Tlaqatic/Tracadie
A place to camp
Artists
Raynald Basque
Jody Martin
Tracadie
The imposing chief standing in birch barks is the evidence of time.
Like the Great spirit soul that still haunts him.
And the desire to make peace again with the White’s, the great peace, to give the peace pipe, to let the tomahawk get rusty.
Tracadie, camp site according to the Mi’kmaq tradition.
Wigwams covered with mink, otter skin, sable.
All around, geese and fish dried form the raging hunger.
And flints of arrows.
The mark of the millennia in the carved stones.
Parish founded in 1784 like New Brunswick.
Merging of the Acadians, Quebeckers and Celts, those of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and of Wales. Where the Saulnier met the Thomas, the Losier liked the Ferguson, the Basque fraternized with the McLauglin, the McGraw traded with the Brideau...
Looking for the four-leafed clover.
The history of the lazaret and the Hospitallers imprinted in the sweat, the blood, the honour and the dignity.
Traditions of medical care to the sick.
Educational traditions with the Académie Sainte-Famille.
Forests, agriculture, inshore fishery in the great Tracadie.
Fusion of the two rivers and the magnificent complex.
Town of small companies and services.
Sporting traditions and Scottish curling.
We recently found an old pot made of copper.
It contained a treasure.
Solidarity, entrepreneurship, persistence of the people.
Unshakeable pride.
Raynald Basque
Caraquet, N.B.
A self-taught painter, Raynald Basque is an artist who has been making a living from his art for over forty years.
Born in Saint-Irenée, a suburb of Tracadie, NB, he has been living in Caraquet for the past five years. Raynald has a studio in his home and touches all subjects with his oil paintings on canvas. Sometimes historical or nostalgic scenes from his childhood, sometimes more modern scenes or even portraits on demand. He is known for his 'Beaujolais' curved style which he named himself to explain his peripheral vision. He is also a songwriter.
He gave a virtual workshop for the Collège du N.-B., he offered workshops at the Marguerite-Bourgeoys school in Caraquet and he exhibited his work at the Handwork Gallery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Unfortunately, an exhibition at the Restigouche Gallery in Campbellton was cancelled March 2021 due to lockdown. He still posted hundreds of works on Facebook and continues to do so regularly.
This year he also illustrated books by author Sylvain Rivière, another one on bees entitled Enchantement des abeilles with co-author Mario Lebreton. He had already illustrated a children's book for Éditions Bouton d'or and another book for Éditions de La Grande Marée by authors Mgr Zoël Saulnier and Sylvain Rivière.
He has also presented more than a dozen shows in the province with La Famille Basque, a group in which he has written several sketches.
In 2017, he exhibited paintings at the Assomption Gallery in Moncton and at Baie Saint-Paul(Qc.) as part of Rêve d'automne. In 2016, he was a godfather of the FAVA, in Caraquet, and participated in the Baie-Comeau symposium.
Jody Martin
Fredericton, N.B.
Jody Martin is a First Nations artist. She lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Her art practice is intimately connected to her life.
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Jody Martin studied for two years at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design before starting her own studio.
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For the exhibition Irréductibles racines, the artist is associated with the name "Tracadie".