July 3, 4, 5 (days 33, 34, 35) – Happy Land Campground near Thunder Bay, ON, part 2

We also took in two great exhibits at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery: 

“Woodland POP!” – a blend of pop culture with traditional Woodland Style (a distinct style of native art that combines traditional legends and myths with contemporary mediums), and

“I, Voyageur” – the story, told through paintings, photographs and diary entries, of Toronto artist Naomi Harris who, in the summer of 2018, embarked on a 70-day, approximately 2,000 km canoe trip, dressed in 19th century clothing, retracing the fur trade route taken by British painter Frances Anne Hopkins (1838 – 1919), who traveled with her husband, a high-ranking official with the Hudson’s Bay Company, by voyageur canoe from Lachine, QC, to Kakabeka Falls, ON.

Blake Angeconeb (Anishinaabe) – a Star Wars AT-AT and Snoop Dogg incorporated into Woodland Style (the two beagles in the work on the right represent Snoopy as, evidently, Snoop’s mother gave him his nickname because Snoopy was his favourite Peanuts’ character).
An example of Michel Dumont’s (Metis) work with tile mosaic sculpture.
Frances Anne Hopkins, c. 1860.
Naomi Harris on her trek in 2018.

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2 thoughts on “July 3, 4, 5 (days 33, 34, 35) – Happy Land Campground near Thunder Bay, ON, part 2

    1. Great to hear you’re following along! Been thinking of you a lot as your boys’ neck of the woods is now on the maps we’re looking at.

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