"The PinkCanvas", part 2

Welcome back to "The Pink Canvas", BingoRagers!!

Since the last posting, I have actually made progress with this piece and another painting project. Furthermore, I have started work on a sculptural installation at Spiritfire Park in Devlin. Updates on that project to follow.

I will be finishing a piece for the upcoming Renew Festival in Kenora.

Previous posting at BingoRage, "Pink Canvas" - Part 1

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All pics click to enlarge.

I wanted to use some spray paint on this canvas, so I masked-off the duckhead and took the whole shebang outside to apply it.





Add some colour to the figures.





Starting to fill in the headdress feathers.











The duck figure is not eating the human figure, but looming close to musically whisper.













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The current incarnation of "The Pink Canvas". I guess that I will have to rename it.
Maybe something like: "The Whisper"? ... "Duck Music Meat"? ... "Bubbles, Chief, Tune and Mallard"?
You know... something artsy, mysterious and full of angsty implications.
Let me know what you think, pass this post along to like-minded weirdos, etc.

:Eric




Update June 17, 2009.
Spent some time on the piece; in the studio, last night



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June frost linky post

Facebook deleting accounts with Native names, assuming that they are fake. No warnings, or consultation.

A Battle Worth Fighting: The First Nation Vs. The Washington Football Team.

"... Professional teams are still using derogatory and defaming logos and names for their teams. The National Football League’s Washington D.C. Football Club and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are the number one culprits..."

Thunder Bay mom wants answers after teacher's aide chops off son's hair.

"... The seven-year-old boy had chin-length hair before the incident last month. His mother said staff at McKellar Park Central Public School were aware her son was letting his hair grow so that he could take part in traditional First Nations dancing..."

The Great Ethanol Scam.

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New Bingorage Links Page, for directory partners.

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Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

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Sewing the Seeds: 200 Years of Iroquois Glass Beadwork. Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York; May 23 - October 4, 2009.

Another Native Art blog, Shawllady’s Blog.

"Native shawls, paintings and prints."

Free beading patterns. For the beginning beader.

Hate Crimes at UIUC - Beyond the Chief exhibit vandalized for 5th time on May 20, 2009 - in broad daylight.

EscapePod has an interesting, Native-themed short story this week, Harry The Crow. The story explores the theme of robot-struggling-to-be-human; humorous and almost familiar.

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New Tim Giago articles.

Memorial Day Speech at Black Hills National Cemetery

It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

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Native American placenames, interactive map at National Geographic.

Will Lahti sent me a fishing update from Finland.

Home site for Michael Kelley, Navajo bronze artist.

Runway Beauty Native America; applications being taken for 2011 calendar.

Minneapolis Institute of the Arts exhibit; Symbolism in Ceremony: Art Inspired by the Native American Church. March 31, 2009 - August 9, 2009.

Native Insight competition. "Thoughts on Recession, Recovery & Opportunity" Deadline; September 15, 2009.

Art Bozeman blogpost re: Molly Murphy & Friends: Native American Beading. June 5 – July 24, 2009.

Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society (CASTS) 2009 conference seeking registrants. August 12, 2009 - August 14, 2009.

Ottawa Art Gallery exhibit, Burning Cold. June 18 - August 30, 2009.

"A group exhibition of up-and-coming artists, Burning Cold represents a multiplicity of voices and cutting-edge media. It explores unique aesthetic and cultural issues, and seeks to broaden the awareness and understanding of emerging contemporary art practices and issues in Northern and Southern Canada. The artists included in this exhibition employ divergent, original and sometimes unconventional artistic strategies to deal with a variety of themes and issues, such as populous and remote communities; interconnectedness and isolation in urban and rural environments; the diverse cultural, social and aesthetic experiences of northern Aboriginal peoples; and the “myths” of the North versus the “realities” of the South."

World's oldest birchbark canoe to remain in Canada.

"The 200-year-old canoe will next move to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton as part of a native art exhibit to begin June 21."

Indian Grinding Rock State Historical Park

Awesome sculpture artist, Jeniffer Maestre, using beadwork techniques (peyote stitch) to create sculpture with colouring pencils.

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Dudley George's brother, Sam George dies, shortly after Ipperwash Park is returned to First Nation.
Dudley George was killed at the Ipperwash standoff.

