McCord Museum of Canadian History - Montreal

WATHAHINE

Photographs of Aboriginal Women by Nance Ackerman

"Wathahine, which means long journey in Mohawk, is a collection of black-and-white portraits, poignant in their powerful and solemn presentation and accompanied by strong and compelling testimonials." - McCord Museum

RHOTO saw wonderfully inspiring photos of women who have/are making a big difference in their communities.  Impressive.  And also sad...  One woman * was celebrated because she is a university-degreed Social Worker in her community.  Unfortunately, she is part of a very, very small minority of Aboriginals who have a formal education. In contrast, how many non-Aboriginal women could be photographed who have received a good education? There is much catching up to be done to have equality amongst Peoples... 

* not the woman pictured.

DREAM WEAVERS 

Cirque du Soleil Costumes

This exhibit showed the costumes, make-up, preparation done by "our" infamous Cirque du Soleil.  Beautiful, fanciful...  Of course, the costumes also have to be functional.  RHOTO had a hard time seeing the wonderful details, as the room is lighted for "magic", and not a "senior vision" way...  We still are glad we went.

RHOTO