a painting in the woodlands style in solid colours, depicting a man kneeling next to a pile of steaming stones, surrounded by blue and red geometric shapes, with a sun in the top left corner

Yours in Native Spirit: Richard Bedwash
Exhibition tour with Shauna McCabe and Colinda Clyne

Explore the vivid paintings and symbol-rich stories of Anishinaabe artist Richard Bedwash presented this summer in the exhibition, Yours in Native Spirit.

Jul 23.2024

Time

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Location 358 Gordon St Guelph, ON N1Y 1G1

Price Free

Explore the vivid paintings and symbol-rich stories of Anishinaabe artist Richard Bedwash presented this summer in the exhibition, Yours in Native Spirit. This conversational walkthrough with co-curators Shauna McCabe and Colinda Clyne explores the connection between Bedwash’s life experiences and the community of Guelph. Deeply impacted by the colonialism of incarceration from his experiences of residential school to his term in the Guelph Correctional Centre, Bedwash’s expressive paintings represent a reclamation of knowledge, drawing on traditional stories and oral histories that he was intent on preserving and passing on. All are welcome; no registration required.

Image detail: Richard Bedwash, Sweat Lodge, 1977, acrylic on paper. Gift of David and Judith Nasby, 2002. University of Guelph Collection at the Art Gallery of Guelph

Sponsors

This program is organized and presented by the Art Gallery of Guelph with the support of the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

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