Summer Indigenous Art Intensive
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Weekly: July 3 to July 24
Location: UBCO
Address: 3333 University Way
Time: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Summer Indigenous Art Intensive
UBC EVENT ADVISORY | July 2-31, 2019
Throughout July, join artists, curators, writers, and scholars to engage in contemporary ideas and discourse—a place for new ideas rooted in Indigenous art-making.
What: Summer Indigenous Art Intensive, Keynote presentations and artist panels
When: Wednesdays, July 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 12-4pm
Where: July 3, 10, and 17 in University Theatre (ADM026); July 24 in UNC 200 (ballroom).
Hosted by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Summer Indigenous Art Intensive features a series of world-renowned speakers, undergraduate and graduate credit courses, and a group of resident artists who will be working to create new works. The 2019 Intensive broadly engages the theme Site/ation, connecting to place through Indigenous territoriality, being grounded in land, voice and language, reconnecting to/nurturing traditions, and beyond.
The Summer Indigenous Art Intensive is a unique immersive program that brings international and national Indigenous scholars, curators, artists, and writers together on campus to interact with students in a residency context, along with art exhibitions and performances, readings, and various additional events and field trips throughout. Visiting artists will participate in a series of keynote presentations and artist panels once a week throughout July.
Keynote speakers Candice Hopkins (July 3), Jordan Abel (July 10), Tanya Lukin Linklater (July 17), and Marianne Nicolson (July 24) are joined by visiting artists and curators Siku Allooloo, Natalie Ball, Mariel Belanger, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Lacie Burning, Ryan Feddersen, Whess Harman, Eli Hirtle, Jaimie Isaac, Michelle Jack, Soleil Launière, Sheldon Pierre Louis, Peter Morin, Suzanne Morrissette, Audie Murray, Lindsay Nixon, Anne Riley, Krista Belle Stewart, and Erin Sutherland.
Keynote presentations and artist panels are free and open to the public. For full event schedule visit the Events during July include a reading by Jordan Abel at Milkcrate Records (July 11) UBCO Summer Indigenous Art Intensive blog: https://ubcosummerintensiv.wixsite.com/2018/events
A highlight event Snotty Nose Rez Kids with opening performances by Soleil Launière and Madeline Terbasket at the Rotary Centre for the Arts (July 16), further info and ticket at: https://rotarycentreforthearts.com/events/in-the-theatre/
Alongside the intensive residency, FCCS is offering additional courses in Visual Art, Creative Writing, Art History and Visual Culture. These will run in conjunction with the Indigenous Summer Intensive with varying degrees of crossover, providing students the opportunity to connect with the keynote speakers and the resident artists. All courses run for the month of July.
https://www.facebook.com/events/342379219759554/
For more information, please contact Tania Willard.
P: 250-807-8584
E: tania.willard@ubc.ca
UBCO 3333 University Way
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UBC EVENT ADVISORY | July 2-31, 2019
Throughout July, join artists, curators, writers, and scholars to engage in contemporary ideas and discourse—a place for new ideas rooted in Indigenous art-making.
What: Summer Indigenous Art Intensive, Keynote presentations and artist panels
When: Wednesdays, July 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 12-4pm
Where: July 3, 10, and 17 in University Theatre (ADM026); July 24 in UNC 200 (ballroom).
Hosted by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Summer Indigenous Art Intensive features a series of world-renowned speakers, undergraduate and graduate credit courses, and a group of resident artists who will be working to create new works. The 2019 Intensive broadly engages the theme Site/ation, connecting to place through Indigenous territoriality, being grounded in land, voice and language, reconnecting to/nurturing traditions, and beyond.
The Summer Indigenous Art Intensive is a unique immersive program that brings international and national Indigenous scholars, curators, artists, and writers together on campus to interact with students in a residency context, along with art exhibitions and performances, readings, and various additional events and field trips throughout. Visiting artists will participate in a series of keynote presentations and artist panels once a week throughout July.
Keynote speakers Candice Hopkins (July 3), Jordan Abel (July 10), Tanya Lukin Linklater (July 17), and Marianne Nicolson (July 24) are joined by visiting artists and curators Siku Allooloo, Natalie Ball, Mariel Belanger, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Lacie Burning, Ryan Feddersen, Whess Harman, Eli Hirtle, Jaimie Isaac, Michelle Jack, Soleil Launière, Sheldon Pierre Louis, Peter Morin, Suzanne Morrissette, Audie Murray, Lindsay Nixon, Anne Riley, Krista Belle Stewart, and Erin Sutherland.
Keynote presentations and artist panels are free and open to the public. For full event schedule visit the Events during July include a reading by Jordan Abel at Milkcrate Records (July 11) UBCO Summer Indigenous Art Intensive blog: https://ubcosummerintensiv.wixsite.com/2018/events
A highlight event Snotty Nose Rez Kids with opening performances by Soleil Launière and Madeline Terbasket at the Rotary Centre for the Arts (July 16), further info and ticket at: https://rotarycentreforthearts.com/events/in-the-theatre/
Alongside the intensive residency, FCCS is offering additional courses in Visual Art, Creative Writing, Art History and Visual Culture. These will run in conjunction with the Indigenous Summer Intensive with varying degrees of crossover, providing students the opportunity to connect with the keynote speakers and the resident artists. All courses run for the month of July.
https://www.facebook.com/events/342379219759554/
For more information, please contact Tania Willard.
P: 250-807-8584
E: tania.willard@ubc.ca