Material in accession 2017-024 was collected by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in 2014.
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Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Minor conservation preformed on series
2.78 MB of textual record.- 5 .PDF, 2 .docx
431 MB of graphic material.- 60 photographs : col. ; (jpeg, tiff)
Born digital content
Since the early 1980's, L'Hirondelle has created, performed and presented work in a variety of artistic disciplines, including: music, performance art, theatre, performance poetry, storytelling, installation and new media. In the early 1990's, she began a parallel career as an arts consultant/advisor and programmer, cultural strategist/activist, and director/producer of both independent works and projects within national artist-run networks. L’Hirondelle’s various activities have also found her working in the Canadian independent music industry, as well as various educational institutions, the prison system, First Nations bands, tribal councils and governmental funding agencies, at both the provincial and federal levels.
Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am is a multi-video piece which incorporates video and audio of incarcerated Cree women from Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge a correctional facility in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. The exhibition opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Series comprises photographs and documentation of Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" which opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Art Gallery of Algoma, and the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
2.44 MB of graphic material and textual record.- 2 posters : col. ; (.PDF)
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
17.9 MB of graphic material.- 5 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
105 MB of graphic material.- 25 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
102 MB of graphic material.- 25 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
2015 MB of graphic material.- 4 photographs : col. ; (tiff)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
515 MB of graphic material.- 3 photographs : col. ; (tiff, jpeg)
Two photoshop files and a jpeg of the same panoramic image.
This image was displayed above the installation, from the artist statement:
"Inside these thick institutional walls, a circular central light suggests that a sacred, life affirming space has been forged. High above, the rolling hills of the northern plains are visible – ultimately the only thing capable of sustaining and cradling us. Each of the tablets reveals a woman sitting at a payphone singing into the receiver."
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
5.4 MB of graphic material.- 2 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
117 KB of textual record.- 1 .docx
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Cheryl L’Hirondelle
17.6 KB of textual record.- 1 .docx
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Algoma University
75.9 KB of graphic material.- 1 .PDF
Cheryl L’Hirondelle's "Why the Caged Bird Sings: Here I am" opened Thursday February 27, 2014 at the Art Gallery of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Cheryl L’Hirondelle and Algoma University
143 KB of graphic material.- 2 .PDF
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