Audie Murray + Kablusiak: Summertime, here and there

Fazakas Gallery (Vancouver, BC) and Norberg Hall (Calgary, AB)

Accompanying exhibition text by Dr. Kaitlyn Purcell

Audie Murray + Kablusiak's exhibition Summertime, here and there, is a much anticipated two-part exhibition that will concurrently be on view June through August at Norberg Hall (Mohkínstsis/Calgary) and Fazakas Gallery (Vancouver). This is a collaborative experience of decolonial love and care. 

Summertime, here and there is a portal between two spaces across the west coast and prairies, from unceded lands and numerous treaty territories, a confluence of two artists celebrating their adoration for each other's work. Sharing ideas, resources, and the spotlight-this exhibition is one bright summery glimpse into the fabric of contemporary Indigenous art. We are woven into each other, whether we realize it or not-everything is connected in spirit and in science. We are together, and together broken, in ways we have yet to understand. We are always travelling across the land when we become enamoured with, or inspired by, the work of our peers and heroes. Each time one of us glows in the limelight, we all grow a little brighter. These are the memories of our paths as they move from parallel to intertwined. These knots of relationality are portals. We are across the internet and in the land each and everywhere, but always together. We are meant to show how much we care and want the best for each other. Collaboration and sharing our space, our practice, our ideas-is a form of decolonial love and kinship. This kind of care is what makes us human again. Murray and Kablusiak thread together this dance of reciprocity across space, time, and season. 

Murray is a Cree-Métis artist based in Oskana kâ-asastêki (Regina, Saskatchewan), and Kablusiak is an Inuvialuk artist based in Mohkínstsis (Calgary, Alberta). Both are multidisciplinary artists working and speaking from their past and present homes in the territories of Treaties 4, 6, 7, and 8. This exhibition is the convergence of countless threads of creation, knowledge, and care. Let us gather, together, and perpetually thicken our webs of relationality.

Click here to read the full exhibition text by Dr. Kaitlyn Purcell

Opening receptions | Date + locations

Thursday June 20, 5-8 pm 

Norberg Hall, 333B 36 Ave SE, Calgary, AB (artists in attendance)

Fazakas Gallery, 659 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Artist talks + events

Artist talk between KABLUSIAK + AUDIE MURRAY 

Saturday June 22, 1-2 pm 

Moderated by Erin Sutherland (artists in attendance)

Location: Norberg Hall, 333b 36 Ave SE, Calgary, AB

Artist talk between AUDIE MURRAY + KABLUSIAK

Saturday July 27 | 1-2 pm

Moderated by Jordan Wilson (artists in attendance)

Location: Fazakas Gallery, 659 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Summertime BBQ w/ AUDIE MURRAY + KABLUSIAK

Saturday July 27, 12-4 pm

Location: Fazakas Gallery, 659 East Hastings St, Vancouver, BC

Please RSVP to info@fazakasgallery.com

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