Open call for Indigenous painters who work in portraiture

Community Outreach
Deadline: January 21, 2021

Press Release by alan greyeyes | december 17, 2020

Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM), producer of the sākihiwē festival, is asking for Indigenous painters in Canada who work in portraiture to submit information about themselves and samples of their work for a new project that will pay tribute to four Residential School Survivors who live in Manitoba.

With help from Urban Shaman Gallery, each Survivor will have a photograph taken so painters across the Country can create a portrait without leaving their home or studio.

AMM will work with each Survivor to pick a painter for their portrait. A fee of $2,500 CAD (inclusive of supplies, materials, and studio space) will be paid to each painter selected for this project.

The portraits must be 36 inches wide and 48 inches tall.

The submission deadline is Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 11:59 pm CST. The painters will be selected and notified by February 11.

All submissions must be sent online through our google form. Email, fax, and physical submissions will not be accepted.

Submit here: https://forms.gle/N9fXQk1CaArKvw8d8

AMM plans to create up to four prints of each portrait and two banners or pop-up walls. The banners or pop-up walls will be installed at each of the sākihiwē festival’s four sites (Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre, Central Park, Ka Ni Kanichihk, and Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre) in 2021, 2022, and 2023. AMM also plans to make the portraits available to organizations that have projects or exhibits that pay tribute to Residential School Survivors.

Please email Alan Greyeyes (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) if you have any questions.

AMM acknowledges the Government of Canada for their support of our Survivor Portraits project.

COVID-19 Gallery update

COVID-19 UPDATE January 12, 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE January 12, 2021

Dear Friends and Patrons of Urban Shaman Gallery,

We continue to be closed to the public, as Urban is following Mb code red precautions.

Virtual showing of shows will happen January 15, 2021 please browse and check our site. Urban will post after January 22, 2021 how we will and can be visited…STAY TUNED!

Inquiries can be emailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call
204-942-2674 (messages checked weekly, but email is best). Please visit our website and social media for our
future programming and for our updates about COVID-19 restrictions and
precautions.

Please check our website and social pages for information and updates.

Please do your part and if you are sick be sure to rest up and stay at
home. Keep a safe physical distance, help each other, be patient, take
care of yourself, and don’t pick yer nose and if you do, wash your hands
thoroughly (a lil laughter can help too).

Thank you from Urban Shaman Gallery!