Fall 2024 Exhibition at Latcham Art Centre

Dianne Brown-Green, Nibi Life (detail), 2023. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist.

Dianne Brown-Green
Familial Waters

August 30 – October 20, 2024
Reception: Friday, September 6, 7 – 9pm
Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville
Admission free. All welcome.

Dianne Brown-Green’s artistic journey has been profoundly influenced by her family, the environment, her Indigenous heritage, and cultural beliefs. Water has a consistent presence in her painting, appearing as literal shorelines or pools of colour that allow her subjects to float among one another. For Familial Waters, the artist presents a series of bold paintings in the Woodland style that reveal the entanglement of all these things, reflecting on memories of her family in nature – especially Algonquin Park and Manitoulin Island – and teachings passed down from her elders. Paired with a series of short videos in the artist’s studio that offer details about her influences and inspirations, Brown-Green’s exhibition in Stouffville captures our interdependent relationship with our surroundings, a theme that has sustained her career for almost twenty years.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, September 6, 2024, from 7:00 to 9:00pm. Remarks begin at 7:30pm. Latcham Art Centre acknowledges the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville for their exhibition support.

Artist Dianne Brown-Green in her studio. Photo: Molly Steels.

About the Artist:

“I always remember where I’ve come from, the gifts I’ve received from Mother Earth, the Elders and community in my life.”

Dianne Brown-Green is an award-winning Indigenous artist of Cree heritage. She is a graduate of Ontario College of Art and Design University. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Alberta Museum (Edmonton, AB), the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff, AB), the Art Gallery of Guelph (Guelph, ON), the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (Yellowknife, NT), the Woodland Cultural Centre (Brantford, ON), and the Textile Museum of Canada (Toronto, ON) among others. In 2023, the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum presented a solo exhibition of her work, entitled Kinship to Turtle Island.

She is honoured to have her work in the office of Konrad Sioui (former Grand Chief of the Wendat Nation in Quebec) as well as other private and corporate collections in Canada, the United States, Australia and Amsterdam. Brown-Green is a contributing artist to Walking With Our Sisters, a commemorative art installation honouring the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States. She is based in Stouffville, Ontario.

About Latcham Art Centre:

Latcham Art Centre is a public art gallery that inspires the community to engage with arts and culture through dedicated exhibitions of contemporary art that reflect a range of artistic media and the cultural diversity of our province. Latcham offers vibrant education programs that cultivate creativity and experimentation through classes, workshops, artist talks, and tours. Latcham Art Centre is located in Stouffville, Ontario, 45 minutes northeast of Toronto with free parking and is accessible via GO Transit. The Gallery is open to the public and admission is free.

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Gallery Hours:
Monday: 10am – 5pm
Tuesday: 10am – 8pm
Wednesday: 10am – 8pm
Thursday: 10am – 8pm
Friday: 10am – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: Closed (Open October 20)

Latcham Art Centre
2 Park Drive
Stouffville, ON L4A 4K1
T: 905-540-8964
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