Omentum
Fri, Nov 1, 2024 to Sat, Nov 23, 2024 @ Council Chambers, Leader Town Office
Community: Leader & District Arts Council
Education Package Condition Report List of Works Care & Handling Press Release
Omentum is a series of 10 paintings that touch on several of the major experiences faced by Indigenous people in this country within recent memory. These paintings, influenced by the works of both Norval Morrisseau and also Pablo Picasso, speak to some of the major struggles and triumphs that are part of our everyday life as Indigenous people, such as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Cultural Appropriation, the legacy of Residential Schools, the Rise and Honour of the Two-Spirited in the LGBTQ, the Return of Traditional Indigenous Tattooing, the Rise in Systemic Racism Online, and, of course, the Murder of Colten Boushie.
John Brady McDonald is a Nehiyawak-Métis writer, artist, historian, musician, playwright, actor and activist born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and the Mistawasis Nehiyawak. The great-great-great grandson of Chief Mistawasis of the Plains Cree, as well as the grandson of famed Métis leader Jim Brady, John’s writings and artwork have been displayed in various publications, private and permanent collections and galleries around the world, including the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
Exhibitions
- Wed, Jan 1, 2025 to Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at the Alex Robertson Public Library- La Ronge - La Ronge, SK.
- Sat, Feb 1, 2025 to Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at the Station Arts Centre Cooperative - Rosthern, SK.
- Tue, Apr 1, 2025 to Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at the Biggar Museum and Gallery - Biggar, SK.
- Thu, May 1, 2025 to Fri, May 23, 2025 at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre - Moose Jaw, SK.
- Sun, Jun 1, 2025 to Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at the Shurniak Art Gallery - Assiniboia, SK.
- Tue, Jul 1, 2025 to Sat, Aug 23, 2025 at the Community pARTners Gallery - Yorkton, SK.
- Sat, Nov 1, 2025 to Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at the Gallery Works and The Third Dimension - Melville, SK.
- Mon, Dec 1, 2025 to Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at the John V. Hicks Gallery at the Margo Fournier Arts Centre - Prince Albert, SK.
- Sun, Feb 1, 2026 to Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at the Central Park Library/Arts Centre - Nipawin, SK.
- Wed, Apr 1, 2026 to Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at the Weyburn Art Gallery - Weyburn, SK.
- Tue, Sep 1, 2026 to Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at the Grand Coteau Heritage and Cultural Centre - Shaunavon, SK.
- Sun, Nov 1, 2026 to Mon, Nov 23, 2026 at the Gallery on 3rd - Watrous, SK.