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"The Pink Canvas"; kinda like "The White Album", but different - part 1

Pics click to enlarge.

Building the frame "box".


Tacking the canvas, at the Spiritfire Paintball Park.


Almost done stretching and stapling canvas onto boxframe.


Done.


Priming the canvas.


Pinking the canvas (oh, alright..."Fluorescent Magenta".).


Initial pencil sketch of "feathered head".


Some lines erased, others defined, some shading added, second eye area begun.


TO BE CONTINUED...

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Dad; at Helliars Resort dock. The folks at Helliars have a gorgeous location on Lake of the Woods and great fishing on their doorstep.


Dad with (his) two great walleye, after skunking me last week.


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Post walleye-opener and walleye-hunt-skunk linky post

'Arctic exile' monuments to strengthen Canadian sovereignty claim. Inuit artists will help Canada stake sovereignty in the Arctic by creating and installing sculptures, ironically commemorating Inuit communities "exiled" to remote, non-traditional locations.

I think that this is actually a great idea, that the Canadian government should pursue, with vigour. Fund Canadian First Nations people to create and install monumental sculpture throughout the arctic archipelago and create a greater Canadian presence in the North.

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An island has been discovered in Mexico, with a pyramid belonging to the Apupato people, enemies of the Aztec Empire.

Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists

"...The ornamental stones—including jade—were attached with an adhesive made out of natural resins, such as plant sap, which was mixed with other chemicals and crushed bones..."

Stone Age Superglue Found -- Hints at Unknown Smarts?. The title says stone age, which is not very precise. The date for the "superglue" is 70,000 years. The ingredients are acacia resin and red iron oxide. The presence of this "red ochre" in archaeological context has long been considered evidence of ritual or artistic use in prehistoric humans. However, its use as a glue ingredient for tool manufacture means that its presence, alone, cannot be evidence for artistic development in human evolution.

A" closer look contains hints of sham artist, not a shaman". I hadn't been following the Dan Hauser story too closely; "another child of religious folks letting their offspring die from treatable disease because they elected to follow the prayer route", I figured. But, it's worse than that. His parents have fallen for some plastic shaman selling berry juice treatments under a pseudo-Native religious hoo-ha. Apparently the 13-year old is a certified elder and medicine man (after having paid his "donations").

Here is a great new resource for Native historians and treaty researchers, a digitised database of "Documents Relating to the Negotiation of Ratified and Unratified Treaties With Various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869".

'Status Indians' face threat of extinction. Loss of legal "status" through intermarriage to non-natives threatens the Rez, in Canada.

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This clip is a music video for "Indigenous Holocaust" (Link to video notes); song by Ahnishnahbeh artist Wahwahtay Benais. Video by Missy Whiteman.



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Brenda Norrell's 'Censored News' podcast. Native news podcast.

I was glad to meet and work with Metis performer, Paul Chaput, while reviewing grants applications for the Ontario Arts Council.

Daphne Odjig exhibit at Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe N.M., only American venue scheduled. August-September, 2009.

Lakota Sioux woman awarded damages, based on historic treaty. Under a "bad men" provision of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, the woman is to be compensated for being assaulted by a military recruiter.

Pine Needle Productions to shoot feature film

"Darlene Naponse is preparing to shoot a feature film this fall in her home community of Whitefish Lake First Nation. It's a drama about a girl returning home," Naponse says, describing her upcoming film, Every Emotion Costs. It deals with identity and community..."

Another Native Blog, Radical Indian. I may have linked to this blog before, but I wanted to point you all to it again, because it has been flagged by Blogger.com and requires an extra click to view. I didn't see anything offensive on the site, other than news that may be inconvenient to the greater society.

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New Tim Giago articles at Huffington Post:

Native Americans in Black and White. Negative images in the news breeds stereotypes in society.

A Ripe and Rank Case of Dishonest Dealings. The Black Hills are not for sale; but, could they be rented?

A Holiday to Celebrate the Victory at the Little Bighorn. June 25: Death to the Morningstar-oppressor day.

Small Successes Come Hard in Battle Against Mascots. "Fan" means fanatic.

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The Right to Whale. Makah tribe continue push for traditional practice.

London gets first festival of First Nations voicesNative artists, performers and filmmakers get showcase in London, England. Ended May 17.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. Although these "fair use" "best practices" were developed for U.S. copyright law, they may be handy for Canadian artist's consideration.

