About Urban Shaman

MISSION STATEMENT
Urban Shaman is an Aboriginal artist-run centre dedicated to meeting the needs of artists by providing a vehicle for artistic expression in all disciplines and at all levels by taking a leadership role in the cultivation of Indigenous art.

VISION
Urban Shaman presents contemporary Indigenous Aboriginal art with integrity while remaining rooted in our diverse Aboriginal cultures.

MANDATE
Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art is a nationally recognized leader in Aboriginal arts programming and one of the foremost venues and voices for Aboriginal art in Canada. Our focus on developing new programming and new ways of presenting it have resulted in increased exposure and the expansion of our activities. Urban Shaman is dedicated to the Aboriginal arts community and arts community at large.

• Committed to serving the needs of emerging, mid-career, and established Aboriginal artists through exhibitions and associated programming, workshops, residencies and curatorial initiatives.
• Dedicated to contributing to art historical and cultural critical discourses on a local, national, and international level.
• Committed to facilitating artistic production, education, and appreciation of contemporary art as an important and empowering tool for Aboriginal peoples.

Admission to the gallery is free.

Off-Site Programming: Rebecca Belmore “At Pelican Falls”

PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts in partnership with WNDX and Urban Shaman Gallery are pleased to announce “At Pelican Falls”, a solo exhibition of brand new work from Rebecca Belmore (BC). The show runs from 04 September – 21 October 2017 with an opening reception scheduled for Friday 08 September at 7:00 PM. Belmore will give an artist talk at 2:00 PM on Saturday 09 September. Both events are free and open to the public. At Pelican Falls features two pieces of writing – a creative response from Florene Belmore (BC) and a critical examination of the work by Jessica Jacobson-Konefall (MB).

EXHIBITION | 08 September – 21 October 2017
WHERE | PLATFORM Centre, Suite 121-100 Arthur St.
OPENING RECEPTION | Friday 08 September, 7:00 PM
ARTIST TALK | Saturday 09 September, 2:00 PM

In early July, 2017 Scott Benesiinaabandan, Florene Belmore and Rebecca Belmore spent a week together in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. A photo from the Ontario Archives taken by John Macfie in 1955 drew the artists to the site. In the photograph, taken before the artists were born, seven boys from Pelican Falls residential school in denim coveralls watch a man fishing on the lake. They are facing away from the camera. “At Pelican Falls” focuses on experiential connection and archival intimacy within specific places.

All three artists’ extended families are connected to this place and history, and thus the image speaks to their own stories. Starting with the picture, they visited the old Pelican Falls residential school grounds, and fished at the falls. While they couldn’t locate the exact rock in the archival photograph, they quietly walked the grounds where the old school once stood. The resulting works articulate the visit and its significance to each artist in dialogue with one another, the photograph and the site.

PLATFORM Centre
Suite 121-100 Arthur St.
Winnipeg, MB   R3B 1H3
Treaty One Territory
(204) 942-8183
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