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Turtle Island Education Guide The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities Turtle Island The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program The Interpretive Guide The Art Gallery of Alberta is pleased to present your community with a selection from its Travelling Exhibition Program. This is one of several exhibitions distributed by The Art Gallery of Alberta as part of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. This Interpretive Guide has been specifically designed to complement the exhibition you are now hosting. The suggested topics for discussion and accompanying activities can act as a guide to increase your viewers’ enjoyment and to assist you in developing programs to complement the exhibition. Questions and activities have been included at both elementary and advanced levels for younger and older visitors. At the Elementary School Level the Alberta Art Curriculum includes four components to provide students with a variety of experiences. These are: Reflection: Responses to visual forms in nature, designed objects and artworks Depiction: Development of imagery based on notions of realism Composition: Organization of images and their qualities in the creation of visual art Expression: Use of art materials as a vehicle for expressing statements The Secondary Level focuses on three major components of visual learning. These are: Drawings: Examining the ways we record visual information and discoveries Encounters: Meeting and responding to visual imagery Composition: Analyzing the ways images are put together to create meaning The activities in the Interpretive Guide address one or more of the above components and are generally suited for adaptation to a range of grade levels. As well, this guide contains coloured images of the artworks in the exhibition which can be used for review and discussion at any time. Please be aware that copyright restrictions apply to unauthorized use or reproduction of artists’ images. The Travelling Exhibition Program, funded by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, is designed to bring you closer to Alberta’s artists and collections. We welcome your comments and suggestions and invite you to contact: Shane Golby, Curator/Manager Travelling Exhibition Program Ph: 780.428.3830 Fax: 780.445.0130 Email: [email protected] AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Table of Contents This package contains: Curatorial Statement Page 2 Visual Inventory - List of Works Pages 3-4 Visual Inventory - Images Pages 5-10 Talking Art Art and Cross-Curriculum Connections Pages 12-21 Artist Biographies/Statements Pages 22-25 Artist Interviews Pages 26-29 Insights into Art - Aguenus (Angela Hall) Pages 30-32 Turtle Island - a creation story Page 33 Art History and movements Pages 34-46 - Norval Morriseau and the Woodland School of Art - Abstract Art (a survey) Visual Learning and Hands-on Projects What is Visual Learning? Page 48 Elements of Design Tour Pages 49-54 Reading Pictures Tour Pages 55-59 Perusing Paintings: An Art-full Scavenger Hunt Pages 60-61 Exhibition Related Art Projects Pages 62-77 Glossary Pages 78-80 Credits Pages 81-82 Syncrude Canada Ltd., the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Art Gallery of Alberta AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca Page 1 The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Curatorial Statement artists who have adopted aspects of this style, the manipulation of bright, contrasting Turtle Island colours is also a key resource in the repertory of symbols used. Turtle Island is the name given to the earth or North America by many Indigenous groups. The The Art Gallery of Alberta travelling exhibition name comes from various oral histories which Turtle Island features the work of Aguenus tell stories of a turtle which holds the world on (Angela Hall), Brandon Atkinson and Jessica its back. While the actual story of Turtle Island Desmoulin, three contemporary Indigenous varies among Indigenous communities, the artists from central Alberta who, to varying overall story is a creation story that emphasizes degrees, bear witness to the importance of the turtle as a symbol of life and earth and the Woodland style in their work. Whether demonstrates the interconnections between all through drawing or paint on canvas, these creatures. artists portray and celebrate the bonds between all forms of life on Turtle Island, the First Nations peoples have been creating visual place we all call home. imagery for millennia. It was not until the 1960s, however, that their imagery was recognized by the Canadian