ReMatriate Collective explained

The ReMatriate Collective (created in 2015) is an Indigenous women's collective that uses social media to connect Indigenous peoples, particularly women, through art interventions. The collective is composed of women across Western and Northern Canada.^[1]

Projects

Artworks and exhibitions

ReMatriate participated in the exhibition Beginning with the Seventies: Collective Acts, September 4, 2018 - December 2, 2018 at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dana Claxton imposed images of the collective's members onto an archival image that references the Service, Office and Retail Workers’ Union of Canada (SORWUC) 1978 protest action against the Muckamuck Restaurant.^[2]

In 2019, ReMatriate guest curated the exhibition qaʔ yəxʷ - water honours us: Womxn and Waterways, April 10 – October 2, 2019, at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.^[3] The exhibition focuses on the connection between "womxn and water in the matriarchal societies of the Northwest Coast, with special attention to the roles of child-bearers, healers, and doulas."^[4]

Events

2015 - Adäka Cultural Festival - Whitehorse, Yukon.^[5]

References

1. Web site: WE ARE: the ReMatriate Collective. 2016-10-12. we-are-the-rematriate-collective. en. 2019-03-15.
2. Web site: Beginning with the Seventies: Collective Acts. Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. en-CA. 2019-03-14.
3. Web site: Vancouver's Bill Reid Gallery Honours the Connection between Indigenous Women and Water. 2019-03-07. Inside Vancouver. 2019-03-14.
4. Web site: qaʔ yəxʷ - water honours us: Womxn and Waterways. Bill Reid Gallery. 2019-03-14.
5. Web site: Adäka Cultural Festival: ReMatriate campaign resists stereotypes. July 3, 2015. CBC. en. 2018-12-20.