Breathe at the Royal Alberta Museum was proudly presented by FRAMS. We thank our supporters for their help in bringing this incredible travelling exhibition to the Royal Alberta Museum!
Thank You For Making a Difference!
As the presenters of Breathe, FRAMS was proud to help bring this exhibition to RAM from July 14 – October 11, 2021 by contributing $22,000 to cover the artist’s fees. Together, our members, donors and friends gifted a total of $6,816 to help bring this world-class exhibition to our community! We gratefully acknowledge everyone who made a gift to the campaign, thank you!
Dandelion by Amanda Hageman-Burke (Grande Prairie), photos by Nathalie Bertin
About the Breathe Exhibition (July 14 – October 11, 2021)
Through hardship, we turn to art; through challenge, we turn to tradition. Discover resilience and humanity amid a 21st-century pandemic in this exhibition of hand-crafted masks by artists from around the world.
The masks of Breathe share their makers’ unique stories of fear, courage, sadness, hope, love, and healing that unite us all. Each mask was crafted through diverse mediums including beadwork, embroidery, birch bark etching, quill work, quilting, rug hooking, metalwork, and glass fusion.
Masks aren’t part of our culture historically. We beaded everything. We beaded leggings, moccasins, jackets, vests, hats. This is brand new. We’ve never had the occasion to bead a mask. But this is the time that we’re living in now …
Lisa Shepherd
Further Resources
To learn more about the Breathe Project, visit RAM’s Breathe online exhibition for interviews with the Alberta-based Breathe artists, to view the masks and discover the stories behind them.
Article: “Breathe, together”, by Maegen Black, Garland Magazine, posted 5 March 2021
Breathe Facebook Group
Article & Video: These beaded masks are bringing together a whole new community to find healing, by Susannah Heath-Eves, CBC Arts, posted June 11, 2020