A vibrant discussion about tattoos, trends and styles will take place this weekend at the Wellington County Museum and Archives. Entitled Tattoo: Art Form and Phenomenon, five participants who work in the industry in Wellington County and Waterloo Region will take part in a panel discussion on Feb. 6 beginning at 6:30pm.
The panel discussion will be presided over by Joan Larsen, the owner of Stigmata Body Art in Guelph.
“I’m very excited to organize this panel discussion,” said Amy Dunlop, curatorial assistant at the Museum and Archives in a press release. “Visitors will get the chance to talk with several tattoo artists about tattoos as a living art form and the changes in the industry. It will be an engaging presentation where the audience will be encouraged to participate.”
Topics to be discussed will include tattoo styles ranging from custom to flash art, healing and the spiritual side of tattooing, in addition to the health and safety aspects and medical use of tattoos.
Participating in the panel discussion will be Daemon Rowanchilde from Urban Primitive in Fergus; Mac Young from Nighthawk Tattoo; Meg Colman from Stigmata Body Art in Guelph; Adam Shortreed from Lucky Souls in Cambridge, Stigmata Body Art and Perfect Image in Waterloo; and Angela McDonald from Thrive Studios in Cambridge.
The panel discussion is the first of two special events taking place during the My Story, My Tattoo exhibit showing at the museum until March 27.
The exhibit features photographs of tattoo art worn by 32 residents of Wellington County. The photographs are accompanied by each participant’s story behind the tattoos.
A lecture will be held later this month. Dr. Susan J. Douglas, assistant professor of art history at the University of Guelph will speak Feb. 28 at the Museum and Archives on “Tattoo as Art.”
