Travelling art exhibit at Fort Macleod Library features local artists

MACLEOD GAZETTE EDITOR | Posted on May 12 2021

Travelling art exhibit at Fort Macleod Library features local artists

A pair of southern Alberta Indigenous artists are featured in a travelling exhibit at the Fort Macleod Library. The work of photographers Star Crop Eared Wolf and Marjie Crop Eared Wolf make up the exhibit Aakii isskska’takssin (Woman — thought). The exhibit is on loan from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program....Continue Reading

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