Lunar Lanterns
FEB. 2 – FEB. 29, 2024
VARLEY ART GALLERY OF MARKHAM
Lanterns are a major tradition of Asian festivals. Their warm glow lights up the last of winter, allowing us to look forward to a new year of bright things. Our Lunar Lanterns bridges this tradition with the local communities here in the Greater Toronto Area. Collaborating with Indigenous artists this year, the artworks each tell a unique story.
In the Year of the Dragon, LunarFest wishes that everyone can see beyond the traditions we were taught, and create new traditions that allow us to coexist in celebration. Through arts and culture, let’s explore the many ways we are Born to be Free!
Let Your Spirit Soar
Sherry Crawford
Kijicho-Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation
Rise
Nathalie Bertin
Mètis, French, and Algonquin
Wild Rose
Mishiikenh Kwe (Autumn Smith)
Anishinaabe / Magnetawan First Nation
Mishibizhew Miinwa Animkii Bineshi Kwe
Elliott Doxtater-Wynn
Anishaabek / Kanien’keha’:ka
Fox & Mouse
Loretta Gould
Mi’kmaq, Waycobah First Nation
13 Months
Ali Istanda
Bunun
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.