Studio Lockdown
This is my view at the light table, and will vary only slightly from this year to the next.
Aiming to have all panels cut and to move on to the next step by mid February!
Will be posting more info in regards to update in the coming weeks.
Aboriginal Voices Opens Tonight!
Exhibition opens tonight at the Reuben and Louise Cohen Art Gallery at the University of Moncton at 5pm to 7pm!
Live on-site performance of L’nuwelti’k. Still in need of Aboriginal Identifying Volunteers for tomorrow’s performances at the Law School for the performance and intervention festival “Jést” in Moncton, NB.
Come check it out and spread the word!
The Original Candy Basket On Steroids
This past weekend was a great time at the Micmac Child Development Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I hosted a 2 day traditional Mi’kmaq Basketry Workshop.
The image pictured above, is what I made in the class. But the image below is what some of the students made.
There was a total of 10 participants, and we had a great time! All the students did extremely well for having never made baskets before.
I was a very proud instructor when I saw their finished products!
I was very hard on them, in the past I have been very gentle with people and allowed them to live with their mistakes. But this group of people (perhaps because I knew most of them on a personal level as former colleagues and friends for several years) I felt I could be a bit harsh on them and expect nothing but the best.
And they delivered!
Thank you to all of you!
Now I am on route to Moncton, New Brunswick for a group exhibition that I will be performing at, and then performing at jést a performance and intervention festival in Moncton.
Before returning to Nova Scotia to take part in AntiGONIGHT, then off to Scotland!
I will post some pics of performances in the coming weeks.
For now, this form in the image above has be ordained, as “Candy Basket On Steroids” by a dear friend in Truro (while stopping in for a quick visit and showing him the newest form), thanks Dale.
I may send this form to Urban Shaman for the upcoming show and sale. Still undecided.
Artist in Residence for the Cape Breton University Art Gallery and Unama’ki College
This is the poster for a class that I am curently teaching as a part of my residency at Cape Breton University for the CBU Art Gallery and Unama’ki College.
Ursula A. Johnson 