Exhibitions
YOUR HONOR, A CARE PROCESSION
An activation in Jeffrey Gibson'sPOWER FULL BECAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT.
Activators: Emily Johnson, Brandi Norton
Quilt Designer: Maggie Thompson
Exhibitions Coordinator: Korina Emmerich
Quilt Assistant: Nishina Loft
Administrative Steward: Anne Pesata
Radio/Sonic Installation: Stina Hamlin
Production Manager/Storyteller: IV Castellanos
DJ: Dat Gurl Curly
Reclamation Day: A Reunion of Hope
One Nation Under God
Artists: Korina Emmerich, Liana Shewey, Nishina Loft
What Does Religion Mean to You?
Fashion - Faith: Rituals and Dialogues
One Nation Under God
Artists: Korina Emmerich, Liana Shewey, Nishina Loft
What Does Religion Mean to You?
Model Photographer @bitcreate (Sambit Biswas)
'Curated by @ndakinanyc (Omar Monroy) and @deyah_cassadore (Deyah Cassadore)
Model photos where styled and directed by @ndakinanyc (Omar Monroy) and @oejmas (Sammy Joe Temple)
Hair @deyah_cassadore (Deyah Cassadore) Makeup @beautybybritta (Britta Ruona)
Models Salma Perez and A'ngelee
Palestine Land Back Earrings
Enska Erhar: Beaded Suzanne Pin
Grogu Sticker
World-Builders, Shapeshifters
Curator: Erin Szikora
Dreaming of the worlds we want to live in allows us to take the first steps towards creating them. How can we use what we know today to collectively envision a better world for tomorrow? When you imagine the future, what do you hope to change about the past?
Interconnected Beings Suspended in Time
On four platforms stand four life-sized cornhusk dolls representing different stages of Shapwaykeesic-Loft’s life to date.
On the far left, her youngest self, and on the far right, the self she hopes she is becoming. In Haudenosaunee agricultural systems, corn is a staple crop. Inter-planted with beans and squash, the “three sisters” are an incredibly important component of Haudenosaunee cultural identity.
Historically, cornhusks were saved all summer to be used in doll and basket making throughout the winter. The dolls are made faceless so that the child playing with them can reflect their own personality and story onto them.
By using contemporary silhouettes adorned with traditional motifs and materials, Shapwaykeesic-Loft looks back in order to look ahead; fashioning a future for herself that is uniquely and extravagantly Kanien’kehá:ka.
Digital Constellations
Curated by Amanda Amour-Lynx
Official Selection for ImagineNATIVE 2023
DesignTO Festival
DesignTO Youth: Blueprint
‘Blueprint’ is a group exhibition featuring 10 young artists and designers. Inspired by a DesignTO Youth six-week residency program, these youth create new work that considers the future of Toronto as they envision it.
Decolonize the Vibe
Metamorphosis Exhibit from the Gallery 44 Outreach Program.
This piece is a diptych that shows the past of sorrow, hurt and a reference to missing and murdered Indigenous people with a contrast to Indigenous joy and light.
Awarded the David Barker Maltby Award for 2022.
Textile Museum of Canada
Community Makers 2022 Program Exhibition
Curated by: Camila Salcedo
Bill Reid Gallery
Beaded Nostalgia
Curated by: Aliya Boubard
Beaded Nostalgia explores the use of contemporary beadwork as a connection to the past, to our homes and homelands, and to our memories. The show features beaded earrings from 50 contemporary artists from across Turtle Island. Together, it is a celebration of how beadwork is being reshaped and reimagined.
ResilientTOgether
ResilienTOgether celebrates youth artistic expression through visual and performing arts. ResilienTOgether is a partnership between Vibe Arts, ArtWorksTO, RISE Edutainment, UrbanArts, Artscape, the Remix Project and 7th Generation Image Makers. The theme of ResilienTOgether 2022 is "Redefining Resiliency".
Designing the Revolution
Artists: Nina Lee Aquino, Nishina Loft, River Oliveira
Our piece is a 360° immersive experience of how the revolution could look, feel, and sound. A microcosm of what the future holds. The shattering of old ideas, the sharing of our collective griefs, hopes, and dreams, building a world in technicolour from the ashes.
Momentum Exhibit - JAYU
This photograph series examines the cultural stereotypes of Indigenous people. I focused on matriarchs of my community, Tyendinaga.