{"id":4418,"date":"2018-10-22T15:53:08","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T19:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2018-10-29T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:24:17","slug":"circle-mound-at-the-art-gallery-of-guelph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/2018\/10\/22\/circle-mound-at-the-art-gallery-of-guelph\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Mound at the Art Gallery of Guelph"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don Russell: Circle Mound<\/h1>\n
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Public Reception & Sculpture Unveiling:<\/strong>
\nThursday, September 15 at 7 pm | Free<\/p>\n

Don Russell (Qalipu Mi\u2019kmaq\/Acadian French)<\/strong>
\nCircle Mound<\/em>, 2016<\/strong>
\nEarth, plant materials, and reclaimed locally-quarried limestone
\nCommissioned with funds raised by the AGG Volunteer Association with support from
\nthe Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2016
\nArt Gallery of Guelph Collection<\/p>\n

The Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) has commissioned an outdoor sculpture,\u00a0Circle Mound<\/em><\/strong>, by Aboriginal artist\u00a0Don Russell<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Circle Mound<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is the 39th permanent installation in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park.<\/p>\n

Circle Mound<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a gathering site or meeting place that encourages visitors to enter and interact with its various elements: earth, stone, plant matter, and open air. The sculpture reflects a First Nations\u2019 worldview focused on the importance of the circle in concepts of time and spirituality. It is also a step toward meaningful reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the community of Guelph, an acknowledgement of the history and presence of Indigenous peoples on this land: above all else,\u00a0Circle Mound<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0represents unity, cooperation, and gathering. The mounds that extend from the circle, which reference the two rivers that flow through Guelph, are intended to encourage discovery and play; while the circle itself offers serenity and contemplation. The sculpture also uses reclaimed limestone from Guelph\u2019s historic Petrie Building (1882): an act of repurposing and returning the stones to the lands from which they came.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don Russell: Circle Mound Public Reception & Sculpture Unveiling: Thursday, September 15 at 7 pm | Free Don Russell (Qalipu Mi\u2019kmaq\/Acadian French) Circle Mound, 2016 Earth, plant materials, and reclaimed locally-quarried limestone Commissioned with funds raised by the AGG Volunteer Association with support from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program, 2016 Art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,89,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-activities","category-indigenous","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7CROG-19g","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4422,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions\/4422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/experimentalstudio.ca\/outdoorschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}