Upcoming Exhibitions
Collective Studio
Hess Gallery
October 23 – November 3, 2023
Organized by Migueltzinta Solis and Josephine Mills
Come see behind the scenes of the process to make an exhibition. Students in the ULethbridge Indigenous Art Studio course will be learning and creating in the gallery. Drop by during scheduled times to visit, make some art, and chat about material cultures, creativity, and design.
Scheduled Workshops
Oct 23: Mootookakio’ssin and photogrammetry workshop with Kale Fox-Zacharias.
Oct 25: Beading for the first 25 visitors with Serene Weasel Traveller.
Oct 30: Ponokaakii – tea and conversation with Káínai Secwépemc artist Marjie Crop Eared Wolf. Come play chess with the Niitsitapi Chess Set.
Nov 1: Concepts Have Teeth – tea and conversation with UK artist Louisa Minkin.
Ponokaakii
Christou Gallery
October 27, 2023 – March 9, 2024
Artist: Marjie Crop Eared Wolf
Curator: Josephine Mills
Opening Celebration Snacks & Refreshments Thursday, November 9, 5 – 7 pm
A mini survey of Káínai Secwépemc artist Marjie Crop Eared Wolf’s work, this exhibition focuses on the relationship between the personal and the public. Includes preliminary designs Crop Eared Wolf created for public art works around Lethbridge and her ongoing Contemporary Pictograph series.
Mootookakio’ssin: Creating in Spacetime
Hess Gallery
November 6 – December 16, 2023
Organized by Migueltzinta Solis and Josephine Mills
Opening Celebration Snacks & Refreshments Thursday, November 9, 5 – 7 pm
An exhibition as process, this project bridges gaps between historical cultural material housed in museums and contemporary art and includes physical and digital artwork by ULethbridge students as well as artists living in the UK and in India.
For the past few years, Blackfoot Elders, artists, scholars, and museum professionals living on Blackfoot Territory and in Britain have been working together, talking, and thinking about material culture, cultural capital, power, and estrangement. We’ve visited with historical cultural material in museum collections, survived the pandemic, jumped time zones, and calibrated calendars to make connections. Always guided by the Blackfoot principle that we have a responsibility to share and to care for knowledge, teaching and learning is at the core of our work. This is an exhibition as process and will include physical and digital artwork by uLethbridge students as well as artists living in the UK and partners in India. Opening celebration with snacks & refreshments Thursday, November 9, 5 – 7 pm.