Art establishment as anything more than cultural artifacts or records. The first First Nations artist to achieve any recognition in Canada was Norval Morrisseau. Born in 1932 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Morrisseau was an Anishnaabe (Ojibwa) shaman and self-taught artist who developed what became known as the Woodland School of Art. Through this style Morrisseau sought to communicate the spiritual essence and stories of the Anishnaabe (Ojibwe) world to the Anishnabeg peoples themselves. Norval Morrisseau’s work was, and continues to be, very successful and three generations of Indigenous artists have followed in his footsteps, producing variations of the Morrisseau style using heavy black outlines to often enclose colourful, flat shapes. Jessica Desmoulin Bringing Light For Growth, 2020 Acrylic on canvas The Woodland style of art making is based Collection of Jessica Desmoulin on traditional artistic representations used by Indigenous ancestors. The rudiments of this This exhibition was curated by Shane Golby of style are expressive and symbolic use of line; a the Art Gallery of Alberta for the Alberta system for transparency; interconnecting lines Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program. The AFA Travelling Exhibition Program that determine relationships in terms of spiritual is supported by the Alberta Foundation for the power; the prevalence of images of Arts. The exhibition Turtle Island was made transformation; and x-ray decoration. For possible through generous sponsorship from Norval Morrisseau and the many Indigenous Syncrude Canada Ltd. AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca Page 2 The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - List of Works Aguenus (Angela Hall) Brandon Atkinson Our Ancient Roots, 2019 Old Spirit (Grizzly Bear), 2020 Mixed media on canvas Archival ink, graphite on paper 24 inches x 24 inches 20 inches x 22 inches Collection of the artist Collection of the artist Aguenus (Angela Hall) Brandon Atkinson The Sacred Mind of Kateri Tekakwitha Polar Warrior (Polar Bear), 2020 (the Lily of the Mohawks), 2020 Archival ink, graphite on paper Mixed media on canvas 20 inches x 22 inches 24 inches x 24 inches Collection of the artist Collection of the artist Brandon Atkinson Aguenus (Angela Hall) The Woodland Spirit (Buffalo), 2020 Walking with Creation, 2020 Archival ink, graphite on paper Mixed media on canvas 20 inches x 22 inches 24 inches x 24 inches Collection of the artist Collection of the artist Brandon Atkinson Aguenus (Angela Hall) Patience of a Fox (Fox), 2020 The Path of Wisdom, 2020 Archival ink, graphite on paper Mixed media on canvas 20 inches x 22 inches 24 inches x 24 inches Collection of the artist Collection of the artist Brandon Atkinson Aguenus (Angela Hall) Life Long Warrior (Beaver), 2020 Pyramids of the Prairies, 2020 Archival ink, graphite on paper Mixed media on canvas 20 inches x 22 inches 24 inches x 24 inches Collection of the artist Collection of the artist Brandon Atkinson Aguenus (Angela Hall) Sky Protector (Eagle), 2020 Ancient Prophecy of the Eagle and Condor Archival ink, graphite on paper 2020 20 inches x 22 inches Mixed media on canvas Collection of the artist 24 inches x 24 inches Collection of the artist AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca Page 3 The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - List of Works Jessica Desmoulin Flowing Through Reflection, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin Jessica Desmoulin Tranquil Beginning, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin Jessica Desmoulin Bringing Light For Growth, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin Jessica Desmoulin Warriors Journey, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin Jessica Desmoulin Movement And Growth, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin Jessica Desmoulin Spiritual Transition From Light And Dark, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 20 inches x 24 inches Collection of Jessica Desmoulin AFA Travelling Exhibition Program, Edmonton, AB. Ph: 780.428.3830 fax: 780.445.0130 youraga.ca Page 4 The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program Visual Inventory - Images Aguenus (Angela Hall) Aguenus (Angela Hall) Our Ancient Roots, 2019 The Sacred Mind of Kateri Tekakwitha Mixed media on canvas (Lily of the Mohawks), 2020 Collection of the artist Mixed media on canvas Collection of the artist Aguenus (Angela Hall) Aguenus (Angela Hall) Walking with Creation, 2020 The Path of Wisdom, 2020 Mixed media on canvas Mixed media on canvas
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