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Corinna Wollf

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Daydreaming about jumping into this cool pool on a hot day....next time!
New project on the desk, finished projects off the board. #glassbeads #beadwork #wip
It was such a joy to speak with this group of teens on Friday, together with my Métis sister, Dr. Suzanne Steele. To quote our fabulous Prud'homme Library creators and curators, the amazing Heather Jessup and Claire Battershill, we spoke about "parcels sent from Italy to Vancouver smelling of rose petals, the spirit bead that celebrates our vulnerabilities and imperfections, the galaxies written into operas, and a friendship across distance made through art." I'm grateful for the travel support from the Canada Council for the Arts, which allowed me to take part in the Vancouver opening events of Make Believe: The Secret Library of M. Prud’homme. @CanadaCouncil #BringingTheArtsToLife.
Le Sacre Coeur de Soeur Marguerite-Marie (Riel) from Make Believe: The Secret Library Of M. Prud’homme. Sarah Riel, Louis Riel's sister, became the first Métis Grey Nun and lived a life of leadership parallel to her more famous brother. Travelling to Île a la Crosse, in northern Sask., birthplace of her father, she joined the sisters in their convent and spent several years teaching, until her early death. One of the things Soeur Marguerite-Marie did when she was not teaching, was to paint sacred heart paintings which a travelling bishop noted could be seen throughout the north in Métis homes. The cult of the Sacred Heart was at its height in the mid-19th century and was particularly attractive to women. In this rare find by Corinna Wollf-Borgo and Suzanne Steele and the great scholar of Indigenous art, Juli St-Laurent (in an attic of a schoolhouse in Sask., or so we're told), we see the Sacred Heart surrounded by beaded prairie anemones (or smoke flowers) at the various stages of the life-cycle. This, Wollf-Borgo tells us, represents the seeds of collaboration as the smoke flower's seeds will drift and reseed this most beautiful of flowers across the prairie, and indeed, across the world. Too ill to finish this, her last painting, Soeur Marguerite-Marie beaded the anemones as she lay in her sickbed. As Wollf-Borgo reminds us, "For Catholic Métis women it is natural to hold beads and to bead as a time for reflection, prayer, and meditation". Beading is good medicine. Recent curatorial analyses of this work of art reveal the presence of oil-based paint, rabbit glue, worm-damaged 19th c. maple wood (origin undetermined as of yet), birch bark (from North Dakota), glass beads from Murano, Italy, wax, serious smoke damage, dirt, and polyester thread. Wollf-Borgo and SMSteele are excited to bring this rare piece to you and assure you that in everything they do, artistically, they do so wholeheartedly and as honestly as they can.
Such a great evening. Congratulations Claire and Heather on curating this incredible project! It’s been a joy to participate. @prudhommelibrary
Pkols (Mount Douglas). Spent the day here and I’m feeling so grateful.
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