Key City Theatre is grateful to live, work, play and create on the traditional and unceded territories of the Ktunaxa peoples.
In the spirit of reconciliation, we are extending an invitation to local First Nations, Inuit, and Metis artists to utilize our art gallery space for the month of October into November 12th.
This will be a group exhibition, and number of works will be determined by available space. We welcome all levels of expertise, from beginners to professional. Artistic mediums that work best in the space include photography, paintings, textile, wall hangings, etc. Works can be offered for sale or for display only. As a show of support to emerging artist, we will waive our commission on any sales.
About the Artists:
Sarah Brannigan
Sarah Lynn Brannigan is a Metis artist born and raised in the East Kootenays.
Her colourful images celebrate humanity while examining the struggle of women in today’s world.
Her work is informed by a strong intersectional feminist outlook and fascination with the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Donna Krane
I am a Metis artist living in Creston B.C with my husband.
I have painted for a long time in Acrylics and oils. I have taught painting when I lived in Fort St. John BC., And I am textile Artist this is my passion, I love the way you can make beautiful art piece out of fabric.
Alex Ibbotson
Alex is a Métis artist who began loom beaded at the age of ten.
In 2019 she apprenticed with Lynette La Fontaine (Otipemisiwak Artist) to learn the art of moccasins and the one needle embroidery style beadwork technique. In 2020 Alex continued to be an apprentice learning medicine bag teachings from Lynette La Fontaine. In 2020 Alex learned loom sash making from Kalyn Kodiak and in 2023 learned Northern-style mitten gauntlet making from Kaija Heitland.
Alex’s artwork is inspired by her connection to the land. She is a guide, land-based species knowledge sharer and a business advisor for values-based strategic culture. She has always called ?amak?is Ktunaxa her home and is grateful for the opportunity to inspire others to respect this land as we co-exist with it.
Alex’s family, Louis (dit Assiniboine) Patenaude (Bottineau) and Catherine Moiynon/Patenaude(Bottineau)/Simpson were Rocky Mountain Métis Guides in the mid 1800’s. Louis’s Uncle Pierre Bottineau was a guide. His Father Charles a French Canadian Voyager and Mother Marguerite Macheyquayzaince Ahdichsongab (Clear Sky Woman), was half Ojibwe and half Dakota of the Lake of the Woods First Nation. Catherine Moiynon’s family was Woods-Cree and Ojibwe Métis.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Brass-Donald, an Orkney Métis ancestor’s life was depicted by poet Marilyn Dumont in “The Land She Came From”, the story of Betsy and her husband’s disposition from their Edmonton home by Canada in 1887.
Alex wears her art proudly to bring Métis visibility to spaces where Métis are underrepresented such as the outdoor, adventure tourism industry and Indigenous government advising.
Student Artists:
Puc Lamb
Michelle Palmer
Alizae George
Rebecca Mahseelah
Kayden Penyes