Perspectives from Indigenous Skywatchers
October 20, 2022
Join us for a conversation about Indigenous astronomy with Wilfred Buck, Melanie Demers, and Laurie Rousseau-Nepton.
Date: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
Time: 5-7 p.m.
ONLINE via Zoom. Register HERE.
Moderated by Rhéanne Chartrand, Curator of Indigenous Art at McMaster Museum of Art and Dr. Robert Cockcroft, Assistant Professor / Director, William J. McCallion Planetarium.
This panel talk is presented with the W.J. McCallion Planetarium as part of programming for the we are made of stardust exhibition at the McMaster Museum of Art.
About we are made of stardust
Curated by Rhéanne Chartrand
Presented at the McMaster Museum of Art from August 16 – December 2, we are made of stardust explores our relationship with the cosmos. Rooted in Indigenous cosmologies and astronomy, the artworks included in this exhibition visually express how Indigenous peoples make sense of their place in the universe through relating to and reflecting on the sun, the moon, the stars, and all celestial beings in the night sky.
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