"When Raven Became Spider": April 15 to June 5 at the Central Gallery at the Regina Public Library Central

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: toni Hafkenscheid; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND EQUINOX GALLERY, VANCOUVER

Sonny Assu, "When Raven Became Spider, Embrace," 2003, akoya shell buttons, melton wool, synthetic gabardine and white cotton jogging fleece, 80” x 98”

Sonny Assu, "When Raven Became Spider, Embrace," 2003, akoya shell buttons, melton wool, synthetic gabardine and white cotton jogging fleece, 80” x 98”

When Raven Became Spider, curated by Vancouver-based Gitxaala/British curator, artist and writer Leena Minifie, explores the intersection of superhuman heroism in comics and indigenous art. Minifie says traditional aboriginal stories often include figures who have superhero traits but are fallible, while popular icons of the comics are more often simplified archetypes of good or evil. The show features indigenous artists such as Elle-Máijá Apiniskim Tailfeathers, Joi T. Arcand, Sonny Assu, Shaun Beyale and Jeffrey Veregge.

April 15 to June 5 at the Central Gallery at the Regina Public Library Central