Dublin Core
Title
The Algonquin World: Seasons, Cycles, Change
Description
This program was created to accompany a 1991 gallery show featuring seven artists from the community of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake at Rapid Lake, Quebec. Since the late 1940s they had traveled seasonally to Western New York, where their skills were valued on fur farms--particularly the Bennett Farm in East Bloomfield (which by the 1980s had passed to son-in-law Alan Saxby).
During their time in New York the Algonquin also had been featured at Geneseo Migrant Center crafting workshops and exhibitions. Objects in this show were framed during an increasingly fraught time for the Rapid Lake community, due to land incursions by logging companies. As curator Sue Roark-Calnek wrote, "Seasons in nature and cycles of life repeat. They provide continuity of experience within generations, between generations. In the Algonquin world, there is now also rapid and unsettling change: new challenges to old purposes, new purposes to define."
During their time in New York the Algonquin also had been featured at Geneseo Migrant Center crafting workshops and exhibitions. Objects in this show were framed during an increasingly fraught time for the Rapid Lake community, due to land incursions by logging companies. As curator Sue Roark-Calnek wrote, "Seasons in nature and cycles of life repeat. They provide continuity of experience within generations, between generations. In the Algonquin world, there is now also rapid and unsettling change: new challenges to old purposes, new purposes to define."
Creator
Roark-Calnek, Sue
Publisher
Geneseo Migrant Center
Date
1991
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts
Format
pdf, 11.7 MB
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Printed program
Physical Dimensions
20 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 in.