Since the last project in 2014 ‘Mind over Matter’ that Jessica Silvey and Miyuki Shinkai worked on together, they see themselves shifting from their art and craft making to mentoring and teaching community members about how we can engage inner selves and embrace spiritual growth through the creative learning process. Engaging with younger generations to pass their knowledge on has been a focus of their life work. Silvey and Shinkai are conscientiously walking on the path to truth and reconciliation to create unity in the community. Both feel that they are in a strong position to take a leadership role in passing their Indigenous/traditional cultural perspectives and wisdom from ancestral knowledge to the next generations. Echo from the Ancestral Land – past and present focuses on meaningful encounters and being part of a learning opportunity for viewers.
An exhibition by Jessica Silvey and Miyuki Shinkai in the Eve Smart Gallery.