FESTIVAL
KICK-OFF
July 12
ART WALKS
July 12, 19, 26, August 2
MUSIC MASTERS
July 13
MOSTLY BAROQUE SUNDAYS
July 14, 21, 28
CULTURAL JOURNALISM CONVERSATIONS
July 15, 22, 29
CANMORE CONCERTS
July 15, 22, 29
MUSIC FROM THE MASTER CLASSES
July 17, 18, 19
SHAKESPEARE AT THE
OPERA
July 17, 18, 20
IN PHILLIPS'S
FOOTSTEPS ART & NATURE WALKS
July 20 & 27
PIANO & VOICE IN
CONCERT
July 24, 25, 26, 27, 30 & 31
Aug. 1 & 2
FESTIVAL DANCE
Two world premiers and a short Balanchine work
July 24, 25, 26, 27
SHAKESPEARE IN THE
NATIONAL PARK
MERCHANT OF VENICE
TWELFTH NIGHT
July 25, 26, 27, 28
BEST OF THE BANFF NEW
MEDIA INSTITUTE
July 25, 30, 31
SPECIAL FILM
SCREENING
ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER)
on July 28
YOUNG DANCERS IN
PERFORMANCE
July 31, August 1, 2, 3
ABORIGINAL ART
EXHIBITION
MAPPING OUR TERRITORIES
Opens August 2
ARTIFICIAL STUPIDITY
/ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artist's Talk - August 2
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE + GAMING
August 3
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CONCERT
August 3
ABORIGINAL DANCE
A world premiere of MIINIGOOWEZIWIN ... THE GIFT
August 2, 3, 4 |
Banff
Arts Festival Media Release
For
Immediate Release
July 25, 2002
Exhibition explores Aboriginal perspectives of community and place
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(Banff) The
Walter Phillips Gallery in association with
the
Aboriginal Arts program at the at The Banff Centre is
pleased to announce the opening of
Mapping Our Territories,
an exhibition of works by four Aboriginal artists born
and living within Treaty areas 6, 7 and 8. The exhibition
provides an opportunity to explore Aboriginal perspectives
within a "post-Treaty" context. The artists—Delia
Cross Child (Treaty 7), Faye HeavyShield (Treaty 7), Frederick
McDonald (Treaty 8), and Lionel Peyachew (Treaty 6)—create work
that reflects their connection to the land and their community.
HeavyShield and Peyachew create profound cultural signifiers
within their installations, while Cross Child and McDonald
employ both traditional and contemporary visual images to
comment on Aboriginal identity.
"Individually, the paintings and mixed media installations by
Cross Child, HeavyShield, McDonald, and Peyachew reveal diverse
artistic affinities to their cultural territories," writes
Lee-Ann Martin, curator of the exhibition. "Collectively, these
works determine a vital contemporary map that connects history
and community with place."
All are welcome to a reception for Mapping Our Territories
on Friday, August 2 at 2:00 pm in the
Walter Phillips Gallery. Artist and
curator talks will take place on Saturday, August 3 at
2:00 pm.
The Walter Phillips Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday
from noon to 5:00 pm. Admission is free.
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Sunset from Boot Hill, 1997
Delia Cross Child
(courtesy of artist)
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Cultural Tension II, 1998
Lionel Peyachew
(courtesy of Indian and
Northern Affairs Dept, Canada)
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