Re-Emergence of the Peoples
February 16th, 2024, to March 16th, 2024
Main Gallery
Featured ArtistS:
1st Year Artists: Jolene Arcand, Stephanie Butler, Amber Cardenas, William Desjarlais, Kiyano John-Nguyen, Sharifah Marsden, Rochelle Nepinak, Mercedes Paluck, Emma Rosette, Teresa Taylor
2nd Year Artists: Maggie Deneault, Sekoya Wesealhead-Kehewin, Autumn Kruger, Lorne Olson, Daisy VanExan, Amanda Wood
Invited Artists and Alumni: Jill Janvier, Casey Koyczan, Bracken Hanuse Corlett
NIPAT Faculty and Staff: Cynthia Jim, Geraldine Manossa, Karen W. Olson, Catherine Pierre, Dr. Michelle Jack, Tracey Kim Bonneau
Article Written by the En’owkin Centre and Dr. Michelle Jack
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wayʼ xast ̌ siɬkʷʕast (hello good day!)
The En’owkin Centre is pleased to announce our exhibition "RE-Emergence of the Peoples" in partnership with the Penticton Art Gallery. As we continue our journey of the NIPAT program in this new hybrid configuration of online and in person training we are excited to share our interdisciplinary works and creations with all the peoples and communities in the syilx homelands. Please join us at our opening Febuary 16th, 2024 with tea and bannock. Many voices of the peoples are expressing themselves through our RE-Emergence. The involvement of multigenerations as learning communities, natural materials, contemporary practice, and many connections throughout the arts on Turtle Island cultivated by the En’owkin Centre give us a chance to honor echoes from the past, present, and future simultaneously. We are proud to shine light on many artists with unique voices informed by the many Indigenous communities and cultures throughout the continent. Please help us celebrate our current learners, invited artists, alumni, faculty, and staff with this exhibition. We are grateful to this ongoing partnership we share with the Penticton Art Gallery to help honor our learners and programs with space to showcase our expressions of creation. We are bringing together creatives in this exhibition that give space for RE-Emergence of traditional teachings that flow and flux through all time at once. limləmt for joining us in this new season and new year. We respect and support personal health and safety precautions and hope as many different sectors of our communities will come out and support this exhibition at your comfort level, looking forward to seeing you at the gallery.
Ashes to Ashes by Daisy VanExan
Watercolour and mixed media on cold press watercolour paper.
The En’owkin Centre is an Indigenous post-secondary arts and cultural centre located on the Penticton Indian Reserve. En'owkin's unique building design reflects a traditional Okanagan winter home also known as a pit house. It is a gathering place where families and community members can replenish themselves spiritually and is also a teaching place where story, co-operation, craft and artistry come together. The En'owkin Centre (hereafter referred to as En'owkin) is a dynamic institution, which puts into practice the principles of self-determination and the validation of cultural aspirations and identity. An Indigenous cultural, educational, ecological, and creative arts organization, En'owkin plays a lead role in the development and implementation of Indigenous knowledge and systems, both at the community and international levels. The word En'owkin is an Okanagan concept, which describes a respectful dialogue of clarification, conflict resolution and group commitment, to come to the best solution; essentially, consensus. The National Indigenous Professional Artist Training Program is one of many innovative programs housed at En’owkin. This two year certificate program includes storytelling, performance arts, media arts, painting, sculpture, and installation art. The focus of the National Indigenous Professional Artist Training Program is to protect and preserve Indigenous worldview and arts expressions in traditional heritage utilizing interdisciplinary works with contemporary practice. Professional Indigenous artists are provided with mentorships and the creation space to produce exhibition ready artworks. The NIPAT program was developed to support the learning to "revitalize" traditional art forms into contemporary practice. It is a professional training opportunity that assists the artist to interpret traditional forms of art in today's context. The training consists of these fundamental principles: Research of historical cultural heritage information (Mentoring) Land community culture context: designs, principles (Protocols) Produce new works/cultural products that clearly revitalize a traditional arts practice (Preservation).
