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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">THE WITNESS BLANKET & <span class="x_xcontentpasted0">CAREY NEWMAN</span></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">
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<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">The Frank Museum of Art, Otterbein University</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white; font-kerning:none"><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">The Witness Blanket </span></i></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">and </span></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Colour</span></i></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white"> Works </span></i></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">exhibitions bring contemporary indigenous artists’ responses
to Canada’s history and legacy of Indian Residential Schools. The installations are an unprecedented opportunity for Americans to learn from our neighbors to the north and to reflect on their creative responses to Canada’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission. In
June 2021, Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland announced the formation of a Truth and Healing Commission in the United States, so these exhibitions are especially important NOW. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white; font-kerning:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">The Frank Museum is showing<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><i>The Witness Blanket,</i></span></b><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white"> </span></i></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">made
by indigenous Canadian artist Carey Newman | </span></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Hayalthkin'geme</span></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">.
This show marks the first time the exhibition has traveled outside of Canada. Immediately after its engagement at Otterbein, it will return to Canada because of touring demands. Newman created the 6’8” x 39’ cedar sculpture, which weaves together over 880
objects reclaimed from Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, survivors, and the churches and governmental institutions that enacted the residential schools’ mission to eliminate indigenous culture, language, and family ties. The sculpture’s presence in Central
Ohio alongside the Newark Earthworks and other indigenous land-based architecture slated for UNESCO World Heritage review is significant. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; font-kerning:none"><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">(Note: Because of customs restrictions, conservation needs, and exhibition demands in Canada, additional versions of
the WB were made. The Frank Museum will host one of the additional versions.) </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white; font-kerning:none"><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Colour</span></i></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white"> Works</span></i></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">,
in the Fisher Gallery, is curated by Carey Newman and Dr. Andrea Walsh,</span></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white"> </span></i></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">also
focuses on Canada’s Indian Residential Schools, which Indigenous children were forced to attend between the 1870s and 1990s. The exhibition displays orange t-shirts inspired by the experience of survivor Phyllis </span></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Webstad</span></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black; background:white">,
whose own orange shirt was taken on her first day of residential school. These shirts have become national symbols of remembrance and honor for the children, survivors, and intergenerational survivors. Every Sept. 30 on Canada’s National Day for Truth and
Reconciliation, Canadians wear orange t-shirts with unique designs by contemporary Indigenous artists, some of which are featured in this exhibition. Large-format prints of paintings made by children at the Alberni Indian Residential School also are part of
the installation. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">Carey Newman is scheduled to visit Otterbein/Central Ohio</span></b></span><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black"> the week of October 24. He
will </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">arrive Tuesday, October 25 and depart Friday, October 28. </span></b><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">(This may change if there are indigenous ceremonies
or visits to the earthworks that require more time in the schedule.)</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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Carey will share <b>a public talk<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span></b>on<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><i>The Witness Blanket</i><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span>& the<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><i>Colour Works</i><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span>exhibitions
on<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><b>Wednesday October 26 between 6:30p - 9p at Otterbein (Final times TBA).</b> </li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carey also has offered to meet with groups</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></li></ul>
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in the Witness Blanket exhibition</li><li class="x_xcontentpasted01" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; background:white">
to screen<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><i>Heart and Hands,<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span></i>a 1-hour documentary on the making of a youth project that made a traditional cedar Totem</li><li class="x_xcontentpasted01" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; background:white">
for a ecological talk on<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span><i>Totem 2.0,<span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span></i>which discusses a new technique that uses 2<sup>nd</sup> growth cedar to make traditional totem (and his innovative splicing technique that
makes a full-size totem without using old growth cedar). </li><li class="x_xcontentpasted01" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; background:white">
A<b> good short talk</b><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span>about a number of his ideas/perspectives/choices <b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3WQWn9e5XQ__;!!KGKeukY!1SvAYXJOxBuOnyvnzjzgV4KXngnU8OUMCdAzBNMS3-fotR7gQKxZG-q4RMCBEetHVLJsWTVzmca5ckI4GKO8iAViUj8$" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3WQWn9e5XQ">here</a>. <span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span></b>What
does "land back" actually mean? Resetting relationship with land.</li><li class="x_xcontentpasted01" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; background:white">
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUtH18d0WbI__;!!KGKeukY!1SvAYXJOxBuOnyvnzjzgV4KXngnU8OUMCdAzBNMS3-fotR7gQKxZG-q4RMCBEetHVLJsWTVzmca5ckI4GKO8gTKqryA$" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUtH18d0WbI">All
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<b>Carey is especially interested</b><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span>in meeting with Indian Residential School survivors and/or family members. </li><li class="x_xcontentpasted01" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; background:white">
<b>He would like to visit</b><span class="x_xcontentpasted0"> </span>the sacred indigenous earthworks in Ohio, and he is open to joining in other events.</li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">If you'd like to connect with Carey during his visit, you can email Janice Glowski at jglowski@otterbein.edu directly.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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