Galerie Cite at La Cite Francophone 2013 to present

In 2014, Daniel Cournoyer and Dawn Saunders Dahl created Galerie Cite within the public spaces of La Cite Francophone. Together, they transformed the French Cultural Centre into a public art gallery offering exhibits, workshops and events to the community.  Galerie Cité provides unique opportunities for participants and visitors to explore the history of the area through visual arts exhibits and projects.  Galerie Cite is located on the traditional territories  of Neyiyaw (Cree), Dene, Stoney-Nakota Sioux, Saulteaux, and Ojibwe, Metis Nation-Region 4, in Treaty 6 region of Central Alberta.

Click here to learn more about the space and download an application form.  All community members are encouraged to visit and apply to exhibit in the upper and lower spaces.

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First Meeting project at Galerie Cite 2014- 2017

This project includes the research, re-creation and documentation of the First Meetings between Alberta’s First Nations peoples and the French Voyageurs along Edmonton’s river valley in September of 2017. We created an artistic environment where First Nations peoples are portrayed as healthy, kind and helpful people who shared their resources.  Vital to this process is the community, building shared identity experiences to nurture understanding and respect. In September 2017, we re-enacted what a “First meeting” could have looked like based on our research and our conversations with local Elders, community members and historians. You can read more about the project here!