{"id":94,"date":"2024-05-13T23:57:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T03:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/morrisseauproject\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2024-05-14T23:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T03:54:33","slug":"storylines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/morrisseauproject\/storylines\/","title":{"rendered":"Norval Morrisseau Storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norval Morrisseau: Storylines<\/i><\/b><\/a> is a collaborative website created by the Morrisseau Project and the <\/span>MacKenzie Art Gallery<\/span><\/a>, with funding from <\/span>Heritage Canada<\/span><\/a>, key support from the <\/span>Morrisseau Estate<\/span><\/a>, and technical direction from <\/span>Les Affranchis<\/span><\/a>. Launched on May 15th 2024, the visually-rich site is a detailed account of Morrisseau’s legacy, bringing his work to new audiences with contributions from experts and Indigenous knowledge keepers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Through interactive features, users can discover how one of the most prolific Indigenous painters created a unique language to articulate his connection to the world around him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt’s really important to make sure Morrisseau\u2019s legacy resonates not just in Canada, but worldwide. Because his art and his creation of a visual language is so important, but it\u2019s been misunderstood.\u201d \u2013 Carmen Robertson<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The <\/span>Storylines<\/span><\/i> site integrates Morrisseau\u2019s visual language and draws on Anishinaabe and Indigenous methods of curation to present its content, which includes:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Features modules on 6 key aspects of Morrisseau\u2019s art: <\/span>Spirituality<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Visual Stories<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Relations<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Wiigwaas<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Wiindamaakewinan<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Generations<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Presents stories and materials from 6 important time periods in the artist\u2019s life: <\/span>Young Norval Morrisseau<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Early Years<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>An International Sensation<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Eckankar and Visual Language, Senior Artist Status<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Living Out West & Magiciens de la Terre<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Later Days<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gives users an <\/span>interactive birch-bark map<\/span><\/a> of Turtle Island created by art designer Jay Odjick to track important locations for Morrisseau across the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Knowledge keeper and artist Saul Williams discusses Morrisseau’s “Thunderbird Woman” (1965) at the Royal Ontario Museum in 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n The <\/span>Wiindamaakewinan<\/span><\/i><\/a> module explores Morrisseau\u2019s role in language revitalization as a fluent Anishinaabemowin speaker, and includes a set of video interviews in Anishinaabemowin between scholar Alan Ojiig Corbiere and artist and knowledge keeper Saul Williams, which are translated and transcribed in syllabics.<\/span><\/p>\n The site features many of Morrisseau’s writings, some of which are brought to life with narrations by Morrisseau\u2019s son Eugene Morriseau and great-grandson Logan Fiddler.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Full-scale images and citation details for all the works on the site are provided in a searchable <\/span>gallery<\/span><\/a> feature.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
Storylines Features<\/b><\/h2>\n
Artistic Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/h4>\nBiographical Moments<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/h4>\nRoad Travelled<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/h4>\nAnishinaabemowin Videos and Glossary<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Morrisseau\u2019s Voice<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/p>\nGallery of Artworks<\/b><\/h4>\n
<\/h4>\nMorrisseau Now…<\/h4>\n