Raising Tatanga Consciousness: An Evening with Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway
About
The MacKenzie Art Gallery and TD Bank Group invite you to an exclusive opportunity to meet Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway, the newly appointed TD Curatorial Fellow: Indigenous Relations.
The position—part of a two-year program funded through a $200,000 donation from TD Bank Group—is designed to take a community-focused approach to curatorial and programming work, aimed at building a more vibrant and thriving cultural community rooted in the region. This role will contribute to strengthening relationships with Indigenous community members as future arts producers and appreciators.
This event titled Raising Tatanga Consciousness: An Evening with Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway provides a unique platform to hear Joely discuss her artistic practice, community engagement initiatives, and her vision for her role at the Gallery.
Schedule:
7:00 PM – Welcome Remarks by MacKenzie Art Gallery Executive Director & CEO John G. Hampton
7:05 PM – Remarks from Craig Jensen, District Vice President, District Vice President, Saskatchewan East & Manitoba West, for TD Bank Group
7:15–8:15 PM – Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway presentation
About Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway
Joely BigEagle-Kequahtooway is a multi-hyphenate, place-based Buffalo artist. She is a fashion and textile designer, visual artist, beader, storyteller and co-founder of the Buffalo People Arts Institute. She is Nakota/Cree/Saulteaux from the White Bear First Nations—signatory to Treaty 4. Joely holds degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary and Mathematics from the First Nations University of Canada. In May 2024, she completed her Master of Fine Arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her unique educational background influences her artistic practice, as Joely loves to incorporate mathematics and geometry into her artwork, drawing inspiration from the perfect symmetry found in nature. Her mantra envelopes everything Tatanga (Buffalo) as it connects her to ancestral memories and the land and acts as the metaphysical glue that keeps her world together.
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