Thursday, June 19 - 23
EXHIBITION:
Alice Olsen Quilts
at Catalina's
131 Hunter Street West

Ms. Alice Olsen Williams is best known for her unique quilted textile works that blend expressions of Anishinaabe beliefs and ideology with reflections on contemporary social issues. Her distinctive style is grounded in the traditional skills of beadwork and sewing of the Anishinaabe people and the unique symbols and themes of their culture. Ms. Williams has been quilting since 1980. Her works have been included in exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, Michigan State University, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Interested in exploring the capacity for comfort and healing in cultural work, she recently began a project with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, coordinating the construction of a quilt to acknowledge and recognize the pain and suffering inflicted on Aboriginal peoples by the Indian Residential Schools system.