‘Quality native art products’: Artist seeks youth to begin art collective
A local artist is looking to add some colour into lives of Indigenous youth.
Earl McKay, a painter originally from the Cumberland House Cree Nation is hoping to organize a collective of young Indigenous artists from around Saskatchewan.
McKay said the groundwork for the collective has been laid; he has people to help him with marketing and business. Now, the group is working towards a studio gallery which would feature the work of Indigenous youth.
“My job is to go out and look for artists, quality artists,” McKay said. “Artists who want to display their work… There’s nothing around here for local artists, there’s nothing for a native artist to go display his stuff.”