Exhibitions
The Bearclaw Gallery is pleased to present
HOLY LIGHT
New Works by
JOSEPH SANCHEZ
As our time on earth quickens with age, our dreams become more accessible, our past vanishes and a vision of our collective human fate becomes clear. Our spirit needs the light of the soul to illuminate a path to compassion, love, and spiritual practice, and to honor nature’s laws. Ancestors warned us of this future, now our children’s, children’s, children’s and 7 generations beyond must solve our problems of waste, greed, self, hate and war manifested so much in this time of technology and profit.
This work seeks a Holy Light, an aurora of truth, visions of porpoises and eagles, riding a wave on the crystal river of time, listening to the child of the moon, a hummingbird water woman, a fallen warrior, ceremony and a thunder clap and flash of light to illuminate our souls to envision a shared future.
Exhibition continues to September 30
FALL EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
September 19 – 30 – Joseph Sanchez
“HOLY LIGHT“
October 17 – 28 – Jim Logan “REMEMBRANCE“
November 7 – 18 – Jessica Desmoulin & Aguenus
November 21 – December 2 – Jane Ash Poitras & Eli Poitras
December 5 – 31 – Annual Christmas Exhibition
News
The Bearclaw Gallery is pleased to welcome our newest artist
Eugene Alexis is a Stoney Nakoda from Alexis #133 Indian Reserve, located in Treaty No. 6 Territory. He lives on the shores of Wakamne (God’ s Lake), also known as Lac Ste Anne. Eugene is a fluent speaker, translator, transcriber and curriculum developer of the Alexis Stoney Nakoda Language. He has been teaching Stoney Nakoda over 25 years and gives thanks to the Creator for his Identity, language and culture.
In 1990, Eugene started working as a Teacher Assistant at the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation elementary school. Throughout his career, he worked with the Director of Education, community elders, political and cultural leaders documenting and preserving their Stoney Nakoda language. Eugene also received his Linguistics training at the University of Alberta In 2016, he received accreditation from the Cwiadian Indigenous Language and Literacy Development Institute and is a certified Stoney Nakoda Language Expert. Over his 25 year career, as a Stoney Nakoda Language Teacher, Eugene helped his community develop a Stoney Language Dictionary, and the Stoney Language Curriculum (Secondary: K-12) and Post-Secondary Level 1.In 2018, Eugene was moved from the School and Into the Alexis Heritage & Language Department with a mandate to expand the Stoney Language program into the Nation. Eugene works as a Director of Language. He continues to work with Alexis Elders, Political and Cultural leaders to protect and maintain his Stoney Nakoda Language.Eugene was traditionally named after his late grandfather, Chief Joseph Alexis and his late great-great grandfather Aranazhi, Chief Alexis who signed Treaty for the Alexis Tribe and was also known by the Cree as Klskiyciciy or Nabe Gduzahan in Stoney Nakoda Language.