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Friday, November 15, 1:30pm at the ZMA
The Artistic Practice of Wearable Art: Indigenous dress, Collaboration, and Community
Inspired by her late Setsune虂鈥檚 (grandmother) incredible garment making, hide-tanning and adornment, Catherine Blackburn鈥檚 work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine. Join us for an artist talk in which she reflects on her wearable art practice and its intersection between Indigenous dress, collaboration, and community.
Catherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak Saskatchewan and is a member of the English River First Nation (Denes懦艂in茅). She is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweler, whose common themes address Canada's colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives. Her work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine and is bound by the ancestral love that stitching suggests. Through stitchwork, she explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization, and representation. Her work has been included in renowned national and international exhibitions including Radical Stitch, 脌badakone, Santa Fe Haute Couture Fashion Show, and Toronto Indigenous Fashion Week. She has received numerous awards including the Sobey Art Award longlist (2019/2023), a Forge Residency Fellowship (2022), and an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2021).
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