beading – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:18:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg beading – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Algonquin Bead Artist to Reinterpret Cold War Maps https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/07/algonquin-bead-artist-to-reinterpret-cold-war-maps/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:18:29 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1791481 More]]> The Diefenbunker is a Cold War-era fallout shelter on the outskirts of Ottawa that has since been converted into a museum. Its large floor maps, never used or displayed, are serving as grist for an Indigenous artist in residence, CBC Ottawa reports:

As the new artist in residence at Ottawa’s Diefenbunker Museum, Mairi Brascoupé is blending Cold War-era maps and beadwork to explore the idea of “place” during times of change.

Brascoupé, a member of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, wants to weave her own story by exploring the differences between cultures of Indigenous people and settlers.

She plans to use waterways and traplines in contrast with fallout zones, evacuation plans, and other details of the museum’s maps.

]]> 1791481 Beaded Maps of Canada and the United States https://www.maproomblog.com/2020/09/beaded-maps-of-canada-and-the-united-states/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:15:39 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1789342 More]]> CBC News reports on a collaborative project to create province-by-province and state-by-state beaded maps of Canada and the United States. “Since March, dozens of Indigenous artists had been taking up a challenge to bead their states and provinces. Their hard work, diversity in beading styles, techniques, and cultural influences can be seen in a final map that was recently unveiled of both countries.” The project was coordinated by CeeJay Johnson of Kooteen Creations.

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