#VISUAL ART
Home Economics: 150 Years of Canadian Hooked Rugs Mackenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Home Economics focuses on the iconic images, stories and communities reflected in rug hooking traditions. Featuring 86 rugs, it draws on the rich material archives of the Textile Museum of Canada as well as public and private collections. The exhibition explores Canadian history through the development of rug hooking in Canada with a range of real-life narratives and anecdotes. Garry Neill Kennedy: Ya Ummi, Ya Ummi ... Mackenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Ya Ummi, Ya Ummi…, considers the extra-judicial detainment and interrogation of Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay. The piece refers to the extra-judicial detainment of Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was arrested in 2002 and charged in the death of U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Speer following a firefight in Afghanistan. Art Together Punk Orientalism Mackenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Punk Orientalism focuses on the theme of non-conformity as a tool for investigating contemporary art and critical enquiry on the spaces and places that identify with Central Asia and the Caucasus from a post-soviet perspective. Rooted in the conceptu-
al capacity of “punk” the exhibition centres on the contemporary theme of resistance and highlights the practices of artists who have questioned changing and divided societies from a variety of different historical and conceptual vantage points. Carry Forward Dunlop Central Mediatheque, 2311 12 Ave. Carry Forward was inspired by the way artist Mike Macdonald’s video art informed and was informed by his practice as a documentarian. The integrity of his work aligns with the concept of “speaking nearby” defined by theorist and artist Trinh T. Minh as a way of being in relation to the world. Artists in Carry Forward speak from and they speak nearby. This exhibition invites us to consider the value of dissonance and the significant stakes of deciding what, how and from where, we carry forward. Original works of art by members of the Regina Art Collective. Monday-friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. First Nations University Represents indigenous visual art practices, culture and history found in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada and globally.