'National treasure' may be headed home.

"... only a few dozen totem poles from that period still exist... the late 1800s was a difficult and dark chapter for the Haida. Their population was decimated by diseases such as smallpox. Missionaries and government officials also moved in and tried to separate the Haida from many of their traditions and cultural beliefs... Many were chopped down and burned while others were sold off; the bulk went to museums around the world..."

Buffy Saint Marie's homepage, Creative-Native.

Awaken100.Net "Contemporary Aboriginal Arts And Culture". A Redwire Magazine site. Not much there, yet, but some interesting artist galleries.

8-strand flat braid, at Instructables.com.

Nadya Kwandibens, Ahnishnahbeh photographer from my Rez, NWA#37. Her Myspace.

"2 Disputed Indian Wampum Belts Pulled From Auction".

"... lawyer for the Onondaga nation, said the Onondaga considered the belts community property... no Onondaga had ever had the authority to sell or transfer them... "these belts were originally taken out of these communities without proper ‘title.’... "

Rabbit and Bear Paws Colouring Contest. Any artist, age 3-15, June 1 deadline.

Native American Trade Blankets at Woodson Art Museum. Famed glass artist Dave Chihuly has a collection of 750 Native Trade Blankets, 80 of them on display until June 14 at the Woodson Museum (Wausau, Wisconsin), along with 15 of his blanket-inspired glass pieces.

TVO's "Big Ideas" lecture series presents John Ralston Saul.

"In this lecture, essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul, presents the themes of his latest book, A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada. Central to his text is the argument that Canada is a Metis nation, critically influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. He believes we've lost touch with this essential part of our mythology and identity and appeals for a return to the original priniciples of peace, welfare, and good government."

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New life for polygon fish canvas. Ahnishnahbeh Become Maymaygwayshi.

This canvas has been around the block, for a couple/few years and has undergone a couple/few changes. Just previously, I had used the canvas to help illustrate a portion of the Larry Mitchell biography, Potowatomi Tracks, in a previous Bingorage posting.

The current incarnation of the piece is a scene from an alternate future, many, many thousands of years from now, when the Ahnishnahbeh have evolved to live underwater; becoming... the Maymaygwayshi.

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Ahnishnahbeh Become Maymaygwayshi[All pics click to enlarge.]

Initial configuration:



The Potowatomi Tracks illustration:



The Migisi {Eagle} incorporation. (Look closely):



The current changes made to the piece incorporate elements from the Migisi phase (upside down):















detail







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Post-Tronna linky post

A native grandmother's epic walk for the water. An Ojibway gramma is walking around the great lakes and down the St Lawrence River to raise awareness of the water system's fragility and importance to all of us.

"... 40 years ago, Akwesasne was known for its farms and fishery, which had thrived for at least 3,000 years and made it a pillar of the legendary Iroquois Confederacy. Henry Lickers, head of Akwesasne's environment department, likes to remind Torontonians that the reserve shipped its extra food to our soup kitchens during the Depression, yet we didn't even notice when its economy disappeared.

The fisherman and farmers were ruined by the industries that came with the St. Lawrence Seaway. Domtar Paper and General Motors poisoned the fish with, respectively, mercury and PCBs. Alcoa pumped so much fluoride into the air that cows' teeth grew brittle and broke, and they died. Pollution also caused the farms to go bust..." (TheStar.com)

Her website, MotherEarthWaterWalk. Josephine (Mandamin) is scheduled to finish the St. Lawrence stretch at the beginning of May.

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Air France plane forced to divert from Am3ric@n air space, because a critical journalist aboard has apparently been flagged for the US no-fly list. If so, then this is further proof that the measures that are supposed to further the safety of Am3ric@an citizens, are instead being used to silence and harass critics of US policies.

"... Do you know how to handle firearms?" I told him that the only time I held one I was very young; it was a shotgun and I was knocked down by the recoil. I never even went through military service, I said. In fact, I added, "my only weapon is my writing, especially to denounce the American government, whom I consider terrorist."
They looked at each other, and the seated man said something I already knew: "That weapon sometimes is worse than rifles and bombs..."

