Seal Skin
2018-19The objective of this project is to offer an opportunity to students, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to connect to seal hunting, a contemporary and important issue in our country as well as internationally, in a tactile and deep way. After learning about Inuit seal hunting from the Inuit perspective eight groups of students in anthropology and art history will have the opportunity to work with seal skin in a workshop guided by an Inuk artist to make something they will keep. Two additional workshops will be offered in collaboration with the First Peoples鈥� Centre: one for advanced sewers with an aim of reaching out to Indigenous students though all interested students with sewing experience who would like to attend will be welcome; and one during Indigenous Awareness Days in the Winter 2019 semester. Students’ in-class written and creative works will link to assignments and will be shared amongst each other, on social media, the SPACE website, and/or in the SPACE exhibition.
