Spirits in the sun belt

Canadian Indigenous arts will move to the forefront in a massive marketing initiative scheduled for Scottsdale, Arizona, on Feb. 6 to 8, 1998. Called "Spirits in the Sun," the project is an Indigenous arts festival, being presented by the North West Company and the Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. The festival will include art galleries, craft galleries and artists' studios, tourism organizations, demonstrations, seminars, workshops, visual and performing arts, film screenings and Indigenous food products, and will be intensively marketed and promoted in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. Any Albertan involved with the Indigenous art or tourism, and collectors of Aboriginal arts, are welcome to participate, and can contact Spirits in the Sun for information at 2482 Yonge Street, Suite 22, Toronto, ON M4P 2H5, call (416) 482-1960 or e-mail to spirits@sympatico.ca.