gdaa-giiwemin by Genevieve Buchanan Opening Reception

Join us for the opening reception of the Annual Juried Exhibition in partnership with Western University Visual Arts, featuring gdaa-giiwemin by Genevieve Buchanan. This powerful exhibition tells the story of repatriation along the Southern coast of Lake Huron, where thunderbird nesting grounds and their eggs (known as “kettles”) are found scattered among beds of shale.

For decades, three of these sacred kettles have been at Western University, but soon they will return home. gdaa-giiwemin invites visitors to walk along this path of repatriation and explores themes of appropriation, ownership, and contemporary Indigenous identity in colonial society.

Artist: Genevieve Buchanan (b.2003) is an emerging artist and member of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. As a multidisciplinary artist, she examines what it means to live on Turtle Island while exploring complexities of contemporary Indigenous identity.

The exhibition runs from August 8-16th and represents the ongoing work of cultural repatriation and Indigenous storytelling.

Details

• Date: August 9, 2025
• Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Venue: Forest City Gallery, 1025 Elias St
• Price: Free

Source

Event link: gdaa-giiwemin by Genevieve Buchanan
Retrieved from Forest City Gallery on August 3, 2025.