Anigadoo/Nigadoo
Hiding place or lodge
Artists
Carole Bherer
John Peter Labillois
Nigadoo.
Like a diamond, Nigadoo has many facets.
We talk about Nickadam where the Mi’kmaqs came to protect themselves from the bad weather.
We also talk about Ligatog to evoke, rivers of hideouts or hiding places, food reserve or also refuge for the boats near the small houses.
The mouth of the Nigadoo River is called: Le Goulet.
Came in 1797 the founders of the region: Boudreau, Laplante, Doucet
They settled down between Beresford and Rockville: the Grand Petit Rocher.
Region of fishing, forests, mines and of great breeding-ground.
The time of the Windsor lobster factory: 0,03 $ per pound in 1932.
And Athanase Boudreau, milling with a windmill and a flour mill.
Greased with the herrings heads.
The lock is swept away by the ice in 1953.
There was the old mill of Nigadoo: grains and wood.
A restaurant honours the name and the place.
Nigadoo, the fast-flowing river that hails from above.
From the village of Nicolas Denys where we can see the ocean.
Nigadoo true to his name kept safe language and culture.
At the entrance of the Juvénal of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart.
The Société de l’Acadie du N.-B., resist with Le Vent d’Est.
Nigadoo, small hamlet who gave us a great man.
They say that it takes a village to raise a child.
Among the obstacles without a name, he was the craftsman of the First Congrès mondial acadien.
A sculpture of Gilbert LeBlanc reminds us.
André Boudreau will always be in our memories and in our hearts.
Carole Bherer
Caraquet, N.B.
Born in Montreal of Acadian roots, Carole began her first training in visual arts in 1975 and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Bishop's University in 1994.
Based in Bathurst in 1998, she now lives in Caraquet. Carole has participated in the FAVA in Caraquet (2000 - 2010), and has exhibited at the Galerie Georges Goguen (2003), the Galerie Bernard Jean in Caraquet (2006, 2010, 2015), the Capitol Theatre (2015), the New Brunswick Community Centres (2016, 2017, 2020) and Gallery 12 (2016, 2019). In 2009, she was selected for the exhibition Irréductibles racines and for the Symposium d'art actuel : Espaces Cathédrales de Caraquet. In 2013, she received a professional training grant from artsnb.
Sensitized to the importance of creativity in education, Carole developed nineteen projects with elementary school students such as ArtsSmarts and A School, An Artist, reaching over 2050 students (2004 to 2018). She offers trainings on the creative process to school workers and adults (2008, 2011, 2014, 2016).
Her travels in the Mediterranean, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and her scuba diving explorations around the world define her passion for the sea and the colour blue, elements that underlie the research of her artistic process.
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The work she created for the exhibition Irreducibles racines is inspired by the Mi'kmaq origin of the name "Nigadoo".
In this work, the notion of home is linked to the idea of a luminous habitat appearing on the horizon like a refuge: a second skin made to measure to shelter the dreams of man.
John Peter Labillois
Victoria, BC.
A Member of the Ljonpaintistuguj Mi’kmaq First Nation Band in Gaspé, Quebec, Jonathan’s talent was recognized early in childhood and further nurtured by attending Dawson College Fine Art Program. He also attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where he majored in print making and painting.
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His art has been on display throughout Canada and is on permanent display at the Gallery of Fine Art in Halifax, NS. His cultural heritage and strong focus on his art draw together a sense of colour and style distinctive in method and view.
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Emphasizing aboriginal stereotypes and native art in modern culture, his art attempts to examine where native art fits into society in addition to where a native artist fits into the art world. His larger than life depictions of indigenous peoples speak to his passion for both art and his native heritage.
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Jonathan Labillois currently resides in Victoria, BC, Canada where he continues to expand his body of work and subject matter.
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In the context of the exhibition Irreducibles racines, the artist is associated with the name "Nigadoo".