Truth and Reconciliation Wampum Belt project

A new University of Windsor program to support contemporary Indigenous art and promote it as an educational opportunity for students and the community, will kick off with a series of events featuring the program’s first Artist-in-Residence, Barry Ace.   www.barryacearts.com

 

The Art + Law Indigenous Artist in Residence Program was developed in partnership with Arts Council Windsor & Region (ACWR), UWindsor’s Faculty of Law, and the School of Creative Arts.

 

A part of the project, Ace, a band member of M’Chigeeng First Nation (Manitoulin Island), will engage 94 participants in the collaborative making of a Truth and Reconciliation – Calls to Action contemporary wampum belt. 

 

The artist, who will have access to the newly built, centrally located School of Creative Arts and its wide range of facilities, draws inspiration from multiple facets of traditional Anishinaabeg (Odawa) culture gathered from historical sources, traditional knowledge, found objects and cultural research.