Our friends over at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan, are offering a tour of indigenous culture and art in Winnipeg, Canada, in late September.
Tour the WAG-Qaumajuq
While not entirely focused on Inuit art, the tour includes a curator-led tour through WAG-Qaumajuq, home to collection of contemporary Inuit art that includes over 14,000 pieces. And, with the Visible Vault, visitors can see a wide variety of pieces that are in storage, as well as pieces from the collection and on loan for current exhibitions.
While the current Abraham Anghik Ruben exhibit will no longer be on display in September, past exhibits like Inuit Sanaugangit indicate that whatever is going to be in Qaumajuq’s 8,000 square-foot main gallery will be spectacular.
While Qaumajuq’s galleries are devoted to Inuit and other art from the Arctic, many galleries in the rest of the building also feature Inuit and First Nations art.
Other opportunities to learn about Indigenous art and history
The tour includes visits at a wide range of sites related to Manitoba’s Indigenous people.
It includes the city’s other major art, culture, and history museums. At the Manitoba Museum, visitors will get a behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit collections. The recently renovated Saint Boniface Museum offers a look at both French-Canadian and Métis history and culture. And at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, a curator-led tour will take visitors through the Indigenous journey toward human rights.
But there’s more than just museums!
There’s a walking tour of The Forks National Historic Site with an Indigenous guide, a site visit with a local muralist who creates large-scale work featuring Arctic wildlife, and a guided visit to an Aboriginal artist-run center for contemporary Indigenous art. There’s even a chance to learn a bit about the city’s historic architecture.
Learn more and book
The tour does not include travel to Winnipeg, but once you arrive, almost everything else is included.
Get more information on the Dennos’ Spirit of the North tour in September (PDF)