Art Art Naps

Cover: Marie Watt Pict: Yayoi Kasama

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Loving these looks from the 2016 Valentino resort collection, featuring a collaboration with Métis artist Christi Belcourt! 

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People Are Making Badass Art Of The Woman Who Removed The Confederate Flag

"I did it because I am free."

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Ron Noganosh is an Ojibwe artist, born and raised on  reserves  near Parry Sound, Ontario. his work mixes sly, irreverent humour with a deep concern for the complex problems shared by many communities around the world.  He addresses many of these issues – environment, poverty, culture, language and identity - in the  context  of present-day  First Nations  communities. He creates sculptures using  found  objects, contemporary garbage comments on ecology and hierarchy. He says “If it is natural, it feels good” “it’s like the thing is still living the sculpture gives it another life and I use it in a way that’s respectful. In a sense, that helps me spiritually.”

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Keesic Douglas is an Ojibway artist from the Mnjikaning First Nation in central Ontario, Canada.  He specializes in the mediums of photography and video. The artist navigates through the constructed image of “Indian” with a mixed media installation that includes documentation of performing. He went on a canoe voyage up the Humber River to the Hudson Bay Company (HBC) store. Upon destination Douglas attempts to trade the famous HBC blanket for the return of his great grandfather’s pelts. His act parodies the fur trade in Canada, a history that led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the oldest Canadian company but at the destruction and expense of First Nations cultures. 

http://keesic.com/gallery/

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The secret torment of Rat Pack legend Sammy Davis Jr

IN the infamously harddrinking, fast-living Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin he made entertainment history.

This article seemed apropos after our class discussion on what it is about art that commands respect?

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A Tale of Two Exhibitions and the Politics of Forgetting

BARCELONA — The study of the history of exhibitions allows us to “shuffle the deck of art history,” as Robert Rosenblum wrote in his essay for the 2000 exhibition 1900: Art at the Cross-Roads....

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There are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds – combined

The two chains don't come close to the number of museums in the U.S., which stands at 35,000.

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Amazing Indigenous scholar is coming to BC!!

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Plagiarism, Patchwriting and the Race and Gender Hierarchy of Online Idea Theft

In a mad rush for online content, women and people of color are getting trampled.

A story about the power of hashtagging. 

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Latest flare-up of mascot issue. Read for class.

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Another beautiful basket hat. This is a Haida one, made in the 19th century by native artisan Isabella Edenshaw. The four branches star on the top of it looks very modern, almost displaced. But it gives a very nice general look to my opinion.

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The star on the top is a "signature" of the painter, husband to Isabella, Charles.

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Interview with Curator Candice Hopkins about her contributions to Unsettled Landscapes, SITE Santa Fe's latest biennale. 

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On the Brink of Extinction, an Indigenous Language Gets Its First Dictionary

Despite their important role in strengthening cultures and communities, languages are fragile things.

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Beau Dick exhibition at the Bill Reid Centre!

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Indigenous Dance Residency

Program dates: August 3, 2015 - August 29, 2015, apply by May 4, 2015