Virtual Curatorial Talk
Early Days, New Directions for Indigenous Art
at the McMichael
Early Days, New Directions for Indigenous Art
at the McMichael
Sunday, January 21 | 3 pm
The recent publication of Early Days, Indigenous Art from the McMichael signals the gallery’s commitment to center Indigenous voices in the curation and interpretation of Indigenous art in our collection. To support this intention, we’ve gathered a panel of exceptional Indigenous thinkers to discuss how museum practice can further the aspirations of Indigenous artists, curators, and cultural workers. Listen while they imagine a trajectory that will advance contemporary and historic Indigenous art at the McMichael today and into the future.
Panelists
Barry Ace, Anishinaabe/Odawa, multidisciplinary artist
Dana Claxton, Wood Mountain Lakota, multimedia artist, educator and curator
Emily Laurent Henderson, Kalaaleq (Greenlandic), writer and curator
Lynn Hill, Haudenosaunee, curator
Moderator
Bonnie Devine, Anishinaabe, artist, writer and educator
This free talk will be offered on Zoom. Registration required.
Dana Claxton (b. 1959), Headdress—Shadae, 2018, LED firebox with transmounted lightjet chromogenic transparency, 152.4 × 101.6 cm, Purchase 2020, BMO Financial Group, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 2020.5
