Public Artwork

Inheritance

Ellen Moffat, Inheritance, 1996
Ellen Moffat, Inheritance, 1996. © Ellen Moffat, 1996
Location:
Lebret, SK, Canada
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Artwork creator(s): 
Moffat, Ellen
Text author(s): 
Moffat, Ellen
Collaborator(s): 
Local historians and cultural groups participated in the research; students at the Whitecalf Residential School assisted with production as a collective effort.
Installation year: 
1996
Description: 

A sculptural installation and site marker, INHERITANCE fuses text, materials and symbolic forms.

Text of the artwork: 

CREE

CORPUS CRISTI

DAKOTA

FR PICHE

PARISIEN

ART OBEY

TREATY FOUR

KELLY

BLONDEAU

Q I S 1884

LEGION

PAQUIN

BOUFFARD

ASSINIBOINE

Text theme: 
Names reflecting cultural groups, families, institutions and historic moments
Artwork theme: 

Lebret’s local history

Note(s): 

Created during an artist residency program (1995-1997), Prairie Trails Arts Council, Fort Qu’Appelle and area

Artist's biography: 
Ellen Moffat
Document(s): 

Public Art: Inheritance

Moffat, Ellen (1996).  Public Art: Inheritance. <http://www.ellenmoffat.ca/?p=317> : Ellen Moffat webpage

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