Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal: Feet on the Ground

Tamara Lee Anne Cardinal, "Jingle Dress Regalia and Sketch (detail)," 2018

Courtesy of the Artist

September 28, 7:30pm

Launch Party

Join us for the much anticipated Launch Party - a fun, all-ages evening preview of our Fall exhibitions: Cosmos: Gathie Falk, Margaret Nazon and Erik Olson; The Arctic: Real and Imagined Views from the Nineteenth Century; and One New Work: Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal: Feet on the Ground. Blast off into the metaphorical stratosphere with Calgary indie-rockers Lab Coast, DJ Myke Atkinson and great local beer from our partners at Common Crown Brewery.

Admission by Donation + Cash Bar.

Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal: Feet on the Ground  by the Calgary-based Cardinal, an emerging multi-media and performance artist and community activist. Cardinal, whose ancestral roots are Cree and German, uses the women’s Pow Wow Jingle Dress Dance and its regalia as key elements of her art practice, in which she seeks a deeper understanding of herself and her Indigenous culture. Jingle dresses made by the artist are presented in the company of historical dresses from the Glenbow collection, as well as videos of Cardinal performing in her dresses. Together, the jingle dresses in the exhibition span more than 100 years of Indigenous dressmaking during which the forms and styles of women’s dance regalia have evolved and changed through decades of innovation.

Curated by Nancy Tousley