Serenade Me
by Tere Cuellar
Exhibition Dates
April 23 to May 3, 2025
Venue
Opening Reception
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
‘This exhibition is based on the idea of searching for self-acceptance. The creative process basically involved writing letters of motivation and love to myself through the painting of portraits. It is a process of observation, internal and external, that results in works that talk about vulnerability and passions.
The purpose of this project is to remain curious in this life and to love the shadows and lights within us.
I invite you to explore each piece and appreciate the variety of tones presented by the limited palettes I work with.’
– Tere Cuellar
About the Land
“Happy Lunar New Year” is on display at the historical Walterdale Theatre building, originally the Strathcona Fire Hall Number 1 built in 1910, in what is currently known as Edmonton, Alberta.
The Walterdale Theatre acknowledges that our theatre is located on Treaty 6, a traditional territory of the Cree and has been an important trading place of the Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Dene, Saulteau, and Métis peoples of western Canada for many thousands of years. We also recognize and honour that we are Treaty people and therefore seek to uphold the spirit and intent of this Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
The Alberta Society of Artists (ASA) acknowledges that what we call Alberta, where our organization has found its’ home, is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika), the Nehiyawak (Cree), Dene Tha’ (Slavey), Dane-zaa (Beaver), Denesuliné (Chipewyan), Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Iyarhe Nakoda (Stoney) (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley), and the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Metis Homeland.
Are you interested in learning more about the First Peoples of Alberta?
native-land.ca has an interactive map showcasing many of the Territories, Languages, and Treaties that impact Alberta, Canada and other parts of the world.