Melfort Arts Council hosts artist talk and workshop with John Brady McDonald
A one-day art workshop in Melfort on the weekend brought many heavy topics to the forefront.
Artist and writer John Brady McDonald gave a presentation of his Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) Exhibition “Omentum” at the Kerry Vickar Centre, where he explained his paintings and the process involved. The event was organized by the Melfort Arts Council.
Omentum “talks about the Indigenous experience of Saskatchewan and Canada in the 21st Century,” McDonald told northeastNOW. “Using my art and the skills that I’ve been able to attain, and to tell that narrative, to tell that story in a way that is more contemporary and more lyrical in a sense that it’s not just the doom-and-gloom.”
McDonald said his exhibition is easy to understand and shares the experiences that Indigenous people have faced. McDonald went through his paintings individually with the audience in attendance, getting their feedback and feelings on his work and the subject material.