SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 Central to the idea of locavore are the complex power structures inherent to any ecosystem. Key species of flora and fauna, sometimes overlooked as inconsequential, are imperative to the proper functioning of the diverse global biospheres. As the bronze coyote gazes up at the...
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From Mary Anne Barkhouse: From the echoes of trumpeting hadrosaurs traversing the valley floor to being buried under a kilometre of ice, this territory has witnessed radical change over the years. It has been home to hunter and hunted alike, be it Albertosaurus and Edmontosaurus, or...
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From the Koffler Gallery: Barkhouse’s outdoor sculpture 99.96% can be found on the rooftop of The Lucky Penny General Store and Café on Shaw Street, across from the Koffler Gallery and Artscape Youngplace. One block west of Trinity Bellwoods Park, the Koffler Gallery is at the epicentre of...
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From the City of Markham: Mary Anne Barkhouse examines contemporary issues from an indigenous and ecological vantage point. She is interested in relations between plant, animal and human life and how these change over time. The ideas embodied in her animals become metaphors for both human...
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From the Museum of History: 'namaxsala is inspired by a story told to the artist, Mary Anne Barkhouse, by her grandfather Fred Cook. In the story, her grandfather helps a wolf cross a treacherous piece of water in a boat, on the West coast of Canada. “My...
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From Brock University: Settlement incorporates two life-size bronze sculptures of a coyote and a badger in an artist’s garden built in the shape of a frontier house (16×20 feet). Reid said the two animals allude to the co-operative nature of the allies involved in the 1812 conflict. “In...
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From McMaster Museum of Art: Covenant, a life sized bronze sculpture of an encounter between two coyotes was permanently installed in front of the McMaster Museum of Art this week. The artist, Mary Anne Barkhouse, is an accomplished contemporary Canadian artist with First Nations heritage....
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More information on Haliburton Sculpture Forest website. (IMAGES: Mary Anne Barkhouse)...
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From Robert McLaughlin Gallery: Mary Anne Barkhouse is a nationally acclaimed artist. She belongs to the Nimpkish band, Kwakiutl First Nation and currently lives in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario. Her work examines environmental concerns and indigenous culture through the use of animal imagery—wolves, ravens, moose...
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