Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Chelsea Smith

The Moon Guides Us Home

Grandmother moon appears in almost all of the works throughout this series, this shows my gratitude towards my grandmother and everything she has done for me. Together we are learning about our ancestral heritage as a form of healing and understanding. Created with Willie Ermine's concept of mamatowisowin, creating within the inner space, this is the beginning of healing. Titles are lines from a piece I wrote while creating the 'All My Relations' series.

“The notions of my homeplace, family, and my family’s heritage with a core concept of “all my relations” are the driving forces in my work. Through the use of natural materials such as rocks and soil from my homeplace I am rediscovering and strengthening my connections to ancestors and land. ”