The Exchange District Biz

Roots Above Branches Artists: Robyn Adam, Niamh Dooley, Danielle Fenn, Kristin Flattery, Sarah Stewart Dates: April 6 to May 19, 2018 Opening Reception: Friday April 6, 8pm-11pm Location: Main and Marvin Francis Media Art Gallery Artist Statement Roots Above Branches is a collective of five recent University of Manitoba - School of Art Indigenous graduates from the BFA honours program. Our name, Roots above Branches, references to both our shared use of tree branches and other natural materials in our individual practices. It also references the nature of some Indigenous languages wherein the order of the words does not matter in conveying meaning, we felt that this allows us to reference multiple Indigenous languages as we all come from varied ...