Val Vint, Education is the New Bison, public sculpture, 2020
- Thursday, September 26, 2024
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm
- MAWA, 329 Cumberland Ave, 203, Winnipeg, MB
To help open our hearts in the lead-up to the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, artist Val Vint will share her public art projects and talk about the transformative power of Indigenous public art. She will begin her talk with a smudge.
Métis artist Val T. Vint works in painting, fabric work, ceramics, willow work, beading and more. After graduating with a Fine Arts degree, Vint also became a designer and worked in theatre, film and performance art. She is a founding member of the Buffalo Gals Drum Group. Her public sculpture Education is the New Bison is located at the Forks, as is Niimaammaa, created in collaboration with Jaimie Isaac and KC Adams.
Free, all welcome
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Val Vint says, “Born in Winnipegosis, Manitoba, I spent the most meaningful part of my childhood in the bush chasing foxes and pelicans with my Grandfather, a conservation officer. My cultural heritage makes me feel that I have a licence to investigate all forms of art. The Métis were fiercely independent by nature; they did everything for themselves, developing a self-sufficient and highly versatile culture. My work is varied because of that spirit, and it would be impossible to contain it within one medium. My life’s work over the last 40 years has focused on a combination of engineering, art, cultural expression, community programming and a personal art practice.”