Blackfoot; 2nd Mohkinstsis showing, 2023.

~A large scale vinyl print of Blackfoot for group exhibition, Ii’pait’aapiiyisinn: Art in the Contemporary and Ancient Blackfoot Way of Life, Stride Gallery, AB.~

Ii’pait’aapiiyisinn: Art in the Contemporary and Ancient Blackfoot Way of Life. Brittney Namaakii Bear Hat, Sikapinakii Low Horn, Bryce Many Fingers-Singer (Mano’taanikaapi), with Star Crop Eared Wolf in the Prairie Crocus Space. March 10-April 28, 2023

Curated by Evelyn Mikayla Martin (Itsooaakii).

Ii’pait’aapiiyisinn (Way of Life) is a new exhibition curated by Evelyn Mikayla Martin (Itsooaakii) from the Blackfeet Nation. This exhibition highlights the Blackfoot way of life in a contemporary setting with multiple Blackfoot worldviews represented by visual artists from each nation within the Blackfoot Confederacy. Works by Sikapinakii Low Horn, Bryce Many Fingers-Singer (Mano’taanikaapi), Brittney Namaakii Bear Hat, and Star Crop Eared Wolf will be on display in Stride Gallery. The curator Itsooaakii and the featured artists emphasize a greater understanding of Blackfoot artistry, people, worldviews and knowledge. Through this curatorial project, Itsooaakii selected Blackfoot artwork that would re-situate agency to place the power of representation into their own hands and tell their own stories. Ii’pait’aapiiyisinn also works to encourage Blackfoot individuals to embrace their ancestral right to occupy these art spaces located within their traditional territory. This exhibition has been curated to celebrate the ineffably rich, integral and vibrant role Blackfoot artists have and continue to occupy in the cultural landscape and ecology of our ancestral territories on Treaty 7 land.