The exhibition features the works of artists Robert Houle & Tim Schouten and focuses on key moments of Western Canadian and Manitoba history, including First Nation Treaty sites, spirituality and prairie landscapes.

Both artists have created works in this exhibition that look at Treaty One of August 3, 1871. The pairing of Houle and Schouten has a particular resonance in southern Manitoba given their individual preoccupations portraying past events and places which have shaped modern Manitoba and defined many contemporary issues. Each of these artists does so from his unique perspective, yet they share knowledge of the significance of these events and treaty sites. Robert Houle’s Anishnabe ancestry is long; Tim Schouten is representative of the 18th and 19th century European immigrants to Manitoba.