Artists
Aboriginal Art in the 60s
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.
Aboriginal Artists Defying Expectations
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cathy Mattes
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, [Indian Country: Art, Politics and Resistance], January/February 2007, pp. 24-34
Description
Focuses on six contemporary artists: Riel Benn, Helen Madelaine, Leah Fontaine, Kale Bonham, KC Adams and Colleen Cutschall, the challenges Aboriginal artists face and the legacy of the Woodland School Arts Movement
Albert Namatjira: The Rich Heritage of our Desert Earth Painter
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Williams
Australian Humanities Review, no. 43, December 2007, p. [?]
Description
Comments on the life of a successful Australian artist.
Chapter from author's book, Green Power: Environmentalists Who Have Changed the Face of Australia.
Alex Janvier: Reflections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Dewar
Alex Janvier
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 12-21
Description
Portion of transcript from artists' discussion on truth, reconciliation and healing, followed by interview.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Alex Janvier’s Entangled Cartographies: Hunters’ Dreams, Bauhaus Aesthetics, and the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Dueker
Art History, vol. 34, no. 3, June 19, 2011, pp. 536-561
Description
Discusses three influences on his work; his teacher, Carlo Altenburg, an abstract painter, Dene methods of mapping trails, and the effect of being isolated from traditional lands.
Allen Sapp's Art: Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond: A Teacher Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allen Sapp Gallery
The Gonor Collection
Office of the Treaty Commissioner
Description
Guide to accompany the virtual exhibit Through the Eyes of the Cree. Organized into four themes containing activities suitable for Kindergarten to Grade 12.
The Art of Bart Hanna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Bart Hanna
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
Description
Interview with an Inuit carver from Igloolik about when he began to carve, accessibility of materials, and other queries.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser: The Development and Impact of Native Modernism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anya Montiel
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Summer, 2005, pp. 478-490
Description
Discusses the lives of both artists and the significance of inclusion of their work at the opening exhibition of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Washington, D.C.
The Art of Recalling: Lapland and the Sami in the Art of Emilie Demant Hatt and Johan Turi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Sjoholm
Feminist Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, Special Issue: Food and Ecology, 2014, pp. 356-303
Description
Discusses Hatt's inspiration for drawings from collaborating with Johan Turi on their book "Muitalus Sámi Birra" (An Acount of the Sami) and her life experiences living with the Sami people.
An Art of Survivance: Angel DeCora at Carlisle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Ruggles Gere
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 649-684
Description
Features the life and works of the author, a supporter of Native American arts who taught at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian School from 1906 to 1915.
Art This Way: Decolonizing Art with Arthur Renwick
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Vivian Michelle Jiménez Estrada
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-32
Description
Uses the art of Arthur Renwick as an illustration of the environment, attitudes and efforts to resist colonization of other Aboriginal artists, including Alfred Young Man.
Artist as Visionary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 7, March 28, 2006, pp. 979-982
Description
Discussion of 2006 exhibition entitled Norval Morrisseau: Shaman Artist held at the National Art Gallery of Canada which featured 59 works spanning 1958-2002.