When Cree music meets orchestral jazz
It is exciting to find crossovers between different musical genres. For instance, the fast electric guitar runs in heavy metal are like modern derivations of…
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Local Indigenous artist releases new album
Desiree Dorion grew up in Dauphin, Manitoba, home to the famed Dauphin Country Fest, Canada’s longest-running country music festival. It was there that she first…
“My medicine is making art”
Acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Lita Fontaine (Mikinaak Ikwe) premiered a long-awaited solo show at Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq earlier this month. Fontaine is a 1997 graduate…
Tawāw Pihtokī invites all to student showcase
Students and artists alike flooded the School of Art Student Gallery on March 21 for the opening reception of the Indigenous Student Showcase curated by…
The art of appreciating bad art
Art, like any creative endeavour, does not exist in a vacuum. There is always a context and meaning behind what it represents. However, sometimes it’s…
Kiskithihta Mīthokwesowin kicks off for the summer
Kiskithihta Mīthokwesowin: Discovering Our Gifts kicked off its opening celebration on National Indigenous Peoples Day last Wednesday with a pipe ceremony, medicine walk and a…
Indigenous Peoples Day at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
Following a personal tradition from the previous year, I made my way to the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG-Qaumajuq) to experience an afternoon of Indigenous artwork…
Letting out a ‘Big Deep Sigh’
In the post-Phoebe Bridgers indie landscape, confessional songwriting has become the standard, and the more gut-wrenching the better. But what gets lost in this chase…
Grief as love in ‘Heart Like a Pow Wow’
A collection of animated shorts made by Indigenous creators was released on the free streaming service CBC Gem Jan. 27. How To Lose Everything is…
Winter writer-in-residence on the importance of listening
The U of M Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) will welcome Cree filmmaker Janine Windolph as the winter 2023 writer-in-residence on Jan….