USA paper industry abusing "green law" to create a biofuel subsidy. Pulp and paper mills burn a byproduct called "black liquor" to heat pulp and create electricity for the manufacturing process. American mills are adding diesel fuel to the mix (very unnecessary) in order to qualify for a biofuel rebate; unfortunately increasing the overall amount of fossil fuels that they burn, in the process. The exact opposite of what the rebate was meant to do.

According to spectrographic analysis, the milky way galaxy tastes like raspberries.

"Long Now"; building the 10 000 year clock.

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The following clip was found at HiddenFromHistory.org (The Canadian Holocaust). The uploader claims that this interview segment is no longer available at CBC online.



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Katimavik, still alive.

United Nations creates the World Digital Library.

"The principal objectives of the WDL are to: * Promote international and intercultural understanding; * Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; * Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; * Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries."

Fossil seal, with legs, found in Canadian arctic.

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Graham Greene, speaking at the National Arts Centre, in Ottawa. May 11, 2009.

New Moche culture tomb excavated. "King of Bling" Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru.

"... His body was covered with a tunic and train of tiny gilded copper plates, and his face was covered with two funerary masks—a first, according to Bourget. A necklace of four-inch (ten-centimeter), disk-shaped silver rattles encircled his neck. On his head was a gilded crown. Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body..."

Alice Lazore; casino management, Mohawk, beadworker.

US National Park Service, national historic site; Hubbell Trading Post. Apply for their artist in residence position. [PDF link]

Homepage of Navajo singer, Radmilla Cody, Miss Navajo Nation 97-98.

"... Canyon Records recording artist, Indie Award Winner, Indian Summer Award Nominee, and four-time Native American Award Nominee continues to maintain Navajo culture by recording music that children sing with pride and lyrics the Diné elders can be proud of..."

Short essay on the evolution of Native American Art.

"Santa Fe Rotary Foundation for the Arts chose Naranjo Morse as its 2009 Distinguished Artist of the Year."

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation created in Portland, Oregon.

"... to foster indigenous arts in American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native communities."

New Native American museum opens in Warner Springs, California.

The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival is now accepting submissions. Earlybird deadline is June 19, 2009, late deadline (with late fee) is July 31, 2009. Festival runs November 18-22.

NativeFilm.com

Waila, Native American polka-based music.

Coast Salish artist creates box for healing.

"... Salish artist Luke Marston of Ladysmith was commissioned by the federal Department of Indian Affairs to create a box to be the centrepiece of the meetings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission held across Canada... Participants will be invited to put whatever they want into the box, a symbolic act of letting go..."

Ontario boosts arts council budget by $5 million.

Micheal Greyeyes 'official' website.

Canadian National Arts Centre seeking artist submissions for cover of Prelude,NAC magazine. Theme is "The Arts are alive in Canada"; deadline is May 31, 2009.

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New piece in progress, for upcoming Spring art show at Fine Line Gallery: "Threads"

Working on this piece for upcoming "Threads" theme spring show at Fine Line Gallery, Fort Frances. May 4-29, 2009.

A previous Bingorage posting about Pither's point Park.

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[Pics click to enlarge]
This canvas had a ton of paint ladle on it, randomly, for a while. I had no idea what it wanted to be. When I heard that the spring show theme would be "Threads", I started to get a rough idea of where it might go.



I roughly sketched a thread spool with a pen, and then started to work with it.













At this point, I tried to shape the spool a bit more with outlining and add more definition to the thread, needle and button elements.





A human(?) figure added. There are many stories around the world of "the little people" helping out with craft activities (as well as hindering the process.).















Current incarnation of the "Spool Canvas".
Dimensional definition added to button element, with light and shadow.



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Progress of central figure detail:













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Blast from the past:

Just say NO to deer-hunting with platypi.



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Closed walleye season

Technically, as an Ahnishnahbeh "Indian Band" member of Grand Treaty #3 with "status", I do not have to absolutely refrain from fishing during the closed walleye season. There are those who exercise their treaty rights to harvest fish for personal use at this time... and I wholeheartedly support their right.
However, I also recognise and respect the reason for the closed season and will wait until the third Saturday in May to bring in the most-favoured meal... walleye!

Until then, sit back, look at these pictures and weep;
for Dad and I are the walleye kings.

I'd like to thank Rainy Lake Sports in Fort Frances for letting us use their scales. We get much of our tackle and bait there. (Pics click to enlarge, see video below.)





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