June 4 – June 6, 2019
Animikiik’otcii Maakaai Tako-Pinehsiiwan
Animikiik’otcii Maakaai
In Tako-Pinehsiiwan, Animikiik’otcii Maakaai paired pastel drawings with audio to tell her personal story of transformation, strength, and resilience found through Ceremony.
This exhibition was the culmination of the 2018/2019 Indigenous Youth Artist-in-Residence program, a collaboration between the Doris McCarthy Gallery, 7th Generation Image Makers (a program of Native Child and Family Services Toronto) and Department of Art, Culture & Media at U of T Scarborough.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Animikiik’otcii is an emerging multidisciplinary artist from Toronto with family ties to Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation and Brecon, Wales.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The DMG welcomed Animikiik’otcii Maakaai and Miranda Whiteloon to the U of T Scarborough campus this year, through a new Indigenous Youth Artist-in-Residence program. The residency, which runs the academic year 2018-2019 offers work space, a stipend, and access to campus resources, including course audits, culminating in a presentation or exhibition.
The artist marks the end of her residency with a final exhibition -- pairing pastel drawings with audio, Animikiik’otcii Maakaai tells her personal story of transformation, strength, and resilience found through Ceremony.
Exhibited in Gallery 1265, University of Toronto Scarborough
