[BCMA] Travelling Art Exhibit

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PLEASE NOTE: GALLERY SIZE @ Wanuskewin is 1000sq ft, not 560sq ft as
initially sent.

My apologizes.
Arnolda.

On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 at 13:05, Arnolda Dufour Bowes <adufourbowes at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The dynamic exhibition "*Apples *& Traintracks*" shares the unknown
> history of the Road Allowance Métis in Saskatchewan, their dispossession,
> resiliency, and the forcible removal of their communities.  It is an
> interactive exhibit that is a testimony of the Indigenous
> peoples' resiliency and tenacity, exemplifying their cultural perseverance.
> While this story is from Saskatchewan, the experiences of the Métis Nation
> stretch from the prairies to the Pacific and has national relevance.
>
> *EXHIBITION CONTENT AND THEMES:*
> Arnolda Dufour Bowes is a multi-disciplinary artist, award-winning Métis
> author, an emerging filmmaker, a playwright with Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin
> Theatre and has had her first successful sensory art exhibit – APPLES &
> TRAINTRACKS -- at Wanuskewin in Saskatoon, SK, May-July 2024. "Apples &
> Traintracks" is a personal passion project dedicated to the Road Allowance
> Métis, specifically those from the Punnichy and Lestock areas, where the
> artist's family is from.
>
> The Road Allowance Métis are often overlooked and misunderstood, and their
> history is misrepresented. Arnolda's goal with this exhibit is to share
> art, story, and history. In particular, when the Sask provincial government
> forcibly removed Road Allowance families from the south using cattle cars
> to the far northern community of Green Lake in the 1940s. And as the trains
> passed by their Road Allowance communities, their homes were set on fire.
> She also included essential cultural elements in the different art pieces,
> such as beading and Red Willow Weaving, taught to her by *Knowledge
> Keeper Lyndon Linklater*, and Rag Rug techniques passed on by *Elder
> Georgina Martin* of the Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, Manitoba.
>
> *EXHIBITION SIZE, COST, AND AVAILABILITY*
> This exhibit was displayed in a gallery that was 560sq ft in size, but it
> can be downsized to accommodate specific galleries without losing its
> intention or integrity. Please note that a projector and sound system are
> needed as a short narration film plays on a loop.
>
> Arnolda received a Saskatchewan Arts Grant, which covers this exhibit for
> travelling out of province. It is currently booked in Saskatchewan,
> Alberta, and BC, and she is looking for more locations for the exhibit in
> 2025 and hopes to hear from you soon. The artist has funding for travel,
> installation, and de-installation; the exhibit rental is aligned with
> CARFAC Solo Category I Royalty of $2105 for a 2-month rental, but the
> artist is open to negotiations. Interested institutions would also be
> responsible for any shipping costs open to negotiations as well.
>
>
>
> *This exhibition is available:April 18-August 25, 2025November 1-January
> 31, 2026*
>
> Also attached is a* brochure* explaining the exhibit in more detail, a *personal recommendation
> letter from Olivia Kristoff*, the curator from Wanuskewin and a *short
> video* highlighting the exhibit at Wanuskewin.
>
> Don't hesitate to contact Arnolda Dufour Bowes at *adufourbowes at gmail.com
> <adufourbowes at gmail.com>* or call her at *306.250.5812* to book a spot or
> for more information.
>
> Maarsii.
>
>  Apples&Traintracks Exhibit 2024.MOV
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Coa2CaE8odCOnRxpb4v7nU_qOFWIMLh3/view?usp=drive_web>
>
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