on respect for traditions while taking into account current cultural realities. Curator Lynn Canney works to perpetuate and encourage the culture and arts...
Gallery 101,301 Bank Street #1,Ottawa,CanadaGallery 101 is honoured to work in partnership with the Open Sky Creative Society (OSCS) to present Aurora Boreawesomer. The OSCS is based in Fort Simpson (Liidlii Kue) in the Dehcho, a multicultural region composed of a dozen or so villages and Aboriginal settlements located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
This exhibition focuses on respect for traditions while taking into account current cultural realities. Curator Lynn Canney works to perpetuate and encourage the culture and arts of the Dehcho region, presenting works from emerging to established artists, and from contemporary visual art to traditional Dene craft.
Artists: Nicole Bauberger, Charles Blyth, Michael Blyth, Marcel Cholo-Loche, Celine Edda, Georgina Fabien, Wilfred Joey Kline, Nathalie Lavoie, Tonya Makletzoff, Louisa Moreau, D'Arcy J. Moses, Melaw Nakehk'o, Mary Neyelle, Pheobe Punch, Joseph Purcell, John Sabourin, Mary Louise Sanguez, Lucy Simon, Marion Storm, Hilda Tsetso and Julia Tsetso
Curator: Lynn Canney
Aurora Boreawesomer Opening Ceremony by Dehcho Elder: Gerald Antoine
Friday April 26, 7:30pm
Gallery 101 gratefully acknowledges the NAC’s Northern Scene, the Open Sky Creative Society, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, and its volunteers and members.
Presented in association with the NAC’s Northern Scene and the Open Sky Creative Society
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