Are you an Indigenous artist and... A Student or alumni of OCAD U? An Indigenous community member? Considering attending or applying? Looking to get feedback on your work or ideas? Would you like to connect and visit with other Indigenous artists in a virtual space?
If you answered ‘Yes’ to one or more of the above questions, you are invited to join us for: Wáhlu Noondaaptóone: I Talked From Far Away
Formerly, the Open Critique program, the objective of this program is to provide Indigenous students, alumni and community members with the opportunity for dialogue and relationship building with other Indigenous artists, including OCAD U faculty, alumni and special guests. Participants are encouraged to share their ideas, current works, or join to visit with other Indigenous artists in a virtual space. This program allows folks seeking feedback from other Indigenous artists the opportunity to share projects and processes related to coursework as well as their professional practice. See upcoming sessions below!
This program is open to: Indigenous OCAD U (students, faculty, staff and alumni) and Indigenous community members.
Thursday February 24 3-5PM with Kaya Joan and Natia Lemay
Kaya Joan is a multi-disciplinary Afro-Indigenous (Vincentian, Kanien'kehá:ka with relations from Kahnawá:ke, Irish, Jamaican) artist born, raised and living in T’karonto, Dish with One Spoon treaty territory. Kaya’s work focuses on healing, transcending linear notions of time, blood memory and relationship to place. Black and Indigenous futurity are also centred in Kaya’s practice, framing methods of making as ancestral tools to unpack and transform buried truths, opening portals 7 generations into the past and future. Kaya has been working in community arts for 6 years as a facilitator and artist. To view more of Kaya’s work visit kayajoan.com @kayajoan on instagram.
Natia Lemay is a queer interdisciplinary artist and curator of Black and Mi'kmaq descent. As a graduate of OCAD University and a Yale MFA Candidate, Natia is currently exploring the act of meaning-making rooted in history and biography. By exploring the impact colonization, erasure, and white supremacy has on the BIPOC identity: through the manipulation of material, she looks to investigate how identity extends beyond its own subjectivity and draws through lines between past and present. To view more of Natia's work visit @natialemayart on instagram.
Click here to register for Wáhlu Noondaaptóone: I Talked From Far Away with Kaya Joan and Natia Lemay on Thursday February 24 from 3-5PM!