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WhenJason Carter, a contemporary artist from Little Red River Cree Nation, needs a little extra inspiration, he just looks out the front window of his home in Canmore, Alta. “It

  CALGARY -- Festival Hall in Inglewood will host an augmented reality mural honouring a Cree artist —a pillar of Inglewood — who recently passed. For several weeks, select Inglewood businesses have added some digital flares to their windows with AR functionalities that allow people to hear local music and interact with art.  Now, one is being added to a window on the Festival Hall — 1215 10 Ave. S.E. — as a tribute to Amy Willier, a well known knowledge-keeper, artist, advocate f...

Posted: Jan 24, 2021 3:44 PM MT | Last Updated: January 25 Amy Willier, co-owner of Inglewood shop and gallery Moonstone Creation, has died.(Livia Manywounds/CBC) Amy Willier, a Cree artisan and entrepreneur who championed her culture and community through her Calgary gallery, has died. The 37-year-old ran Moonstone Creation in Inglewood alongside her mother, Yvonne Jobin, for more than a decade. Melrene Saloy-Eaglespeaker, a close friend of Williers, said anyone who walked into the pale pi...