Join the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Mannsiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin and the Lethbridge Allied Arts Council in Galt Gardens for live music, performance, and art activities Wednesdays in August from 11 AM - 2 PM!

On August 9 we’re excited to welcome internationally acclaimed artist Faye HeavyShield. Faye will lead participants in a puppet-making workshop. All supplies will be provided for this free drop-in program. Following the workshop, Faye will perform a Napi story in the park. The afternoon will also feature performances by Sandra Lamouche and Taiko drumming group HIBIKIYA.

Faye HeavyShield is a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy from the Kainai (Blood) Nation in the foothills of Southern Alberta. She is a fluent speaker of the Blackfoot language and studied at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta. The landscape of HeavyShield’s home community near Stand Off, Alberta is evident in her continuous use of natural materials and imagery found in her minimalist works. HeavyShield has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, including Nations in Urban Landscapes at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, BC, rock paper river at Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, NB, Into the Garden of Angels at The Power Plant in Toronto, ON and blood at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Her work is found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the McMichael Museum, Alberta Foundation of Art and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ, MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, SK and the Kelowna Art Gallery, BC.