[BCMA] New VPAG exhibition media release

Tue Jul 29 09:29:33 PDT 2014

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On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:43 AM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. <bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone
> Here is the latest media release from VPAG.  We hope to see you at the opening reception of our new exhibition next Thursday July 31 from 6pm to 8pm at VPAG.
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> MEDIA RELEASE
> For Immediate Release
> A Contemporary Approach to Traditional First Nations Art
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> Contact: Laura Ashton
> laura at vernonpublicartgallery.com
> July 24, 2014
> Vernon Public Art Gallery
> Exhibition Opening Reception
> Decolonize Me & We Are Still Here
> Thursday July 31, 2014, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
> Decolonize Me Artist Talk @ 6:30 pm by Jordan Bennett
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> “The Vernon Public Art Gallery is pleased to present two new exhibitions opening next week. Decolonize Me and We Are Still Here will run from July 31st through to October 8th.  We are happy to be able to bring such a significant show here to the VPAG for our local community to enjoy.  The exhibition includes Decolonize Me put together by the Ottawa Art Gallery, along with We Are Still Here, an exhibition comprised of local Okanagan First Nations artists.  Please join us at the opening reception on Thursday July 31 from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm at the art gallery.”
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> -Dauna Kennedy Grant, VPAG Executive Director
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> Decolonize Me
> July 31 – October 8, 2014
> Sonny Assu, Jordan Bennett, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Nigit'stil Norbert, Barry Pottle, and Bear Witness
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> “Decolonize Me features six contemporary Aboriginal artists whose works challenge, interrogate and reveal Canada's long history of colonization in daring and innovative ways.  Deliberately riffing on the title of Morgan Spurlock's film, the pop-cultural phenomenon Super Size Me (2004), the exhibition's title emphasizes the importance of recognizing the role of the individual within larger discussions of shared colonial histories and present-day cultural politics.  In the context of the recent efforts of many Indigenous communities to assert their sovereignty and right to self-determination, the artists in this exhibition explore the issues and outcomes of both colonization and decolonization while exposing how these processes have impacted Aboriginal and settler Canadian identity, both individual and collective.”
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> -Heather Igloliorte, Ottawa Art Gallery Curator
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> The VPAG exhibition Decolonize Me is proudly sponsored by Summit Environmental.
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> “Decolonize Me is a contemporary critical evaluation of Canadian history told through the lens of First Nations Artists. “
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> -Lubos Culen, VPAG Curator
> PUTI KwALA Okanagan, We Are Still Here
> July 31 – October 8, 2014
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> Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective
> Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective Society
> Reflections on Culture and Identity
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> The name “Kama? Creative” in short form is derived from the Okanagan word S?at qw(l)p kama? (Pine Needle) It is used by the artist members to symbolically represent the traditional landscape where the artists reside.  The Collective is comprised of Okanagan Nation established and emerging artists who have come together to support aboriginal interdisciplinary and multimedia arts development, promotion, education/community involvement and production.
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> The newly formed arts collective in this exhibition brings together four artists from the Okanagan Indian Band (Suknaqinx).  Their works of art are a collection of contemporary visual art perspectives of various aspects of how each artist is looking at the Sylix life over time.  Each artist takes their own look at culture and self-identity through their art work.  Barbara P. Marchand’s work speaks of the deeper emotions and traditional lives of the first people that inspire her work; Mariel Belanger takes the spirit of what it means to be Sylix through the view of the traditional Quilstan or sweathouse and represents a pattern in the rebirth of identity.  Sheldon Louis’ paintings are a study of the impact of residential school and how he has experienced the effects as a youth himself.  Dean Louis explores the Okanagan people today through his graphic design practice.
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> Image Credit: Dean Louis, Indian in European Cloths
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> The VPAG exhibition PUTI KwALA Okanagan, We Are Still Here is proudly sponsored by O’Callaghan Bilodeau Chartered Accountants
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> Best regards,
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> Laura Ashton?> Marketing and Programming Coordinator
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