Kooshkopayiw | Awakening
While you are at the MNO 30th Annual General Assembly, be sure to check out our art exhibit — Kooshkopayiw | Awakening — curated by MNO citizens George Simard and Jason Baerg. The exhibit will be set-up in the Ballroom of the Westin Hotel on Saturday, August 19 from 4 to 9 PM EST and features works by:
- Jessica Somers – Contemporary artist
- Jason Baerg – Contemporary artist/ Fashion design
- Jaime Morse – Contemporary artist
- Roxanne Shank – Quilter
- Christy Belcourt – Visual artist
- Mitch Case – Beadwork artist
- George Simard – Sculptor
- Amanda Pont Shanks – Dot artist
- Derrick Pont – Beadwork artist
- Brian Kon – Beadwork artist
- Audie Murray – Visual artist
- Katherine Boyer – Bead artist
- Dylan Miner – Ink paper artist
- Jim Logan – Tradition paint
- David Garneau – Acrylic paint
- Bleys Morse – Tempera on paper
- Kelly Duquette – Acrylic paint
Elder / Senator:
Doris Lanigan, Who gave us Kooshkopayiw through ceremony
Curators
Jason Baerg
George Simard
Awake, my people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake it will be the artists who give them their spirits back.
– Louis Riel