Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival: A Tribute to Norval Morrisseau and the Woodland Artists in 7 DAYS!

July 4th-6th, 2008
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Honouring Joshim Kakegamic (1952-1993)
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"Owl Spirit", © Joshim Kakegamic

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Born in 1952 in Sandy Lake, Joshim Kakegamic enjoyed early and extensive contact with brother-in-law Norval Morrisseau and with Carl Ray. Joshim Kakegamic studied with Ray and Morrisseau during their tour of northern reserves. Joshim Kakegamic had his first group show in 1969 and presented a solo workshop at Fanshawe College. In 1973 Joshim Kakegamic and his brothers Goyce and Henry started the Triple K Co-operative, a silkscreen operation based in Red Lake. Triple K Co-operative artists included Norval Morrisseau, Goyce Kakegamic, Joshim Kakegamic, Saul Williams, Barry Peters and Paddy Peters. Triple K Co-operative became the largest and most successful Aboriginal economic development initiative in Northwestern Ontario, providing an infrastructure that resulted in many artists having their work exhibited and acquired by prominent art galleries and museums in Canada and around the world.

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By 1975 Joshim Kakegamic was being shown at Aggregation Gallery in Toronto, which still handled Carl Ray’s work. While Joshim’s predecessors invented and refined the pictographic style, Joshim Kakegamic was weaned on it, and rapidly perfected the vocabulary. He was a painter of technical virtuosity and an innovator in the field of Indian print production. Joshim Kakegamic died tragically when his snowmobile fell through the ice while he was trying to save life of another man in 1993.

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For more information about the Triple K Co-operative go to WIKIPEDIA.

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For more information about the Red Lake Woodland Arts Festival go to: www.redlakemuseum.com.
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* The image in this posting: "Owl Spirit", © Joshim Kakegamic /Private Collection/