PLEASE BID ON THESE PIECES OF ARTWORK!

Featuring: 4 Original Art Pieces by Michael "Cy" Cywink

You can place your bid in any of the following ways:

• Comment directly on the official Laps in Judgement Studios Facebook page under the auction post for the artwork.
   
• Email your bid to: lapsinjudgementstudios@gmail.com Make sure you include your name, phone number, the title of the artwork, and your bid amount.  We will contact you to verify you bid was received and it is higher than the current bid on Facebook.  
   
• Call or text your bid to: (705) 869-8221.  Make sure you include your name, phone number, the title of the artwork, and your bid amount.  We will contact you to verify you bid was received and it is higher than the current bid on Facebook.
   

• Each artwork has a minimum starting bid (listed with the piece).
   
• Bid increments must be in $10.00 amounts (e.g., $100, $110, $120).
   
• Bids are public on Facebook and will be time-stamped across all platforms to determine the highest bid before the deadline.
   

Bidding closes at 12:00 PM (Noon) EST/EDT on Friday, September 26th, 2025.
Any bids received after the deadline will not be counted.

• The highest bid received by the deadline will win the artwork.
   
• Winners will be contacted via Facebook, email, or phone after the auction closes to arrange payment and delivery/pickup.  

• Mailing of the winning art piece will be at the expense of the highest bidder. Local (North Bay to Elliot Lake to Manitoulin Island and all points in between) will be free.

• Bidders are welcome to ask questions about the artwork before placing a bid.
   
• All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.
   
• By bidding, you agree to these auction rules.

Michael "Cy" Cywink, an internationally recognized artist, author, curator, and muralist, is a band member of the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island. He is also an alumnus of the Museum Studies Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Michael is an independent curator. Previously, he was the arts coordinator for the Wiikwemkoong Art Gallery, and the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation in M'Chigeeng, as well as a First Nations consultant with Walt Disney Imagineering/Disney's America theme park project in Glendale, California. He has interned at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec; the National Museum of American Indian at the Smithsonian.

Throughout the 1980s, he was a contract stree worker/counselor for at risk youth in Toronto. 

Michael has been exhibiting his work since 1979.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

"I have always been actively involved in the community development of First Nations cultural arts. My learnings of the Indigenous Creative Process began in my early teens. This interest drew me to various locations around North America to study symbolic interpretation. 

Art, in all its hidden conceptions, seems to me as a vehicle used to transport ideas beyond mere sight. Art in itself contains all viable possibilities in expressions. Perhaps its easier to say 'I like to paint and experiment with creative processes.'  As it stands today, I carry a versatility of art techniques and design development. These learnings have also allowed me to utilize art in a therapeutic manner with children and adults within the mosaic of cultures."

MICHAEL'S CONNECTION TO THIS PROJECT

Michael Cywink has worked with numerous school groups on developing their voice and motivating the telling of their own stories.  Inspired by Mary Bryton Nahwegahbow's commitment to Ojibwe language preservation and to help motivate this young Anishinaabe-kwe's creative journey, Michael approached producer and long-time friend Jayson Stewart with the donation of these three limited edition art pieces, each of which is signed by the artist and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.