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ARTS, CULTURE & HERITAGEDevote yourself
to your
community
around you &
devote yourself
to creating
something that
gives you purpose
and meaning -
Mitch Albom
In This Issue
Culture Days, 2014
Sioux Lookout
Community Museum
Grand Re-Opening
Proud History, Bright
Future -The Oral
History Project
Arts, Culture & Heritage
inspired Community
Mural
Ripples: Sioux Lookouts
Arts & Culture DirectoryPeggy Sanders and Vera Kameda-Lacroix explore a display on the Elliot Brothers atthe Community Museum Grand Re-Opening on August 5th, 2014 at the HeritageRailway Station. Photo Credit: Tim Brody/Sioux Bulletin
New Era for the Sioux LookoutCommunity Museum!
Municipality of Sioux Lookout Arts, Culture & Heritage NewsletterFall Winter 2014 2015
Museum Update
It has been a very exciting summer and autumn for the Sioux
Lookout Community Museum! Thanks to Councils vision, we areproud to announce the Museums new home on the second floor of
the Heritage Railway Station. In addition to the excitement about
the new space, in October the Museum was presented with the On-
tario Museum Associations Award of Excellence in
Publications, which recognizes the Museums innovative Mobile
App. And finally, People First: Proud History, Bright Future the
oral history project is now underway with interviews taking place
throughout November.
Read on for more details and be sure to visit us soon!
Stu Finn, Museum Coordinator
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Sioux Lookout artist, Curtis MacDonald, poses next to his works at the Art Exhibition component ofthe Culture Days Kick-Off Celebrations at the Heritage Railway Station on September 26th, 2014.Photo courtesy of Curtis MacDonald.
Thank-you,Sioux Lookout,for participatingin Culture Days,
2014!
* A sincere thanksto all of the artists,artisans andcommunityorganizers thathelped to bringCulture Days toSioux Lookout for asecond year!Thank you somuch, also, toeveryone who
joined us for theCulture Days KickOff Celebrations onSeptember 26th atthe HeritageRailway Station. It
was truly a magicalnight!
-Reilly Scott,Arts & Culture Coordinator
Culture DaysSeptember 26th-28th, 2014This years Culture Days Celebrations were truly inspiring. With six activities taking
place in Sioux Lookout over the three day span (September 26th, 27th and 28th), there was a
variety of artistic, culturally diverse and inclusive activities available for the community.
Friday, September 26th included a Culture Day at the Nishnawbe -Gamik Friendship Centre,
a Music Jam at Queen Elizabeth District High School, a Community scrapbooking session at
the Sunset Womens Aboriginal Circle, and finally the Culture Days Kick Off Celebrations atthe Heritage Railway Station in the evening. The Kick Off Celebrations featured a
multi-faceted Arts & Culture open house
that included Sioux Lookouts Monthly
Open Stage event, hosted by local
musicians Klaus Rossler and Mel
Stewart, an art exhibition featuring the
work of local Artists and artisans, a
Natasha Quequish performs at the Open Stagecomponent of the Culture Days Kick Off Celebrationson September 26th, 2014 at the Heritage RailwayStation. Photo Credit: Geoff Shields/Sioux Bulletin.
Museum open house and art installations by local artists Nadine Arpin and
Hana Beitl. The event was hugely successful with over 120 people in atten
ance throughout the evening. Saturday, September 27th events included a
Latin dance and Zumba party at the Heritage Railway Station presented byONYX Dance and Fitness Studio as well as a Minecraft Party and Creative
Consultation provided by the Sioux Lookout Public Library. Sunday evening
offered a traditional Mennonite Hymn Sing at the Believers Fellowship
Church. A yearly celebration of Arts & Culture, Culture Days promotes art
and cultural recognition in cities and towns across Canada by encouraging
Canadian communities to offer free events and activities over a three day
weekend at the end of September. 2014 marks Sioux Lookouts second ye
joining in the Culture Days festivities and the Municipal Cultural Divisions
second year facilitating its delivery.
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The Sioux Lookout Community Museum finally ha
new home! On August 5th, during the 2014 Bluebe
Festival, the Museum held its Grand Re-Opening at
new location on the 2nd
level of the Sioux Look
Heritage Railway Station. More than 200 peo
attended the opening ceremonies, including memb
of the public, the Mayor and members of Council. Tceremonies began with remarks by Mayor Leney a
included a presentation by Garnet Angeconeb, a lo
activist and residential school survivor, who offered
museum a pair of model snowshoes in honour of
Grand Re-Opening. This event was also honoured
the presence of Peggy Sanders, who was one of
original founders of the Sioux Lookout Commu
Museum when it opened its doors as part of the Sa
Vaughan Public Library in 1967.The new Muse
space allows us to display the artifacts in a beau
and historically significant setting. In preparation for
Museum relocation, some renovations were made to the space. These
physical changes involved the application of a UV -filtering coating to all of
the windows in the Museum that will protect the artifacts and equipment from
harmful light, the installation of light-blocking shades, and LED track lighting
that was installed in the Mountain-View Gallery in order to provide
appropriate lighting and atmosphere for the displays. Feedback regarding
the Grand Re-Opening and the Museum has been overwhelmingly positive.
