Anong Migwans Beam at Campbell House – Shirley Madill Discusses Contemporary Indigenous Art
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Anong Migwans Beam at Campbell House – Gathering Colour
Anong Migwans Beam discusses her paint making process and stories from her life on Manitoulin Island.
*Please note that in the video, the Shirley Madill event is incorrectly stated as occurring in the week of November 16-20, the event will instead be on December 10, 2020.
Anong Migwans Beam at Campbell House – Curator’s Walk-Through and Artist’s Response
This video was recorded on November 5, 2020 and includes an exhibit walk-through by guest curator, Elka Weinstein, followed by a question-and-answer period with the artist, Anong Migwans Beam.
Questions asked by the video conference audience:
How do you make your paints?
When you are making your own paints can you precisely match the colours – so a red you make in June will it be the same as the red you make in September ?
What is your favourite piece currently on display?
Do you paint from life, photo, imagination etc? How long did it take you to paint Deluge? It’s such a large scale, but with so much intriguing detail.
Deluge seems accessible to all ages. Do you think of the view er? What do you think of the Cadillac painting against the Campbell House wallpaper?
Can you explain the dye transfer process?
Anong Migwans Beam at Campbell House – Opening Words from the Curator and Artist
Anong Migwans Beam at Campbell House opens November 3
November 3 – December 19, 2020
Campbell House Museum is pleased to welcome Ojibwe artist Anong Migwans Beam in a solo exhibit of her large-format oil paintings and watercolour studies. In these paintings, she explores themes that have emerged in her work over the past two years:
Looking at my life, and with my mother entering Alzheimer’s, I have been painting memories. My practice has always centred around water and how it holds and contains us, and is a silent witness again and again to all events, constantly renewed and present in us, as it was for our ancestors.
Anong was born to artist parents, Carl Beam and Ann Beam, who encouraged her to develop as an artist. She was raised with a meaningful connection to both her artistic family roots and her rich ancestral heritage.
For more information, visit: campbellhousemuseum.ca/current-exhibition