Honouring Our Grandmothers: Downstream Where Waters Mix
2024
New Westminster Museum and Archives, New Westminster, BC, Canada
Downstream Where the Waters Mix is part of a series of select group exhibitions curated by Nadine Spence, part of a larger journey, Honouring Our Grandmother's Healing Journey. This exhibition was at the New Westminster Museum and Archives at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, BC.
"This project is meant to honour Grandmothers, babies and youth, their families, the lands, waters, and the wild salmon cycle. A presentation of bentwood cedar chests made by Peter Wayne Gong and Son Matthew Gong, that are designed by other artists, chest carrier platforms, regalia, woven blankets, bentwood boxes, stands and other original artworks by Indigenous and community artists from a variety of Nations will depict their own individual histories, stories and healing journeys."Â
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