Glenbow is seeking proposals from qualified Niitsitapi/Blackfoot creators to provide professional photography and/or videography services. The assets resulting from this scope of work will be on display in Glenbow’s new Niitsitapi/Blackfoot Exhibition. The assets will accompany stories and themes identified by the exhibition curators: a community of Niitsitapi/Blackfoot Elders.
- Date Issued: Sept 22, 2025
- Proposal Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
About the work
- Expected Deliverables: Edited digital photographs/videos and raw files, capturing significant sites and skies around Alberta and northern Montana, portraits, and events.
- Dates: A schedule of phased deliverables will be submitted quarterly throughout the year: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026.
- Content: Landscape photography of specific sites, some of which must be taken in all four seasons. Other photography includes: the Blackfoot phases of the moon; community at specific Indigenous events; portraits of storytellers, Elders, and young people; and other documentation as requested.
Proposals for photography services only, videography services only, and combined photography/videography services will be considered.
About the exhibition
Led by Niitsitapi/Blackfoot Elders and Knowledge Keepers from Siksika Nation, Piikani Nation, Kainai Nation, and the Amskapi Piikani Nation in present-day Montana, Glenbow is excited to share a preview of the new Niitsitapi/Blackfoot exhibition. Siksika band member, curator, and scholar Gerald McMaster is working with the Elders and Knowledge Keepers in support of their vision, along with Glenbow’s curatorial team.
Reflecting Niitsitapi/Blackfoot perspectives, histories, and ways of knowing, this new exhibition further shares the stories built out in the previous exhibition, Niitsitapi: Our Way of Life. This community-led process lays the foundation for a meaningful and authentic experience centered around Niitsitapi/Blackfoot voices.
We look forward to sharing more about the exhibition and welcoming visitors to this reimagined space when Glenbow reopens in our revitalized home, the JR Shaw Centre for Arts & Culture.
