If you’re around Winnipeg from July 10 - August 16th, 2008, I recommend you check out a great exhibit being put on by Ace Art Inc., Urban Shaman and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.

Mother’s Mother’s Mother: The Legacy and Rebellion of Aboriginal Women’s art
Showcasing new, recent, and past works by Hannah Claus, Rosalie Favell, Maria Hupfield, Shelley Niro, Daphne Odjig, and Tania Willard, the exhibition addresses the generational relationships that occur among women within familial contexts, schools of theory, and the contemporary Canadian Aboriginal art scene. Linking these three concepts with a line drawn from the traditional to the present, curator Jenny Western reflects upon the creation of historiographies through myth, memory, inheritance, and difference.

Mother’s Mother’s Mother will be exhibited at Urban Shaman Gallery and Ace Art Inc. spaces concurrently from July 10 August 16, 2008. A panel discussion will be held in conjunction with Plug In ICA on Thursday, July 10 at 7pm and opening reception at Urban Shaman Gallery and Ace Art Inc. at 8pm.The exhibition will then travel to Brandon where it will be displayed at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba from September 5 - October 18, 2008. A publication will be co-produced by Urban Shaman, Ace Art Inc., the AGSM, and MAWA and launched at the AGSM’s opening reception.

Chris Webb is an activist and journalist living in Winnipeg. He is currently publishing assistant at Canadian Dimension. Read other posts by Chris Webb.