February 3, 2019
Julian Brave Noisecat quotes NACDI’s Sarah E.K. Smith’s testimony to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in his piece about Maria Hupfield, a Wasauksing First Nation performing artist, which appeared in The Walrus on January 17, 2019. The article examines Hupfield’s solo exhibition, The One Who Keeps Giving, at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, France, and the complexities of cultural diplomacy, particularly when the Canadian state mobilizes Indigenous art. Brave Noisecat writes, “In Europe, Hupfield says she feels a connection to an international community she wouldn’t otherwise have access to in North America. She stops short of saying she reclaimed the cultural centre, explaining instead that acts of urban Indigenous place making often go unacknowledged but that there was an Indigenous community that had a real presence at her international opening—a roundabout but suggestive response.”
Be sure to read the full article here:
How Canada Uses Indigenous Art to Market Itself to the World
See also:
Senate of Canada Opens a New Study on Cultural Diplomacy
