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Opening July 1, 4-5:30pm
Time: Is An Illusion | All We Have: Is Now
Dana Standinghorn is a Cree artist from Sweetgrass First Nation, Saskatchewan. She has been creating artwork for the past 30 years. Her work can be understood as abstract because it expresses her interpretation of the world around her.
While I paint, I let everything unravel onto the canvas without question. I let the color of paint and paintbrushes take me where it wants to. Every painting is a feeling, thought, idea, memory or a vision… The paintings are abstract so everyone is going to see something different, and that is what I love the most about my art.
– from Dana Standinghorn, Artist Statement
Standinghorn’s exhibit will be on display through July and August 2024. Select items are for sale. Inquire with the Artist.
113 Broad Street, Cut Knife, SK
Wednesdays 1:30 – 6:30pm & Fridays 11:00am – 4pm
or by appointment. Sundays in July Noon – 1:30pm. Free admission
Sponsored by Sweetgrass First Nation
~ Debbie M.
July 1, 2024
Canada Day at the Museum
The Town of Cut Knife is celebrating Canada Day 2024 with a full slate of activities taking place around town and in Tomahawk Park. The day begins with the Parade and will finish off with Fireworks.
PARADE at 11am. Click here to view the route map.
OPEN HOUSE at the Museum. Buildings open from 12:30 – 2pm.
SPARE ROOM GALLERY open 4 – 5:30pm. Located at 113 Broad Street.
View the Canada Day Events poster here.
~ Debbie M.
July 9, 10 & 11 at Poundmaker Lake
ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND
The Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival was established in 2018 by organizer Floyd Favel. Originally a celebration of the talent and diversity of local Indigenous performers, it has expanded to include Indigenous cultures and diverse theatre practices from around the world. 2024’s program hasn’t yet been released, but last year’s festival included a Greek tragedy, cultural lectures, Plains Indian sign language workshops, and performances of poetry and spoken word.
More on last year’s Festival in this July 2023 article from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
Floyd Favel is the Curator of the Chief Poundmaker Museum but has spent much of his life as a theatre professional, a writer, and a filmmaker.
“I went to school in Denmark and Italy working in the realm of theatre as a writer and as a director, but I moved back to my community in the 1990s”… He has also written a few books and produced two films on the Delmas Residential School.
On June 19, Favel will be awarded the 2024 Saskatchewan Award of Merit for “his commitment to helping to revive the arts, culture and language in his Poundmaker Cree Nation community.” Read more from Battlefords Now.
Floyd Favel asked the CMMM to share this year’s Festival poster, and we are happy to do so. We encourage everyone to check out the program once it’s available and make plans to attend a performance or lecture. If last year is any indication, there’ll be something for everyone!
Performances will be held at the Culture Lodge venue at Poundmaker Lake.
Note that the Plains Indian Sign Language Workshops require advance registration as space is limited. Download the pdf here.
~ Debbie M.
1915 Wedding Dress
Currently on display at the Cut Knife Library (113 Broad Street):
Winnifred (Turner) Powell married Stanley Turner on March 19, 1915 in England. Stan returned to Saskatchewan with his bride where they lived north of Cut Knife in the Wembley district.
~ Debbie M.
Clayton McLain Memorial Museum 