Goals for the new year are to rotate the exhibits in order to keep the space
fresh and to encourage visitors to attend regularly, as well as to continue in
the development of sustainability plans to ensure the presence of the
Community Museum in Sioux Lookout for many years to come.
For more information on the Sioux Lookout Community Museum, including
hours of operation and access to virtual exhibit displays, visit the Museum
website at: www.siouxlookoutmuseum.ca or the Municipality of Sioux
Lookouts website at: http://www.siouxlookout.ca/en/discover-the-hub/
museum.asp
Community Members view an exhibit on traditional Anishinaabe beading at theMuseum Grand Re-Opening on August 5th at the Heritage Railway Station.Photo Credit: Tim Brody/Sioux Bulletin
Proud History, Bright Future -The Oral History ProjectThe Museums oral history project, called People First: Proud History, Bright Future is now underway! We are currently in
process of training our student volunteers to conduct and record interviews with local Seniors and Elders. The interviews will tak
place throughout the month of November. Another very exciting aspect of the project will be the digitization (and theref
preservation) of many interviews that were recorded in years -gone-by. We are so excited about the potential to incorporate
recordings into future Museum projects, exhibits and programming initiatives.
The Mountain-View Gallery at the Sioux LookoutCommunity Museum located at 53 Front Street in the Herage Railway Station, 2nd level.Photo Credit: R. Scott
The Community Museum Grand Re-Opening, August 5th, 2014
Sioux Lookout Museum receives award for excellence!The Sioux Lookout Community Museum is the proud recipient of the Ontario Museum Associations Award of Excellence in Publ
tions, in recognition of its Mobile App! The Ontario Museum Network has said: The Sioux Lookout Community Museums Mo
App project is a great example of a small community museum leveraging scarce resources and using cutting-edge technology to s
relevant and to engage new demographics (in particular, youth) in its community. The [App] is beautiful, intuitive to navigate, and
the first of its kind among museums in Northwestern Ontario. We could not be more honoured to have received this award! The Ais available for free, for Apple devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) and Android phones and tablets in Apples App Store and thro
Google Play.
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Contact Us
Please contact us for
more information on the
Sioux Lookout Community
Museum and/or arts,
culture & heritage
initiatives.
Municipality of Sioux
Lookout
Box 158, 25 Fifth Avenue
Sioux Lookout, ON
P8T 1A4
Brian MacKinnon
Deputy Clerk, Culture &
Communications manager
bmackinnon
@siouxlookout.ca(807) 737-2700 ex. 2243
The Sioux Lookout Museums GrandRe-Opening Community inspired mural
Ripples: Sioux Lookouts Arts & Culture Directory 2014/2015Last minute finishing touches to Ripples: Sioux Lookouts Arts
Culture Directory, 2014/2015 are currently underway! Th
directory, a project founded in 2010 as a collaboration between th
Sioux Lookout Creative Arts Circle and the Municipality of Sio
Lookout, was created when the need to showcase Sioux Lookou
many talented artists and artisans became recognized. F
2014/2015, the Municipal Culture Division has endeavored continue the efforts to actively promote and enhance the artis
community of Sioux Lookout by updating the directory. In this th
volume, the capacity of the directory has expanded to includ
cultural organizations, celebrations and arts and culture-relat
businesses as well as artists and artisans. Hard copies of th
directory will be available in the new year at the Municipal Cultu
Divisions office on the 2nd level of the Heritage Railway Station b
donation to the Sioux Lookout Community Museum. A downloadab
digital version of the directory will also be available in early 2015 o
the Municipality of Sioux Lookouts website, under Arts & Cultur
www.siouxlookout.ca/en/discover-the-hub/Arts-and-Culture.asp
This mural, created by visitors to the Municipal Cultural Division/Sioux Lookout CommunityMuseum and inspired by the question In my Community Museum Id Like was on display inthe Boreal Community engagement room on the 2nd level of the Heritage Railway Stationduring the months of August and September, 2014. Thanks for your feedback, everyone!
New Yorkmixed media on canvas by local artist and SiouxLookout resident, Angela Monheim.
At our Grand Re-Opening and continuing throughout August and September, 2014 we asked
visitors to the Community Museum to complete the sentence In my Community Museum, Id
like in the form of a community mural. The results were inspiring! What began as a blank
canvas on the wall of our Boreal Community Engagement Room turned into a rich and diverse
work of art created by the community, offering us key insights into participants interests,
aspirations and desires for Sioux Lookouts museum. Recommendations included: stories and
memories collected from visitors, music, dance, art exhibits, biographies of settlers and First
Nations Peoples, clothing, food preparation, activities for seniors/elders, photographs,
archaeology, booksand the list goes on and on! The feedback given through this mural has
been recorded and will continue to be reviewed as a means of providing ideas for exhibits,
events and other experiences in the Community Museum space that fulfill the desires of the
larger community. It is our hope that we will able to continue to incorporate interactive
activities, such as this, into the museum space and programming mandate in the future.
Thanks again, everyone, for your participation!