<div dir="ltr">PLEASE NOTE: GALLERY SIZE @ Wanuskewin is 1000sq ft, not 560sq ft as initially sent. <div><br></div><div>My apologizes. </div><div>Arnolda.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 at 13:05, Arnolda Dufour Bowes <<a href="mailto:adufourbowes@gmail.com">adufourbowes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">The dynamic exhibition "<b>Apples *& Traintracks</b>" 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.<br><br><div><b>EXHIBITION CONTENT AND THEMES:</b><br>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.</div><div><br>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.<br>She also included essential cultural elements in the different art pieces, such as beading and Red Willow Weaving, taught to her by <i>Knowledge Keeper Lyndon Linklater</i>, and Rag Rug techniques passed on by <i>Elder Georgina Martin</i> of the Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, Manitoba.<br><br></div><div><b>EXHIBITION SIZE, COST, AND AVAILABILITY</b><br>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. </div><div><br>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. </div><div><br></div><div><b>This exhibition is available:<br>April 18-August 25, 2025<br>November 1-January 31, 2026</b><br><br></div><div>Also attached is a<u> brochure</u> explaining the exhibit in more detail, a <u>personal recommendation letter from Olivia Kristoff</u>, the curator from Wanuskewin and a <u>short video</u> highlighting the exhibit at Wanuskewin.</div><div><br>Don't hesitate to contact Arnolda Dufour Bowes at <u><a href="mailto:adufourbowes@gmail.com" target="_blank">adufourbowes@gmail.com</a></u> or call her at <u>306.250.5812</u> to book a spot or for more information.</div><div><br></div><div>Maarsii.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_chip gmail_drive_chip" style="width:386px;height:20px;max-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font:400 14px/20px "Google Sans",sans-serif;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Coa2CaE8odCOnRxpb4v7nU_qOFWIMLh3/view?usp=drive_web" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;border:none;width:100%" aria-label="Apples&Traintracks Exhibit 2024.MOV" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom">Apples&Traintracks Exhibit 2024.MOV</span></a></div></div></div>
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