|
|
Article: Manitoulin Island represents at Cuban festival.(BIRCHBARK)
- Article from:
- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
WIKWEMIKONG
Holguin, Cuba--A formerly unadorned wall in the thriving town of Holguin, Cuba now displays the distinctive outline of Manitoulin Island surrounded by First Nations clan symbols and floral motifs. The 27 by 15 foot mural stands as a vibrant testimony to the artistic revolution taking place on this once isolated island nation.
Artist Michael Cywink, a member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective and the Aboriginal Arts Administrators group, recently participated in the creation of the colourful mural in Holguin (pop. 300,000). It was all part of the 15th annual Romerias de Mayo Festival, an event that ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: GREAT LAKES GLIMPSES; Man, Oh Manitoulin Island: ...
The Washington Post;
June 5, 1994 ;
700+ words
... ... from it all takes a lot of getting - which is the case of Manitoulin Island, a bucolic Canadian outpost so far from anywhere that ... maintains his own studio, called Mishibinijima, in the Manitoulin Island Indian Reserve near our lodge. His brightly colored ...
|
|