WABANAKI
A multidisciplinary exhibition that honours and highlights the work and heritage of Indigenous artists from Atlantic Canada. Gallery on Queen is overjoyed to showcase works from painters, woodcarvers, silversmiths, bead and quill artists, ceramists and late master artists.
The Wabanaki 2022 Exhibition is up until June 30th, then travels to Toronto to be exhibited from July 7th - 17th.
The work of East Coast Indigenous artists tells the important story of the people most affected by the arrival of the settlers. Wabanaki is a rare cornucopia of kept traditional and artistic knowledge infused with personal experiences of the modern-day. It is a testimony to the people's resilience of the dawn living on the territory called Wabanaki.
The Wabanaki people, also known as the People of the dawn, are the easternmost tribes of Turtle Island, also referred to as Northeastern woodland tribes. Their culture and language have been in existence for over 10,000 years. Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqewik, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Abenaki are the member tribes: Tribes that have endured the earliest and most prolonged contact with the new man on this continent.
Artists
Audrey Arsenault, Ingrid Brooks, Brian Francis, Frannie Francis, Tara Francis, Charlie Gaffney, Marcus Gosse, Timothy Hogan (Timber Wolf), Nancy Oakley, Chantal Polchies, Shane-Perley Dutcher, Percy Sacobie, Justin Sappier, Garry Sanipass, Alan Syliboy, Late: Ned Bear, Roger Simon
Late Artists
