New Exhibit at W.A.G

Wednesday, 13 February 2019 07:51

The brand new winter exhibition from the Woodstock Art Gallery will have a grand opening on Saturday.

WOODSTOCK - The Woodstock Art Gallery will be unveiling their winter exhibition on Saturday in Downtown Woodstock.

Picturing Arctic Modernity – North Baffin Drawings From 1964, developed in partnership by the Canadian Museum of History and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, with the assistance of the Pond Inlet Archives, Ilisaqsivik, Ittaq and Piqqusilirivvik. The travelling exhibition features 50 original drawings created in 1964 by Inuit men and women of North Baffin Island.

Communications/Facility Rentals Coordinator Erin Beacroft says they are having a grand opening on Saturday from 2-4 pm.

"It's going to be an amazing opening, we are going to have Burger Barn out of Six Nations, they are going to be here to do the catering and we are going to have traditional indigenous music here as well and it should be an amazing opening."

Curator Mary Reid says they are really excited to bring this exhibit to Woodstock.

“It is a tremendous honour to host this significant exhibition here in Woodstock. The scholarship and research imbedded in this exhibition aids in illuminating aspects of our own collection, as well as those of several private collections in the region.”

President and CEO of the Canadian Museum of History Mark O'Neill says these drawings are a priceless record of the sweeping changes that reshaped Inuit society on North Baffin Island in the 1960s.

“The people who created these illustrations understood that their way of life was changing dramatically, and that it was important to preserve their knowledge and memories. As a museum committed to preserving and promoting the history of Canada and its peoples, we are proud to share these uniquely important cultural treasures with the citizens of Woodstock."

Picturing Arctic Modernity is at The Woodstock Art Gallery from February 16, to June 30.