Indigenous art acquisition programs: results for the 2014 to 2015 fiscal year
Learn about the art acquisition programs in fiscal year 2014 to 2015 and what artwork was acquired by the Indigenous Art Centre.
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Acquisition program details
Thirty-seven 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:
- Tania Willard (Secwepemc), artist, curator and assistant professor in Creative Studies at the University of British Columbia
- Ryan Rice (Mohawk), curator and chair of the Indigenous Visual Culture program at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto
- Jordan Bennett (Mi'kmaq), artist
Artwork selected through the national acquisitions program
| Artist | Artist Artwork name and year | Medium | Reference number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Ace (Anishinaabe Odawa) | Beaded Abstraction (2014) | Mixed media on paper | 500325 |
| Barry Ace (Anishinaabe Odawa) | Parallel Roads (2014) | Mixed media on paper | 500326 |
| Tracey Anthony (Delaware) | Identity - Haudenosaunee (2011) | Mixed media on aluminum | 500319 |
| Sonny Assu (Ligwilda'xw) | Illegal Song (2010) | Acrylic on hide | 500348 |
| Sonny Assu (Ligwilda'xw) | Illegal Dance (2010) | Acrylic on hide | 500349 |
| Ginette "Kakakos" Aubin (Maliseet) | Les petits bonnets de nos grands-mères (2013) | Serigraph on paper | 500316 |
| Rebecca Baird (Cree/Métis) | Baird Tartan Indigenized #1 (2013) | Mixed media | 500328 |
| Lance Belanger (Maliseet) | Them to See (2013) | Raw pigment and oil pastel on paper | 500332 |
| Lance Belanger (Maliseet) | Rising (2013) | Raw pigment and oil pastel on paper | 500331 |
| Rebecca Belmore (Anishinaabe) | Fringe (2013) | Digital print | 500337 |
| Scott Benesiinaabandan (Anishinaabe) | psychometry: interrogation (2014) | Archival ink on paper | 500338 |
| Scott Benesiinaabandan (Anishinaabe) | psychometry: conversation (2014) | Archival ink on paper | 500339 |
| Heather Campbell (Inuit) | Snowstorm (2014) | Brush and ink on paper | 500335 |
| Christian Chapman (Anishinaabe) | Bravery (2011) | Acrylic and oil on gesso paper | 500342 |
| Christian Chapman (Anishinaabe) | Truth (2011) | Acrylic and oil on gesso paper | 500340 |
| Christian Chapman (Anishinaabe) | Wisdom (2011) | Acrylic and oil on gesso paper | 500341 |
| Ruth Cuthand (Plains Cree) | Surviving ... H.I.V. (2011 to 2012) | Mixed media on fabric | 500345 |
| Ruth Cuthand (Plains Cree) | Surviving ... Hepatitis C (2011 to 2012) | Mixed media on fabric | 500333 |
| Vanessa Dion Fletcher (Potawatomi Lenape) | Marked (2013) | Beads on canvas | 500330 A M |
| Jerry A. Evans (Mi'kmaq) | Qalipu 3/4 Profile (2014) | Monoprint on paper | 500318 |
| David Garneau (Métis) | Two Metis Flags (Quilt) (2012) | Oil on canvas | 500315 |
| Maria Hupfield (Anishinaabe) | Jingle Blanket (2014) | Mixed media | 500350 |
| Maria Hupfield (Anishinaabe) | Measured Value: Marianne Nicolson (2014) | Mixed media | 500351 A-F |
| Rachelle Lafond (Cree) | Maahn Nookoom "There's my Grandmother" (2012) | Beads and thread | 500346 |
| Rachelle Lafond (Cree) | Chiichinuu "Our Home" (2012) | Thread on canvas | 500347 |
| George Littlechild (Plains Cree) | Bling Bling Chief (2012) | Mixed media on paper | 500317 |
| Meryl McMaster (Plains Cree) | Owl (2010) | Digital image on paper mounted to dibond | 500334 |
| Lisa Myers (Anishinaabe) | Traintrack Blueprint (2012) | Serigraph on paper | 500324 |
| Lisa Myers (Anishinaabe) | Blueprint (Water) / Blueprint (Land) / Blueprint (Traintracks) / Blueprint (2012) | Serigraph on paper | 500323 A-D |
| Nadia Myre (Algonquin) | Meditations on Red 5 (2013) | Digital print on plexiglass | 500343 |
| Nadia Myre (Algonquin) | Meditations on Red 2 (2013) | Digital print on plexiglass | 500344 |
| Jeneen Frei Njootli (Gwich'in) | Kaagwadthat Brought Us Here (2014) | Digital print | 500320 |
| Barry Pottle (Inuk) | igalâk (window) (2014) | Digital photograph on paper | 500327 |
| Rick Rivet (Métis) | Northwest Passage - 2 (2013) | Acrylic on canvas | 500329 |
| France Trépanier (Kanien'kéha:ka) | Moving Spirit (2014) | Pastel and charcoal on paper | 500321 |
| Linus Woods (Dakota-Ojibway) | Space Rabbit (2014) | Mixed media on paper | 500322 |
| Trace Yeomans (Haida) | Stanford Pole (2009) | Oil on canvas | 500336 |