All My Relations SOLD
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All My Relations
CA $4,200 SOLD Kristi Bridgeman & Lisa Shepherd In Métis culture, family values extend beyond immediate family. When we acknowledge “all my relations”, we remember that we are all connected to one another. We live within consideration of the family circle, the community and all of nature. Human beings, animals, insects, land, water and all of Creation are related to each other because on these things we all depend. Mixed media: sepia ink, watercolour, glass beads, velveteen on paper. This original work is 26”x26” and has been shadow box framed with archival and anti-glare glass. ~ About Forget-me-not, Métis Rose: the Far West Forget-me-not, Métis Rose: the Far West is the third body of collaborative work in the Forget-me-not, Métis Rose touring exhibition by cousins Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman. The Far West collection celebrates the culture, tenacity and indeed the very existence of Métis people in British Columbia. The first Forget-me-not, Métis Rose collection showed at the Jasper Museum & Archives and celebrated the Métis stories and the plants endemic to that area, while the second collection showed at the Musée Heritage Museum in St. Albert, Alberta, and told a broader story of the Métis across the prairies. This latest collection, the Far West, localizes the story for the Métis of British Columbia, an often invisible group of people too often viewed through a pan-Indigenous lens. These are their distinct stories. About the collaboration Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman, Métis artists, met serendipitously through an artist group, where they exchanged stories of family and ancestry. As they pieced together their stories, they began to realize their connection through their common ancestor Suzette Swift. With Suzette watching over them, the artists share their knowledge, explore their culture and create a collaborative body of work honour their Grandmothers and Métis ancestral designs. ***This piece has been sold.***
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