Wapatah Centre is thrilled to announce the upcoming Kānawapātāhmōwin: A Symposium on Indigenous Visual Knowledge, happening 10:00am-5:00pm(AEDT) on March 4, 2024 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Convened by Dr. Gerald McMaster, the symposium will feature a keynote by Dr. McMaster on Indigenous way of seeing.  This event is hosted in partnership with the Power Institute, the …

Wapatah Centre is excited to announce that the latest episode of CBC Radio Ideas with Nahlah Ayed celebrated the Arctic Amazon Mural by sharing excerpts from the new documentary The Language That Lies Between capturing the amazing collaboration between Inuk artist Niap (Nancy Saunders) and the Shipibo artist Olinda Reshinjabe Silvano. Part of the partnership between Wapatah Centre for Indigenous …

The Stephen Bulger Gallery is pleased to announce the book launch of Richard Harrington: Arctic Photography 1948-53. Please call or email The Stephen Bulger Gallery directly to order your copy of Richard Harrington: Arctic Photography 1948-53. Richard Harrington: Arctic Photography is a curated selection of some of Harrington’s most stirring and compelling photographs from his years in the Arctic. With an …

This series, convened by Dr. Gerald McMaster, is developed in partnership with the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia. Over a set of four conversations, two virtual and two in-person, Dr. McMaster will gather Indigenous scholars, artists, and knowledge keepers from communities around the world to discuss and conceptualize the significance of Indigenous visual knowledge and its contribution …

Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Knowledge is thrilled to announce the official opening of the Arctic/Amazon Mural titled Paisajes de Nosotros (Landscapes of Us) at the Toronto Metropolitan University! A major milestone for Wapatah Centre as part of the Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity project, this large-scale artwork was curated by Dr. Gerald McMaster and created through a collaborative design process …

Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge is thrilled to announce the official release of the The Language that Lies Between – an evocative documentary exploring the collaboration between Indigenous artists Niap (Nancy Saunders) and Olinda Reshinjabe Silvano, from the Arctic and Amazon regions, as they create a large-scale mural at Toronto Metropolitan University. The documentary examines Niap and Olinda’s collaborative …

Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Knowledge is excited to announce the official opening of the Arctic / Amazon Exhibition Co-Curated by Gerald McMaster and Nina Vincent, and supported by the Institutional Curated Noor Ale, at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Exhibition at a Glance Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity exhibition explores the ways in which Indigenous contemporary artists take on …

In addition to Co-Artistic Director Gerald McMaster, twelve (12) Canadians feature in the 18th Biennale of Sydney. They are Shuvinai Ashoona, John Noestheden , Khadija Baker, Philip Beesley, Iris Häussler, Cal Lane, Jess MacNeil, Erin Manning, Nadia Myre, Ed Pien, Tanya Tagaq and Jon Pylypchuk. The curatorial vision all our relations explores collaboration, conversation and compassion. The “Canada Down Under” …

Welcome to the official page for the Arctic / Amazon Virtual Series!  We invite you to join us on a remarkable journey through four Knowledge Exchange Workshops as you listen to the conversations between Gerald McMaster, Nina Vincent, and contributing Arctic / Amazon authors and groundbreaking scholars, artists, and performers – Harald Gaski, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Ailton Krenak, and João …

As part of the 2022 Sharjah Art Foundation’s March Meeting on The Afterlives of the Postcolonial, Gerald McMaster was featured in the Panel titled Persistent Structural Inequalities: Indigeneity and Sovereignty.  Panel at a Glance // The Panel on Persistent Structural Inequalities specifically focused on how contemporary art can be an act of resistance and activism within the context of Indigenous …