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Combermere pebble mosaic featuring bear paw motif

Combermere

Lookout Park, Lake Kamaniskeg

Lookout Park Rd.

Combermere, Ontario
6-foot diameter, 2022

Key Partner:

Maggie’s/Tamarack Resource Centre

Community Partners:

Municipality of Hastings Highlands

Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation

Algonquin Arts Council

North Hastings Community Trust

North Hastings Children’s Services, Youth Advisory Board, and Algonquin Inòdewiziwin Child and Family Centre

Community Corridor of Inclusion and Resilience project

North Hastings Community Integration Association

Hastings Highlands Public Library

close up of someone holding a black stone in their hands

community members seated at tables under a gazebo, doing arts activities

community member working on bear paw motif in the mosaic

a community members works on building a bear paw out of black pebbles

two installation crew members lifting a section of the mosaic into place in Lookout Park

paintings hung on a clothesline in a gazebo, swaying in the wind

sweetgrass wreath hung on the end of a tent, overlooking beautiful Lake Kamaniskeg

artist kneeling over the mosaic, doing detail finishing work

four hand drums laid out on a cloth on the ground in a community centre

installed mosaic is covered by a cloth before it is unveiled. There is a teddy bear and four medium sized stones on top of the cloth, and a dozen people gather in the background.

crowd seated in a community centre, watching a video of mosaic unveiling projected onto a screen

Kiijcho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation banners at the unveiling event featuring words " leadership, legacy, prosperity & support", and image of Grandmother Ada Tinney

Combermere Credits

Anna Camilleri, Lead Artist & Public Artwork Designer
Tristan R. Whiston, Co-Lead Artist
Roberta Della-Picca, Associate Artist, Elder & Knowledge keeper
Andy Trull, Associate Artist
Wy Joung Kou, Associate Artist & Communications
Katie Yealland, Production Lead & Photography
Donna Reid, Site Coordinator & Community Support (Maggie's/Tamarack)
Tanya MacKinnon, Community Support (Maggie's/Tamarack)
Eryn Solmes, Community Ambassador (Maggie's/Tamarack)
Megan Wilk, Program & Access Coordinator
Noreen Tinney, Elder & Knowledge Keeper
Ada Tinney, Elder & Knowledge Keeper
Shawashkong Ikwe Singers, Ceremony & Song
Tariq Sami, Graphic Design
Margo Charlton, Evaluation Consultant
Wayne Elliott, Photography
Jasmine Rouleau, Community Artist Intern

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