Exhibitions Coordinator at The Treaty Space Gallery
Natalie Laurin (she/her) is a Métis and settler illustrator and designer with family roots in the Georgian Bay Métis community. Natalie facilitated the drum-painting workshops part of Living Our Languages in March 2025. Participants were invited to paint on rawhide hand drums with designs highlighting themes of language revitalization, or depicting their own language-learning journey.
Treaty Space Gallery
Xandú: Honouring Our Ancestors, a Land Connects Us project was hosted at the NSCAD Treaty Space Gallery in October and November 2024. Three workshops part of the project (Paper Marigold Workshop, Calavera Workshop, and Ofrenda Workshop) took place at the Treaty Space, with participation from Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members.
Through various educational approaches, the Treaty Space Gallery curatorial initiative aims to foster a well-rounded understanding of Indigenous cultures, treaties of Mi’kma’ki and Turtle Island, and each of our roles as treaty people. The work exhibited in the space celebrates and raises awareness of Indigenous languages, themes of cultural revitalization, and notions of treaty. The Treaty Space Gallery is part of Anna Leonowens Gallery Systems at NSCAD University.
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