Indigenous art acquisition programs: results for the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year
Learn about the art acquisition programs in fiscal year 2012 to 2013 and what artwork was acquired by the Indigenous Art Centre.
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Acquisition program details
Forty-four works of art were selected for the Indigenous Art Collection at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
Jurors for the National acquisitions program were:
- Lee-Ann Martin (Kanien’kahaka, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory), Curator of Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec
- Roy Kakegamic, (Cree), Artist
- Dr. Heather Igloliorte (Inuit), Assistant Professor, Art History at Concordia University
Artwork selected through the national acquisitions program
| Artist | Artist Artwork name and year | Medium | Reference number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracey Anthony (Delaware) | Unite (2011) | Mixed media on canvas | 500206 |
| Christi Belcourt (Michif/Otepimisiwak) | This Painting is a Mirror (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500245 |
| Christian Chapman (Ojibway) | Don't Whistle at the Northern Lights (2010) | Mixed media on canvas | 500214 |
| Christian Chapman (Ojibway) | Don't Use God's Name in Vain - Benedictus XVI (2010) | Mixed media on canvas | 500213 |
| Hannah Claus (Mohawk) | Clouds (2008) | Digital image on reprographic film | 500241 |
| Vanessa Dion Fletcher (Potawatomi/Lenape) | Writing Landscape (2011) | Intaglio print on paper | 500222 A-F |
| Keesic Douglas (Ojibway) | Trade Language (2012) | C-print | 500211 |
| Jerry Alan Evans (Mi'kmaq) | Qalipu Migrations (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500205 |
| David "Kanietakeron" Fadden (Mohawk) | The Three Shouts (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500210 |
| Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis) | Annie (2011) | Ink jet print on paper | 500230 |
| Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis) | Chairlift (2011) | Ink jet print on paper | 500229 |
| Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis) | Orange Dress Red Poppy (2011) | Ink jet print on paper | 500226 |
| Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis) | Doug and Gerry, 1934 (2011) | Ink jet print on paper | 500228 |
| Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis) | Doug and Gerry (2012) | Ink jet print on paper | 500227 |
| Jeneen Frei Njootli (Gwich'in) | White Swan (2013) | Digital image on paper | 500231 |
| Jeneen Frei Njootli (Gwich'in) | Contemporary Spirit Regalia: Shift (2013) | Digital image on paper | 500232 |
| Tanya Harnett (Assiniboine) | Suite Scarred/Sacred Water (2011) | Photograph on paper | 500240 A-F |
| Robert Houle (Saulteaux) | Sister Clothilde (2009) | Oil on paper | 500237 |
| Robert Houle (Saulteaux) | Shape Shifter (2009) | Oil on paper | 500236 |
| Robert Houle (Saulteaux) | Dark Moses (2009) | Oil on paper | 500235 |
| Alex Janvier (Denesuline Saulteaux) | Four Spots (2011) | Acrylic on linen | 500216 |
| Alex Janvier (Denesuline Saulteaux) | Life's Oasis (2013) | Watercolour on paper | 500215 |
| Claude Latour (Algonquin) | Deadcrow and Two Brothers (2010) | Digital photograph on paper | 500217 |
| Jim Logan (Cree Sioux Métis) | This Is Our Time (2013) | Acrylic on canvas | 500207 |
| Kent Monkman (Cree) | Montcalm's Haircut and Wolfe's Haircut (diptych) (2011) | Etching and aquatint on paper | 500220 |
| Kent Monkman (Cree) | The Academy (2011) | Etching and aquatint on paper | 500221 |
| Caroline Monnet (Algonquin) | Alice (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500244 |
| Shirley Moorhouse (Inuit) | Goose Reflecting (2011) | Mixed media on wool | 500234 |
| Shirley Moorhouse (Inuit) | We Stand on Guard (2010) | Mixed media on wool | 500233 |
| Christian Morrisseau (Ojibway) | Father and Son Teachings (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500242 |
| Christian Morrisseau (Ojibway) | Spiritual Brothers (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500243 |
| Susan Point (Coast Salish) | Musqueam Foreshore (2011) | Serigraph on paper | 500218 |
| Susan Point (Coast Salish) | Canoe Pass (2011) | Serigraph on paper | 500219 |
| Jane Ash Poitras (Cree) | Shaman of the Four Corners (2009) | Mixed media on wood panel | 500204 |
| Frank Polson (Algonquin) | Teaching (2012) | Acrylic on canvas | 500208 |
| Barry Pottle (Inuk) | Awareness 1 & 2 (2009-2010) | Digital photograph on paper | 500258 A-B |
| Frank Shebageget (Ojibway) | Flight Patterns, (Series) (2010) | Graphite on paper | 500223 A-E |
| Skawennati (Mohawk) | Jingle Dancers Assembled (2011) | Inkjet on polybanner | 500239 |
| Skawennati (Mohawk) | Native Love (2012) | Inkjet on polybanner | 500238 |
| Greg Staats (Mohawk) | Body of Shadow (2010) | Photo-etching on paper | 500212 |
| France Trépanier (Kanien'kéhaka) | Reminiscence (2010) | Pastel on paper | 500224 |
| France Trépanier (Kanien'kéhaka) | Gesgapegiag (2012) | Pastel on paper | 500225 |
| Tania Willard (Secwepemc) | Be a Good Girl (2008) | Handcoloured woodcut | 500209 |