Jared Tailfeathers' exhibit is being extended at the Leighton Art Centre. Photo by Stephen Strand
One of the exhibits at the Leighton Art Centre features a local Indigenous artist, and is being extended indefinitely so more people can enjoy it.
Jared Tailfeathers’ exhibit, Dog Trail, is a collection of the themes, knowledge, and skill-building that show Tailfeathers’ journey of researching and connection through his work.
Tailfeathers explains more.
As part of that process, he made four instruments based off two designs, which includes a string instrument made from moose bone and elk hide and a multi-head drum made from one piece of wood.
All of that research became a book Tailfeathers wrote called The Art of Making: Rediscovering the Blackfoot Legacy, which was published last year.
As part of this project, Tailfeathers did a different set of research each year, with the book representing the first year of research.
The following several years, he researched different topics each year.
During the second year, he created an album and used the instruments he created, and will also be turned into a book, which will be out in 2026.
He plans on writing a third book based off his research.
His work at the Leighton Art Centre is a bit of a combination of what he researched.
Tailfeathers says he was inspired to create the pieces by the intimacy of what Indigenous people did on the land traditionally.
On top of having an exhibit at the Leighton Art Centre, Tailfeathers also created some tree carvings in George Lane Memorial Park in High River, and some murals in Calgary.
He was also the host of a film about the history of the foothills and the history of settlement in the area, as well as Indigenous history.
Tailfeathers says has been an artist his whole life, and has been working as an artist since 2017.
To learn more about the exhibit and to see what else is at the Leighton Art Centre, click here.
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