Story Keeping, 2023; Little Cree Women, 2023 (Nanaimo Showing).

~A group exhibition from Namaakii Bee Bear Hat and Richelle Bear Hat for Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC.~

“Untitled” new work, 2023.

Story Keeping is an exhibition of new and existing work by Mohkinstsis (Calgary)-based artists Brittney Namaakii Bear Hat and Richelle Bear Hat. Drawing from their shared Blackfoot and Dane-zaa Cree heritage, the artists look to storytelling practices and legacies of land and language displacement through their experiences growing up in both rural and urban environments. Through sculpture, photography, drawing, and video, they share how stories can connect people and places, and ask what can be told, and what should be held close.

photo credit: Sean Fenzl