Global Beading Circle - Beading, a Path to Empowerment

Description

This program aims to unite beaders from everywhere. It’s a safe and open space for sharing culture, ideas, and art. Learn about Kevin McKenzie's visual arts practice and create a beaded Buffalo pin.

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This event will happen on ZOOM. Closed captioning available. Click the link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88544770600 

Suggested Materials: assorted seed beads, stiff felt, beading thread, beading needle, pin backing. If you already have the recommended materials, great! If you need the materials, please contact spitman@reginalibrary.ca by Tuesday May 9th to pick up a free materials kit. Materials kits are only available for residents based in Regina SK, on a first come first serve basis.

Kevin McKenzie is Cree/Métis, Saskatchewan artist, based in Brandon, Manitoba. He is a member of the Cowessess First Nation of Saskatchewan, Treaty 4. He holds a BFA and an MFA from the University of Regina. During his 30-year art practice, McKenzie has exhibited nationally and internationally, notable exhibitions include Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation II, Museum of Arts and Design, New York. He also participated in Don't Stop Me Now, National Gallery of Canada. If We Never Met, Pataka Art Gallery Museum, New Zealand. His work is represented in Transformer: Native Art in Light and Sound, at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute, New York. His work was selected as the inaugural exhibition titled ASAP at Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art Satellite Gallery Santa Fe, via Vital Spaces Santa Fe, NM USA. McKenzie's artwork is represented in the collections of; the National Gallery of Canada, the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Manitoba Hydro Corporation, the President's Art Collection University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada, Comox Valley Art Gallery and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. He has a permanent public sculpture in Whistler B.C. commissioned by VANOC Cultural Olympiad 2010. In 2022 he was commissioned by the President’s Office at Brandon University to produce a public sculpture dedicated to Truth and Reconciliation. Currently, McKenzie is an assistant professor and faculty member in the IWGI Department of Visual Art at Brandon University.

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