Opening Reception: August 30
First Friday Reception: September 6, 6-9pm
Film Screening / Q&A with Cher Obediah: September 12, 6pm

R. G. Miller: Truth in Painting(An Afternoon of Survivor Stories)

The brush strokes of artist Gary Miller express his experience as a child inmate at the Mohawk Institute residential school, a.k.a. the mush hole. A few survivors from the last generation of the Institute, return for a one day installation of his art to connect with his work and each other. The images, housed in the former dining hall serve up memories of mush, starvation, and innocence destroyed. The canvases and conversations bravely take us on a journey of then and now with hope for the future.

This film is presented alongside the exhibition RG Miller: Tsi Non:we Entewaha’hara’ne / Our Path Forward

About the Filmaker

Cher Obediah is Ojibway and Mohawk of the Turtle Clan from Six Nations Ontario with roots in Alderville First Nation. She’s an award winning filmmaker, author, speaker and certified aerobics instructor. She is the creator of Cultural Cardio, a unique blend of aerobics and Woman’s Fancy Shawl Powwow dancing. Cher started in theatre before making her way into television as a reporter. She currently works in film and operates her own production company. She is a multidisciplinary creative lending to projects that focus on healing and transformation, equality and inclusion, Indigenous culture, domestic violence, all things art and content that inspires others to recognize their worth. Cher received the Truly Independent Award from the Hamilton Film Festival, she was the 2020 Hamilton Media Arts Award winner and also the winner of Canfitpro’s Got Talent.

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