The House Dream project has formed the nexus of Hoffos's studio practice for the past five years and serves as a compendium of the artist's signature new/old media techniques which have been perfected over seventeen years of art production. This multi-channel video installation incorporates breathtaking optical illusions through the apparatus of the everyday. With television monitors, black masking tape, and mirrors, Hoffos uses pre-digital tricks of illusion to reveal secretive model worlds peopled by ghostly figures that drifted, paced, and paused before our eyes. Four original essays provide a career overview of this major Canadian artist. Publication of a exhibition touring to the National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and the Illingsworth Kerr Gallery. Co-published with Rodman Hall Art Centre, Brock University and TrepanierBaer Gallery.

David Hoffos: Scenes from the House Dream

Arts & Photography

David Garneau

Nancy Tousley

Shirley Madill

Chester Pelkey

History & Criticism

Rodman Hall Art Centre /Southern Alberta Art Gallery

<p>CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM provides elementary and high school-level teachers with curriculum-linked lesson plans designed by contemporary Indigenous artists. The goal is to build students' cultural competence and respect for diverse Indigenous peoples, while encouraging critical thinking about colonialism. The springboard is provided by looking at the work by two artists: Jaime Koebel (Metis, Cree) and Barry Ace (Anishinaabe). Jaime Koebel's work Superhero Plant Trading Cards encourages children to develop an awareness of their own personal strengths and a respect for the strengths of others. Barry Ace's (re)Mapping Place teaches children about the role of maps in the colonial erasure of Indigenous peoples from Canada s history. Original essays contextualize each artist's practice and are accompanied by a glossary of terms, image sections, and general lesson plans. Also featured are a bibliography, a list of suggested readings, and a listing of free on-line resources.</p>

Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom (English and French Edition)

Stephanie Nadeau

Wahsontiio Cross

Ottawa Art Gallery

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