A new University of Windsor program to support contemporary Indigenous art and promote it as an educational opportunity for students and the community, will kick off with a series of events featuring the program’s first artist-in-residence, Barry Ace, beginning November 12.

The Art + Law Indigenous Artist-in-Residence Program was developed in partnership with Arts Council Windsor and Region, UWindsor’s Faculty of Law, and the School of Creative Arts.

As part of the project, Ace, a band member of M’Chigeeng First Nation (Manitoulin Island), will engage 94 participants in the collaborative making of a Truth and Reconciliation – Calls to Action contemporary wampum belt.

The public is invited to attend the following events:

• Artist Talk with Barry Ace
  Monday, November 12, at 12 p.m.
  Performance Hall, School of Creative Arts Armouries, 37 University Avenue East
• Truth and Reconciliation Wampum Belt project
  November 13 to 16, drop-in from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
  Room 102, Alan Wildeman Centre for Creative Arts, 360 Freedom Way
• Exhibition - For as long as the sun shines; the grass grows and the river flows
  November 19 to 23
  SoCA Armouries Gallery, 37 University Avenue East

The artist, who will have access to the centrally-located School of Creative Arts and its wide range of facilities, draws inspiration from multiple facets of traditional Anishinaabeg (Odawa) culture gathered from historical sources, traditional knowledge, found objects and cultural research.