Please complete your responses to the questions below in complete sentences – aiming for rich paragraphs of at least 150 words – directly into this document (i.e. type your responses below each question).
Gerald McMaster, “Contributions to Canadian Art by Aboriginal Contemporary Artists” in Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture (University of Toronto Press, 2005), pp. 140-151
1. Before you complete the reading, please do a Google search on the author Gerald McMaster. After doing some research on him, please write IN YOUR OWN WORDS who this person is, what his area of expertise and training is, what you understand his focus of interest around Indigenous art is, and why he is well positioned to be speaking with authority on this subject.
2. From what you have absorbed and understood from pp. 140-142, what distinguishes contemporary Indigenous artists and their special challenges from the approach and practices of their ancestors?
3. After reading the section “The Roots of Aboriginal Contemporary Art” pp. 142-146, discuss and describe what you understood as the important contributions of Mungo Martin and Norval Morrisseau towards shifting conversations around Indigenous art.
4. After reading the section “The Roots of Aboriginal Contemporary Art” pp. 147-151, discuss and describe the significance of Expo 67 and the Arts of the Raven exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1980 towards raising the profile and changing the understanding of Indigenous art locally, globally, and within First Nations communities in Canada.
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https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/courier-archive/general-archive/art-seen-as-a-pathway-to-reconciliation-at-city-hall-3039264
After watching the video and short art review on the three B.C. First Nations artists commissioned to produce original works for Vancouver City Hall Council Chambers, please address and answer the following question in a reply on the forum:
According to the three artists profiled in the media report and video (Jody Broomfield, Jordan Gallie, and Chrystal Sparrow), what common purpose or goal does their artwork serve in this particular commission? Please go on to describe one thing that struck you from each of the three artists.
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