« Michael Cywink is a band member of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island. He is also an alumnus of the Museum Studies Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Michael is an independent curator. Previously he was the curator for the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation in M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, as well as a First Nation’s cultural consultant with Walt Disney Imagineering / Disney’s America theme park project in Glendale, California. Throughout the 80’s he was a counselor / contract street worker in Toronto working with agencies such as Central Toronto Youth Services, Under 21 Covenant House, The Toronto Boy’s Home, Native Men’s Residence and Kinark Homes. »

Profile: Cultural Appreciation From A First Nation Perspective
Status: Independent Curator
Community served: This art program is intended to serve youth, adults, homeless, seniors, children, First Nations, Metis and Inuit
Arts focus: Visual art mural projects based on First Nation perspective.
Language: Canadian English
Location: This program is intended to be brought to your community and completed by the community participants.
Mandate: To work with those who have an interest to learn of First Nation’s culture through the arts with appreciation.
Main arts activities: Researching First Nations, learning of the Seven Grandfather Teachings, mixing color, wall mural layout and design, painting. All participants learn the value of working together as a team, respecting those they work with and from while in a safe environment
Contact: Michael “Cy” Cywink
Phone number: 705-869-6866
E-mail: cycywink@gmail.com
Website: www.slideshare.net/michaelcywink, www.authorsden.com/michaelcywink
Address: 330 Albert Street, Espanola, Ontario, P5E 1J7

All above photos posted with permission from Michael Cywink

Submitted by Michael Cywink

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