ACC Presents: An electronic publication of Witness: A Symposium on the Woodland School

An electronic publication of Witness: A Symposium on the Woodland School ACC’s publication of the proceedings of the two-day event Witness: A Symposium on the Woodland School marks an important opportunity to further the awareness and appreciation for the discourse of Aboriginal art and curatorial practices in Canada.Held in conjunction with the exhibition The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig, a Retrospective Exhibition, curated by Bonnie Devine in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Sudbury, Witness attests to the positioning of one of our own disciplines in a local, national and global light. I would like to extend my gratitude to conference organizer Bonnie Devine, who single-handedly spearheaded and edited the on-line publication project when approached by the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective (ACC). Her dedication has enabled the ACC to obtain its goal of publishing and compiling a critical tool to analyze contemporary and historical aspects of Aboriginal art, in this case the Woodland School of Art. The documentation of Witness: A Symposium on the Woodland School would not have been possible without the contribution of the presenters. For this, the ACC is indebted to the authors whose diverse essays span and contextualize Aboriginal artistic, critical and curatorial practices. We hope that by providing the publication online for public consumption, it will serve as a valuable resource for those interested in the history of Aboriginal art. Finally, ACC would like to thank designer Tania Willard, web-master Patrick Tafoya, artist Daphne Odjig for her inspiration and presence at Witness and the Ontario Arts Council for their patience and vital financial support for this project.

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