Visual Art Exhibits
Current Exhibit
Storied Telling
Catherine Blackburn, Lori Blondeau, Xiao Han, Mariam Magsi, Meryl McMaster, Laura St. Pierre;
Curated by Jennifer McRorie
Organized by Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery;
Touring Saskatchewan through the
Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils
The exhibition, Storied Telling, features photographic works by Canadian artists, whose images present as lens-based performance. The photographs reflect a performative nature, taken as video stills or documentation of performance art or presented as elaborate figurative compositions within settings that border on the fantastical or are imagined recreations of historic scenarios. In their adornment and positioning within their environments, the subjects of the photographs become powerfully iconographic. The resulting images are rife with story, reflecting diverse narratives that are poetic, political, surreal, spiritual, or perhaps even mythic; stories that inform and speak to cultural and diaspora identities that are constantly producing and reproducing themselves anew through transformation and difference.
Meryl McMaster, What Will I Say to the Sky and the Earth I,
digital C-print, 45 x 30”, 2019
Upcoming Exhibit
East and West: The Bridging of Cultures and Art
Beginning March 1st, 2023
‘Creating Bridges: East and West’ emerged as a series of paintings in 2014 through 2018 and features ten to fifteen pieces that reflect the bridging of cultures, done in mixed media on canvas with coins, metallic leaf and rich textural additions. The theme of the show was a way of sharing the story of diversity of peoples and cultures in our community as a result of immigration – crossing borders to a new place, a new community and new way of life.
Past Exhibits
This November, The La Ronge Arts Council is honoured to share Still Walking: The Robertson Moccasin Collection — a deeply meaningful collection of thirteen moccasins that survived the devastating wildfire season of 2025.
The Robertson Trading Post, a cherished landmark and cultural hub in northern Saskatchewan, was lost in the wildfires of June 2025 — along with an extensive collection of Indigenous artwork gathered over five decades. In the aftermath, Scott and Karen Robertson discovered a box tucked away at his parent’s home while preparing space for friends who had also lost their home in the fires. Inside were thirteen beautifully beaded moccasins — the last pieces remaining from a lifetime of collecting.
Most of the moccasins reflect the elegant Woodland Cree style, while others carry designs from the West Side — each pair a story of artistry, community, and connection. Their survival is both bittersweet and powerful, a reminder of what endures through loss.
The La Ronge Arts Council extends heartfelt thanks to the Robertson family for sharing this precious collection with the community — a tribute to northern creativity, resilience, and the enduring spirit of the artists whose hands made them.
This month at the gallery at the Alex Robertson’s Public Library we are proud to partner with On the Avenue Artisans Gallery to showcase local Indigenous artists and crafters. This showcase displays over 30 pieces of artwork and craft by Indigenous artists from the Tri-communities as well as the surrounding communities of Hall Lake, Grandmother’s Bay and Stanley Mission. This partnership reflects our shared commitment to supporting artists and highlighting the creativity and cultural richness of northern Saskatchewan.
This year’s show is particularly meaningful as we celebrate not one, but two significant milestones in our community.
The first is our first annual membership show in this new gallery, a space that represents growth, collaboration and an even greater commitment to showcasing creativity in all its forms.
The second is the 65th Anniversary of the Alex Robertson Public Library– an institution that has nurtured minds, inspired imaginations, and helped shape the cultural fabric of La Ronge for over 6 decades.
In honour of these celebrations, we invited our members to respond to words… a single word, a poem, a phrase or a passage from a novel, newspaper, an ad or anything with words as a spark for their visual expression
Omentum, is a series of 10 paintings that touch on several of the major experiences faced by Indigenous people in this country within recent memory. John Brady McDonald is a Nehiyawak-Metis writer, artist, historian, musician, playwright, actor and activist born and raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and the Mistawasis Nehiyawak. These paintings, influenced by the works of both Norval Morrisseau and Pablo Picasso, speak to some of the major struggles and triumphs that are part of our everyday life as Indigenous people.
May 2024
Open to all Northland College faculty, staff. and learners. The theme is Indigenous Reflections. Indigenous peoples portray your depiction of who you are as a Cree, Metis or Dene. Non-Indigenous peoples re late your understanding of Indigenous perspectives. Artwork can be any medium: painting on canvas, beading, collages, etc. Name, title of artwork, where you are from, and name of program. For Creighton and Buffalo Narrows, please send artwork via inter-office mail or with a person going to La Ronge.