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Architecture & Design NOW series presents: Ryan Gorrie
Bishkaabiiyaang: Looking back to move forward
6 p.m. | March 4, 2024
Room L1060, ULethbridge Library building
Ryan Gorrie joins us virtually in room L1060 for this talk.
Ryan Gorrie has been collaborating with Brook McIlroy since 2009, when he was retained as a key member of the design team for the award-winning Spirit Garden in Thunder Bay, and formally joined the firm in 2016 to lead the Winnipeg office and the Indigenous Design Studio. A First Nation member of Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, Ryan strives to ensure the perpetuation of Indigenous culture through creative opportunities ranging from the crafting of traditional items for ceremonial use to large-scale landmark architecture. He is a licensed architect in Manitoba and Principal of the firm. In 2018, Ryan’s work was showcased in UNCEDED: Voices of the Land at the Venice Biennale along with the work of 17 other Indigenous architects and designers across Turtle Island.
Image courtesy of the speaker.
Free admission, all are welcome to attend
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