N.W.T. artist's Milky Way beading to be showcased in Smithsonian
CBC News | January 09, 2022
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Work will be featured beside a virtual image of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night
An artist from Tsiigehtchic, N.W.T., who uses beads to replicate space, stars and entire universes, will have her art showcased in the Smithsonian, right next to Vincent van Gogh's work.
Margaret Nazon's beading of the Milky Way is in Washington, D.C., where it will be presented in the Recovering Our Night Sky exhibit on light pollution at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
It will be beside a virtual image of van Gogh's The Starry Night.
"I think because it's quite different, it's not like paint or water colours, the main work is done in bead work… I think that's why they picked that to go next to van Gogh's Starry Night," Nazon told CBC Weekender host Marc Winkler.
The Recovering Our Night Sky exhibit is scheduled for November 2022, but Nazon said she's unsure if it will be delayed due to the most recent wave of COVID-19.
Either way, Nazon said she doubts she'll travel to Washington to present her work.
"I'm not fond of travelling to large places with millions of people all over the place, no thank you," she said with a laugh.
Nazon said the exhibit is on an important subject as she's recognized light pollution as a barrier to admiring the stars.
"It's true, whenever I'm down south in Edmonton or Calgary or Vancouver, I don't get to see as many stars," she said.
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