If
you are planning to come to Ottawa during your summer vacation, stop by the
Canadian Museum Of Civilization to take in their new Aboriginal exhibit - Indigenous
and Urban.
Indigenous
and Urban is a summer-long program featuring visual and media arts, music,
dance, film, readings and interactive workshops.
Come
see the new outdoor sculpture created by Mary Anne Barkhouse of the Nimpkish
band, Kwakiutl First Nation for the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The
sculpture of a life-size copper canoe and bronze wolf will be installed outside
in the pond adjacent to the Grand Hall.
You
can also walk through the six Native houses and explore the newly-redesigned First
Peoples of the Northwest Coast exhibition. You can also see the brightly
coloured ceiling mural by Dene Suline artist Alex Janvier and Bill Reid's well known sculpture, The
Spirit of the Haida Gwaii.
In
addition, you can also visit the Grand Hall and the towering totem poles of the
Northwest Coast. And you can continue on to the First Peoples Hall for an
overview of the history and culture of
Native Peoples across Canada.
Join
the people on June 27 at 5 p.m. for Indigenous and Urban, and see the new
sculpture by acclaimed Kwakiutl First
Nation artist Mary Anne Barkhouse.
As
the press release says “MAKE JUNE your month to connect with the songs and
stories, history and present day of the Peoples who have inhabited this land
for thousands of years”.
The
exhibit will be open from June 27, 2013 to September 2, 2013
To
see more about the museum, you can go to www.civilization.ca
