Feb 10, 2016
Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum opens new exhibition
Feb 10, 2016
The Bata Shoe Museum announced on Wednesday the opening of its newest exhibition, Art & Innovation: Traditional Arctic Footwear from the Bata Shoe Museum Collection.
The exhibition will showcase examples of traditional Arctic footwear, clothing and tools from the permanent collection, while highlighting the artistry and ingenuity of its makers.
The exhibition is the result of field research trips to the Canadian Arctic, funded by the Canadian institution, from the 1970s to the 1990s. The majority of the field trips were conducted by the exhibit's guest curators, University of Manitoba Professors, Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe.
"When I founded the Bata Shoe Museum, my vision was to establish a global centre of knowledge on the history of footwear and shoemaking," said Mrs. Bata in a statement. "I was particularly determined, in our fast changing world, to contribute to the documentation of indigenous shoe patterns and designs. I wanted to understand how this footwear was made by local craftspeople, what the locally available materials were and how their patterns and decorative treatments reflected local cultures and customs.”
Art & Innovation: Traditional Arctic Footwear from the Bata Shoe Museum Collection is a semi-permanent exhibition and will be on view for several years.
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