Aboriginal works get urban makeover – Regina Leader-Post

Regina residents will have the last opportunity to see modern aboriginal art, music and culture collide at the MacKenzie Art Gallery this summer.

Beat Nation: Art, Hip-hop and Aboriginal Culture exhibit is ending its two-year cross-country tour in Regina.

Michelle LaValley, a curator at the MacKenzie gallery, couldn’t be more thrilled.

“It did take a little bit of convincing to get the show here,” she said. “I felt it would be really important for the community here. I think it’s a very relatable exhibition. The artists included in the exhibition are from many different nations and many different generations. It is an important show. It is one of the top contemporary shows touring right now.”

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